Trek 2500 Seven Tube Carbon

[Damon Rinard]

g...@teleport.com wrote:
>
> Why did Trek discontinue the 2500 road bike with carbon main tubes and stays
> but continue to produce the 2300 with carbon main tubes but aluminum stays?

Because they started selling the Graftek-made 5000, a molded bike. The
three-tube model was a step below.

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[g...@teleport.com]

Why did Trek discontinue the 2500 road bike with carbon main tubes and stays
but continue to produce the 2300 with carbon main tubes but aluminum stays?

Thanks for all the replys.

Guy

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[ago...@dd.palmer.edu]

In article <6vh3g0$i6n$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, g...@teleport.com writes:
>Why did Trek discontinue the 2500 road bike with carbon main tubes and stays
>but continue to produce the 2300 with carbon main tubes but aluminum stays?

Yep. The 2500 hasn't been in production for quite some time. General
compaint was that it was too whippy. Steve

[Splattski]

Damon Rinard wrote in
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>g...@teleport.com wrote:
>
> Why did Trek discontinue the 2500 road bike with carbon main tubes and stays
> but continue to produce the 2300 with carbon main tubes but aluminum stays?

Because they started selling the Graftek-made 5000, a molded bike. The

three-tube model was a step below.>>

The original Trek 5000 was introduced in '89, prior to the 7 tube carbon 2500
which last sold in '91. The 5000 was not made by Graftek.
The 2500 was discontinued because A) it was quite expensive and B) Trek knew
they had OCLV coming down the pipeline.
splattski

[Damon Rinard]

Trek made the 2500 first, then dropped it shortly after the 5000 came
out. From http://www.trekbikes.com/about/world_time.html :

"1986 - Trek makes R & D its top priority. It introduces the company's
first carbon fiber composite road bike, model 2500."

That's the seven carbon-tubed, aluminum-lugged bike. It came first, then
the molded 5000 arrived later. From
http://aegisbicycles.com/company.html :

"In 1986, our team manufactured the first monocoque bicycle frame
manufactured in the USA. Intrigued by the technology and its prospects,
Trek, a traditional steel and aluminum manufacturer, strongly supported
the project. As a result, the Trek model 5000 (also pre-OCLV) was
introduced [...]"

The 5000 may have been *developed* starting in 1986, but I know Trek
didn't *sell* it in 1986. That's the year Kestrel introduced the 4000,
and a few years later there was much made about the choice of model
number when Trek finally introduced their 5000 look-alike. The company
may not have been called Graphtek (or Graphite Technologies) yet, but
the Trek 5000 was indeed made by the Duplessis firm in Maine, whatever
name it may have had at the time.

Damon Rinard

Damon Rinard's Bicycle Tech Site:
http://www.damonrinard.com/

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[Clement Tam]

When Trek first made the 2500, it was only a three carbon-tubed frame
- identical to the 2300 except with Dura Ace components. The 2500
with seven carbon-tubes came out later in 90-91.

[Darryl Mataya]

>Why did Trek discontinue the 2500 road bike with carbon main tubes and stays
>but continue to produce the 2300 with carbon main tubes but aluminum stays?

The 2300 was a popular bike, I think in part because it was affordable
at the time of its intro (with Ultegra components). As mentioned, they
quit making the 2500 when they introduced the 5000 OCLV series. I too
was surprised they didn't quit selling the 2300, but I would guess
because its cheap to make (shares parts/dimensions with the alum road
bikes) and is recognized. Ask people what the first carbon bike they
saw was. Roadies would probably say Trek 2300.

-Darryl Mataya