Internet Bike Product Review series - Mountain Bikes

Date: December 3, 1997 Hedgehog a cross-country rider from California writes: I have the cheaper cromo frame. But this bike's ride is awsome. It has all the precise handling of a hardtail. But the steel frame is not as unforgiving as an aluminum frame. The only drawback is that cromo bikes weigh more. It actually weighs more than my aluminum full suspension bike. Half the problem is the cheaper (heavier) components that came on it. But with the modified quadra21r (england internals) this bike is very fun to ride. Even with the couple of upgrades I have, the bike was less than 600 bucks. Steel bikes rule. Overall Rating: 3

Description: Trek 930SHX Retail Price: $700

Date: December 12, 1997 Steve-n-sweden a cross-country rider from Sweden writes: As an affordable begining bike I think that the 97' 930 is very good. I bought it for it's double butted cro-moly frame, M600 (LX) V-brakes and lack of any parts that were Alivio or Acera. From the time it rolled out of the store I had already replaced the seat with a titec beserker XC and the shifters to a STX rapid fire. Soon after I got ahold of light bar-ends and changed the tires to a Richey Z-max (front) and a Conti Cross country (rear). These changes alone have dramaticly improved the cornering I have found. Since then I have moved to a threadless headset (king) stem (kore elite) and a 98'Marzocchi Z2 bam. I test rode the 930SHX with the rock shock indy C and found it too bouncy and springy and decided to get the 930. The ride with my new fork is quite nice. I ride the bike year round for commuting in snow and ice and light training in winter and for heavier training in summer (XC). The Matrix Swami rims have taken some hits but have remained quite true (not completely). I'm definately wishing I had some lighter wheels. I have changed the wheels in the winter to 44 mm wide snow cat rims which track very well but add a lot of weight. For the price I think it's a good durable bike. I can see some simple replacement upgrades in the future like a new crankset but that's about it realy. With constant use and abuse which this thing can definately take I can see moving my fork, headset, stem, seat and bar ends to a

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