chrisvu05

just got back from the LBS and they had one of the new 2006 Trek 1000 sL's it was absolutely beautiful. When I walked into the shop it immediaely caught my eye! It is bright orange and kind of reminds me of the Orbea Euskaltel sp? color. pretty nice bike. too bad it is only sora and tiagra

cydewaze

Pics!!!

cydewaze

Hmmm, did it look like this?

Grasschopper

Hmm I wonder <cough>Lemond Sarthe</cough> where they got that paint <cough>Lemond Sarthe</cough>.

jslopez

When I was riding last weekend a snobbish rider was making a big fuss about his project one black orange trek. The funny part being was VERY similar to my black orange orbea orca....

Hill Climber

I'm from Tennessee where we bleed orange, and I just can't get into this paint job. To each his own, I guess. There is nothing wrong with it. It just doesn't grab me. You could sell a million of 'em around here, though, if you made the T in Trek white and a little larger than the other letters.

timmhaan

yeah, they look almost the same. a little different though. here is the sarthe:

samp02

Nice bike....

af2nr

I'm from Alabama and just the opposite, between UF, UT and AU I would NEVER buy a orange bike. The color orange, in any shade, alone makes me sick...

chrisvu05

no you have to see the paint in person...it looks nothing like the sarthe....trust me. The only thing in common is the orange and black but the orange on the trek is much more metallic looking and alot nicer. It also has a hint of yellow mixed in with the orange. I really think it is closer to the orbea Euskaltel? color orange. Trust me. Anyone that sees this bike will not confuse the paint scheme with the Sarthe it is alot sexier. I liked the sarthe and almost bought one but they are two different bikes.

STEVO820

i think my 04 looks the best. plain AL sucks that it dosent have the carbon fork. not that i care to much i havent ridden it in almost a month

Hill Climber

I'm sorry to hear that.

Just busting on you... GO VOLS

ajst2duk

I think it looks a lot like this:

cydewaze

From the pics I prefer that R600 *drool*

Velo Vol 

Heh--make that a "Power T."

Doesn't look like it's quite the right shade of orange, however.

hi565

is the only difference is that this one is a double instead of a triple?

citizen560

I've been secretly in love with that frame for quite some time now. If I ever build up a modern aluminum bike, I'm going to try and find one of those, or an R1000 in that avocado green-ish color they had one year.

sirshane13

It's a really bright orange on the Trek 1000. The Sarthe is so classy compared to it, in my opinion, but I lean toward Lemond bikes versus Trek (plus I like steel).

I think it's interesting to see the 2006 Trek paint schemes. They get criticized for boring paint jobs for good reason.

The 2006 Trek 5200 is this dark gray color, and so is the Madone 5.2. Bleh (opinion). The only bike I've seen so far that I like for 2006 at my LBS is the Trek 2200, a kind of fire red color. Oh, actually the Lemond Chambery (sp?) was pretty hot too.

Hill Climber

I'm pretty sure the Power T and the actual pantone color of orange is copyright... so that would jack the price by $250 at least. It does seem a little pale.

Gary W. Graley

Road a 1000 the other day, just out back of the LBS, pretty spry bike, prices
at around $600, but the brake lever's worried me as I'm use to the shifters on
the down pipe and not part of the brake arrangement, but then I'm riding a bike
that I've own now almost 30 years, so maybe it's time to move up eh?

But from the searches I've done the brakes and shifters on this model leave something
to be desired, how much higher $ wise, up the line in Trek would you need to go to get the better components?

G2

oh, the bike I'm running the streets with is a Schwinn Super le Tour 12.2, I did replace
the brake levers to the hidden cables and that really helped with braking! amazing
difference, thanks to Sheldon Brown, called and spoke with him on what I should do
and being an older bike, the quickest thing was changing out the levers and cables
first and take it from there, also changed out the brake pads as well.

Ostuni

if you want to stay with trek, the '05 1200 is a nice upgrade from teh 1200 for not a whole lot more money..

popnfresh

how did you find the model colors for the 2006? i cant seem to navigate to them throught the trek site

graff71884

I am new to the road scene, and that is the color and bike I just bought from my LBS a couple of weeks ago. It was on back order for 3 weeks, and I finally get it tomorrow!! I can't wait!!

roadgator

theres my baby! reminds me that i need to give it a good scrubbing.

clfjmpr44

Your right, its not a Vols orange, it is a syracuse orange! Wooohooo. By the way, when did they start to make the 1000 in a superlight? Isn't that an oxymoron?
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