Trek bike weights and tire sizes - ping Mike Jacoubowsky? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

01-17-2005, 07:06 AM

Hi Mike. I'm having trouble with a couple partics on getting my roadbike
lined up.

I'd like to know approximately where the road bikes drop to the under 19lbs
category. However I'd still like an option to put a wider 700x30 or x32-ish
tire on it if riding more rugged terrain - mind you I'm not really planning
on going off road. Are the lighter bikes limited to 700x28?

I know this might be incompatible with a racing bike...however Jamis seems
to have a bike that will accomplish this (it's probably in the 23-24lb
category, though).

So perhaps a better question is which Trek roughly compares with the Fuji
Roubaix and still allows a wider tire; and which one(s) roughly compares to
the Jamis Quest?

I think it deters potential buyers not to have the bike's weight and price
on the page. Trek used to have this, but afaik, both are omitted from the
catalogue and the web page...

I'm looking at the Trek 1200, the1500, and the 2100. Approx prices and
weights. No idea where the weight drops below 20lbs, though.

As a comparison, for Fuji, it's the Roubaix, and the price is 1300ish. Can
Trek meet or beat this bike on features and price?

jj