Why I will never buy a TREK.
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If all instituted life-long boycotts against corporations, institutions or people that they have an issue with, a lot of money would be saved and most of us wouldn’t not own much.
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I don't buy Trek because I've never like the brand and it's marketing, I've never liked the value that their products represent, and I don't like their corporate tactics. There's as good or better bikes that are out there, and are as good or better value, and are more unique than the Trek brand.
I don't understand why people have tunnel vision and such brand loyalty towards Trek and/or think they are somehow inherently better, or even the best.
I don't understand why people have tunnel vision and such brand loyalty towards Trek and/or think they are somehow inherently better, or even the best.
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I don't buy Trek because I've never like the brand and it's marketing, I've never liked the value that their products represent, and I don't like their current corporate tactics. There's as good or better bikes that are out there, and are as good or better value, and are more unique than the Trek brand.
I don't understand why people have tunnel vision and such brand loyalty towards Trek and/or think they are somehow inherently better, or even the best.
I don't understand why people have tunnel vision and such brand loyalty towards Trek and/or think they are somehow inherently better, or even the best.
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Thirty years ago, I bought a brand-new Trek 520 because it was designed as a loaded touring bike and that was what I wanted. It did that job very nicely. I still have it, although it hasn't seen the light of day - literally - in many years. I have no doubt that, with a little work, it would still do very well as a loaded touring bike. Having said that . . .
I am 99.8% certain I will never buy another Trek bike. I think Lance Armstrong is a terrible person who earned all the crap that has come down on him, but that isn't the reason. I don't like some of the business decisions they have made over the years, but that isn't the reason. For a long time, their offerings have excited ma about as much as an unsalted soft-boiled egg does. The reason is because their road bikes, in addition to costing stupid amounts of money, only come with aluminum or carbon fiber frames, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool steel guy. That, and I'm 66, have all the bikes I can use, and have no great desire to buy any more of them.
I don't think that qualifies as a boycott, although the net result is pretty much the same.
I am 99.8% certain I will never buy another Trek bike. I think Lance Armstrong is a terrible person who earned all the crap that has come down on him, but that isn't the reason. I don't like some of the business decisions they have made over the years, but that isn't the reason. For a long time, their offerings have excited ma about as much as an unsalted soft-boiled egg does. The reason is because their road bikes, in addition to costing stupid amounts of money, only come with aluminum or carbon fiber frames, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool steel guy. That, and I'm 66, have all the bikes I can use, and have no great desire to buy any more of them.
I don't think that qualifies as a boycott, although the net result is pretty much the same.
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Thirty years ago, I bought a brand-new Trek 520 because it was designed as a loaded touring bike and that was what I wanted. It did that job very nicely. I still have it, although it hasn't seen the light of day - literally - in many years. I have no doubt that, with a little work, it would still do very well as a loaded touring bike. Having said that . . .
I am 99.8% certain I will never buy another Trek bike. I think Lance Armstrong is a terrible person who earned all the crap that has come down on him, but that isn't the reason. I don't like some of the business decisions they have made over the years, but that isn't the reason. For a long time, their offerings have excited ma about as much as an unsalted soft-boiled egg does. The reason is because their road bikes, in addition to costing stupid amounts of money, only come with aluminum or carbon fiber frames, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool steel guy. That, and I'm 66, have all the bikes I can use, and have no great desire to buy any more of them.
I don't think that qualifies as a boycott, although the net result is pretty much the same.
I am 99.8% certain I will never buy another Trek bike. I think Lance Armstrong is a terrible person who earned all the crap that has come down on him, but that isn't the reason. I don't like some of the business decisions they have made over the years, but that isn't the reason. For a long time, their offerings have excited ma about as much as an unsalted soft-boiled egg does. The reason is because their road bikes, in addition to costing stupid amounts of money, only come with aluminum or carbon fiber frames, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool steel guy. That, and I'm 66, have all the bikes I can use, and have no great desire to buy any more of them.
I don't think that qualifies as a boycott, although the net result is pretty much the same.
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Problem with Trek is that the logo isn’t large enough. They should come out with a larger design that uses up some of the blank real estate, that way people know it’s a Trek when they see it.
real talk, Trek is the same as the other bicycle brands, most of them are exactly the same thing anyways. Trek vs specialized.. it’s an illusion of choice just like so much else in our society. They like it this way so you feel like you have agency when choosing what to buy, and are more likely to accept outrageous prices and and stuff like forced upgrades to disc brakes, bigger cassettes etc.
real talk, Trek is the same as the other bicycle brands, most of them are exactly the same thing anyways. Trek vs specialized.. it’s an illusion of choice just like so much else in our society. They like it this way so you feel like you have agency when choosing what to buy, and are more likely to accept outrageous prices and and stuff like forced upgrades to disc brakes, bigger cassettes etc.
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I don't buy Trek because I've never like the brand and it's marketing, I've never liked the value that their products represent, and I don't like their corporate tactics. There's as good or better bikes that are out there, and are as good or better value, and are more unique than the Trek brand.
I don't understand why people have tunnel vision and such brand loyalty towards Trek and/or think they are somehow inherently better, or even the best.
I don't understand why people have tunnel vision and such brand loyalty towards Trek and/or think they are somehow inherently better, or even the best.
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Apologies for the tedious explanation of my feeble joke.
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The days of choice are sadly quickly diminishing. It's an expensive business what with the explosion of lazy bikes.
Hasn't anybody noticed that KONA has ceased operations until they find a buyer??
Not many willing to pay $2,700 Cdn for the Sutra and that's less than Surly tour bikes. Their last CF e-bike offering is horribly ugly. LOL.
Hasn't anybody noticed that KONA has ceased operations until they find a buyer??
Not many willing to pay $2,700 Cdn for the Sutra and that's less than Surly tour bikes. Their last CF e-bike offering is horribly ugly. LOL.
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The days of choice are sadly quickly diminishing. It's an expensive business what with the explosion of lazy bikes.
Hasn't anybody noticed that KONA has ceased operations until they find a buyer??
Not many willing to pay $2,700 Cdn for the Sutra and that's less than Surly tour bikes. Their last CF e-bike offering is horribly ugly. LOL.
Hasn't anybody noticed that KONA has ceased operations until they find a buyer??
Not many willing to pay $2,700 Cdn for the Sutra and that's less than Surly tour bikes. Their last CF e-bike offering is horribly ugly. LOL.
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Trek engineers are working furiously to create larger diameter tubing to accomplish this.
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The days of choice are sadly quickly diminishing. It's an expensive business what with the explosion of lazy bikes.
Hasn't anybody noticed that KONA has ceased operations until they find a buyer??
Not many willing to pay $2,700 Cdn for the Sutra and that's less than Surly tour bikes. Their last CF e-bike offering is horribly ugly. LOL.
Hasn't anybody noticed that KONA has ceased operations until they find a buyer??
Not many willing to pay $2,700 Cdn for the Sutra and that's less than Surly tour bikes. Their last CF e-bike offering is horribly ugly. LOL.
Between traditional brands, online brands, global boutique brands, and global factory direct brands- this may be a time when choices have been the greatest. You can get countless bikes that are meant for the same discipline, but have varied geometry to best fit the rider and how they like to ride. Compare that to 10 years ago, 20 years ago, or 30 years ago where geometry for a given discipline was less varied across brands and frame sizing was also more limited.
Given what you ride and your over the top extreme claims of derailleur bikes, your view of what is or isnt ugly should hold 0 weight here.
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I am 99.8% certain I will never buy another Trek bike. I think Lance Armstrong is a terrible person who earned all the crap that has come down on him, but that isn't the reason. I don't like some of the business decisions they have made over the years, but that isn't the reason. For a long time, their offerings have excited ma about as much as an unsalted soft-boiled egg does. The reason is because their road bikes, in addition to costing stupid amounts of money, only come with aluminum or carbon fiber frames, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool steel guy. That, and I'm 66, have all the bikes I can use, and have no great desire to buy any more of them.
I don't think that qualifies as a boycott, although the net result is pretty much the same.
I don't think that qualifies as a boycott, although the net result is pretty much the same.
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If your misspellings of "non sequitur" and "evidently" were joking acknowledgments that the word you wanted was "principle," not "principal," nicely done. (Meanings of "principal" as a noun include "capital" and, more broadly, "wealth.")
Apologies for the tedious explanation of my feeble joke.
Apologies for the tedious explanation of my feeble joke.
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