Want a bike that can do just about anything the average cyclist could want to do? Then get your hands on a Dual Sport!
So I got one of these dual sports last February and immediately "upgraded" it with a slew of carbon parts and other unrealistic stuff but hey that's what I like and since its my bike no one can stop me from having fun with it.
I want to get the point made that this bike is one of the most versatile rides i have ever owned. Sure it takes a few minutes to swap out a rigid fork for the suspension fork to ride it in trails but its so simple that the average cyclist that replaces chains, greases bearings, adjusts parts etc. can easily handle it. If its a little above you then take it in to your shop when changes are needed.
here's some facts on the uses I put it through:
- A full season of weekly road rides with the Trek of Pittsburgh shop
- over 1/2 a dozen Centuries this year
- My longest ride this year- 143 miles which was part of the Trek 100
- a few charity rides
- my weekend transportation to Pittsburgh for lunch on "no car sundays" (average 80 miles each time)
- Lite trail rides when I rode to the Park then did a few miles of trails before riding home
- It carried me from Kalkaska to Traverse City Michigan in the largest one day race -Iceman 2011
- training rides for intervals and speed training.
to prove these facts i'll post a video a little later this year.
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