Old 09-06-22, 01:30 PM
  #46  
Kapusta
Advanced Slacker
 
Kapusta's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 6,210

Bikes: Soma Fog Cutter, Surly Wednesday, Canfielld Tilt

Mentioned: 26 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2762 Post(s)
Liked 2,537 Times in 1,433 Posts
I rode Y-Foil 66 for about 8 years. A family friend practically gave it to me in 2000. In think it was a 1997 model. Threaded headset. Ultegra 9 speed. I think the blue with silver decals/lettering looked really good.

I liked it, though the fit was a little off, so with the high, shortish stem, it lost a bit of its looks.

The seat mast did what it was supposed to do and it was a smooth ride from a butt’s perspective. Fork was not as compliant as some nicer CF forks I’ve tried since. BB and stays seemed stiff under pedaling.

I have read that the fork is on the long side (thus hard to upgrade) because trek had plans to offer a short travel suspension fork with it. I never measured my fork to confirm this.

Ultimately, it was not the type of bike that I wanted (race bike). I wanted something that could take bigger tires, more water bottles, and a rack.

Seemed like a good experiment, but with the UCI banning it from road races, it was doomed.
Kapusta is offline