Trek 1200

Price Paid:  $1.00 at x

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
x

Bike Setup:
TREK1200 frame; tiagra 3x9, Bontrager

Summary:
the TRK1200 has a good frame, espercially taking in account the price.
Unfortunately the equipment is low quality.
Why is TREK unwilling to sell the frames separately?

Strengths:
for its price, it is a very good frame

Weaknesses:
the equipment of the bicicle is of very quality.
TREK should sell the frames separately

Similar Products Used:
several

Price Paid:  $700.00 at jun 10 2008

Model Year:
2005

Favorite Ride:
50 mile van tx ride

Summary:
ive herd alot of negitive commments about this bike but so far nothing is wrong.it rides like a beauty. i will never go with another brand than trek. its top quality

Strengths:
nice comfortable ride easy to use and very light weight

Weaknesses:
it needs a new seat design but that is something easly changable

Price Paid:  $900.00

Model Year:
2005

Favorite Ride:
lakemary ride

Bike Setup:
custom dura-ace
zipp 404
bontrager xxx lite bars

Summary:
this bike sucked. Everything went wrong. The derailleurs always dropped my chain,the seat was extremely uncomfortable. All in all i didn't like this bike at all.

Strengths:
top of the line shimano sora components

Weaknesses:
cheap wheelset

Similar Products Used:
specialized tarmac pro 2008
alot better of a bike

Price Paid:  $0.00

Bike Setup:
The only thing I changed from the stock setup is running on Vredestein Fortezza tires and using toe clips. I favor toe clips as I like to hop off and run with the bike once in a while.

Summary:
I purchased the Trek 1200 because it has the frame and carbon fork of a more expensive road bike. The wheels sets and the derailers aren't the top of the line, but they are solid. In the real World, spending the bucks on lighter wheels with less spokes or aero spokes doesn't make as much of as your choice of tires: I ride on 700X23's at 140 psi and with this set up, I dog on bikes costing many times more. My usual ride is a 30 mile loop that I can do in 1 hour and 15 minutes flat.

Strengths:
Frame, forks, wheel sets that can take a pounding on curb cuts and stay tight and true, geometry, quality of fabrication, the components aren't top of the line but they are very reliable.

Weaknesses:
The only draw back is the Tiagra front derailer. It requires a bit of attention to maintain adjustment, but they had to cut corners somewhere to offer it at such a low price.

Similar Products Used:
I've ridden more than a few road bikes made by different manufacturers, but I'm perfectly happy on my 1200.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Model Year:
1999 or older

Summary:
I bought my Trek 1200 used, about 15 years ago. I guess it is about a 1991 model, based upon color scheme. It had enhanced by its previous owner with Phil Wood hubs and a rear 7 gear drive with a 6 gear shift assembly. After a couple of years, I got married. There it sat until 2007. I pulled it down and with a little lubrication, new rubber, a replaced front derailleur cable with associated adjustment, and some minor tweaking to the rear shifter/derailleur and voila! This bike is a joy to ride.

I switched wheels. I had some great 700x25 wheels of a no-name Centurian that beat anything else I have ever owned. The Centurian wheels put a 6 gear rear hub so that now the shifter/derailleur work in virtually perfect harmony.

My wife and I are preparing for a Quarter Tri in the spring and a Half Tri in the fall. It rides as well at ~16 years old as her new Trek does today. The bike is a smooth as silk once it got tuned up.

Assuming the newer models are at least as good as the 1990 models, a typical entrance level Tri-Athelete would find this bike totally acceptable.

Strengths:
Light, Comfortable, Efficient

Weaknesses:
1. Front Derailleur may need periodic adjustment.
2. The 1990 models used allen wrench bolts to hold the seat, which makes real time adjustments impossible without tools.

Similar Products Used:
Centurian