MountainMan308

Hello friends,
My wife and i have been talking a lot lately to get back in cycling. Both of us spend a lot of time on the bikes growing up, but as life took over, we stopped riding.
After going to different bike shops in our area and researching we both decided these two bikes were the best fit for us. I chose the Trek FX3 and she liked the Verve 3 as she preferred more comfortable ride.

We are really excited as its finally getting nice out and we are looking forward to start riding this season. Now the fun part is getting the accessories for what we want. I already know i will want to rear rack and front/back lights for both us, to stay visible on the road. I used to ride motorcycles and i know what its like not being seen by cars.

If you have the FX3 share your thoughts and how the bike has held up for you. Anything i should do, upgrade to improve the ride? I would love to hear ideas from you guys. Our bikes are currently at the shop, they should be build today and we will be picking them up in the morning. Pictures to fallow.

Update: As promised here few pictures of our bikes.



FX3


Verve 3


Thanks,
MountainMan

hokiefyd 

Welcome to the forum, and great purchases! I would ride the heck out of them, and things you want to change will make themselves apparent. Maybe you'd rather a different saddle or different grips or maybe a rack and a trunk bag, etc. You'll most certainly want a couple of water bottle cages. I like the "50 Strong" ones myself, because they fit both traditional water bottles, and also disposable water bottles (which is what I typically carry).

finch204

Congrats on your new bikes! My guess is that the FX3 comes with the Elite Blendr stems, in which case I will suggest checking out the Bontrager lights since they mount very easily to those stems. I have a Bontrager Ion 450 front light and Bontrager Flare R rear light. I don't have an Elite Blendr stem on any of my bikes, so I just switch them over. Even without the Blendr stem though, I think those lights are pretty good, especially the Flare R.

MountainMan308

Thanks and yes - the 2018 FX comes with Blendr stems. Ill look into the Bontrager lights. Since they are well integrated with Blendr it just makes sense to get these.

jasonsirota

Congrats on the FX3, I also just bought an FX3 and liking it so far, it's very versatile, it can go on rough roads and even some hard-packed dirt. You'll be very happy!

I got the 450R ION front light that was mentioned below because it integrated really well into Blendr, but I skipped the tail light. I suppose if you want to invest in the Transmittr system it's worth it but I bought a less expensive Taillight from Amazon which works fine so far.

Also despite the upgrade the saddle is still really hard on sit bones. Get a new saddle and some bike bibs or padded shorts!

finch204

You might be talking about the Bontrager Flare RT rear tail light, as opposed to the Flare R. The Flare RT is the more expensive one that works with the Transmittr system, while the Flare R is a regular old rear tail light.

jasonsirota

finch204

MountainMan308

What Saddle did you get? I have a feeling that will be one of the first upgrades for me.

jasonsirota

livedarklions

I just bought that exact FX 3! Rear rack--my Planet Bike KOKO didn't fit on it, but I was able to install a Planet Bike Eco rack which is more than sufficient for most uses.