Trek 2120 carbon daily rider with as many modern parts as I can get onto it, and my newly restored softride power-wing 700
by Frosty-Party-3115
Trek 2120 carbon daily rider with as many modern parts as I can get onto it, and my newly restored softride power-wing 700
by Frosty-Party-3115
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Managed a shop in 1994 and we sold both those bikes. That was an odd year for bikes. An earthquake closed off the port in Japan that Shimano ships from. For a hot minute all of our new Treks were specced out with Campy groups. Then 6 months later everything was back to Shimano.
Couple of really unique bikes you have there! Looking at these feels a bit like watching the 2nd “Back to the future” movie (or any old movie set in the future with flying cars, etc.) Where these were probably considered super-futuristic for their time period and people probably thought it’s what every bike would look like in ten to twenty years, but now feels simultaneously antiquated and yet still futuristic.
How does the soft-ride feel? My understanding is that the carbon beam was supposed to act as a bit of a suspension? I’ve not ridden either, but wonder how it compares to a modern take on the idea, like Canyon’s leaf-spring seatpost?