My dads new bike

trebor127

Following on frmo the thread where I asked about a bike for my dad...

My dad has now bought his bike...Spent abit more than I thought he would... :shock: He ended up with asecond hand 2010 Trek 8500. The bloke who we bought it off had got the LBS to strip it completly and upgrade ALL of the components from XT to XTR! He also threw in quite a few things like a pair of unused endura humvee 3/4's, a new pair of fox sergent shorts, 2 new fox jerseys, a brand new race face jacket, the original tyres (unused), saddle bag, specialized tool kit, carbon bottle cage, cat eye computer, cat eye light, a few inner tubes.
The bike had been wrapped in heli tape so not a mark on it. Here is the spec...

frame trek 8500 red alloy 2010

fork fox f100 remote handlebar lockout

chainset shimano xtr 2010

shifters shimano xtr 2010

front mech shimano xtr 2010

raer mech shimano xtr shadow carbon 2010

brakes shimano xtr trail with tool free lever adjust and air cooled pads 2011

cassette shimano xtr ti 11 34 2010

discs shimano xtr 180 f 160 r

qr shimano xtr

wheels mavic crosstrail 2010 with manuals and tl valves

chain sram 991 hollow pin xtr was a bit noisey but do have it

Peddles dmr v 12 mags gray whith gold pins

saddle sdg bellair ti

seat post bontrager rxl carbon

bars bontrager rxl carbon

stem bontrager rxl alloy

grips bontrager rxl lock on

tyres conti mountain king supersonic 2.2

And here is a picture off the add off ebay...







He has since removed the mudguards and put the computer onto the stem. Also he has bought a hope QR seatclamp.Any comments welcome We both know that it is WAYYY over specced for his abbilities but hey who cares. If he likes it what matters eh! :roll:

Rob

Levi_501

Lovely bike, a wonderful ride.

MountainMonster

Looks quite nice! Lovely color scheme. That's an amazing spec as well! Good for him!

buzz1

I've got that wallpaper!!

angry_bird

buzz1 wrote:

I've got that wallpaper!!

I'm sorry to hear that

Nce bike, any idea how much it weighs?

mastermosher

I bet that cost a pretty penny?

trebor127

Angry Bird wrote:

buzz1 wrote:

I've got that wallpaper!!

I'm sorry to hear that

Nce bike, any idea how much it weighs?

Not to sure to be honest, not had it on the scales. Apparantly the standard bike with XT weighs 23.1lbs. So with full XTR i'll guess about 22.5lbs maybe less. I need to get it onto the scales. What is the best way to weigh a bike? :roll:

trebor127

mastermosher wrote:

I bet that cost a pretty penny?

Not as much as you may think

aegrey

Not sure how accurate, but get yourself onto the scales, and then get yourself again while holding the bike on your arms. Difference will be the weight of the bike. Again, not sure how accurate, but it will do the trick I imagine :-)

trebor127

aegrey wrote:

Not sure how accurate, but get yourself onto the scales, and then get yourself again while holding the bike on your arms. Difference will be the weight of the bike. Again, not sure how accurate, but it will do the trick I imagine :-)

I'll have to get onto it...give me a min

trebor127

It's 22.5lbs with pedals so not too shabby

jacob2910

that's a nice bike

getonyourbike

looks lush, xtr brakes, me wants

trebor127

getonyourbike wrote:

looks lush, xtr brakes, me wants

Me too haha!!

beelzebomb

That's nice - quite striking looking too.

Hope he left a bit of cash for a decent lock - Granit x plus 54 does the trick!

trebor127

beelzebomb wrote:

That's nice - quite striking looking too.

Hope he left a bit of cash for a decent lock - Granit x plus 54 does the trick!

We would never leave it out of site!! :shock:

djeck

nice bike :!: