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| The five steps
to finding the perfect bike. |
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70 % of a bike's ride performance comes from the frame. It's the foundation that everything else is built on. Frame material, construction, geometry, weight, and durability all contribute to a bike's handling, confort, and efficiency. That's why there are several frame material choices to match your preferences. Look below to see which frame material best suits you. |
| Trek OCLV Carbon Fiber |
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| Trek ZR 9000
Alloy |
The all-new, proprietary mateial that's lighter and stronger than traditional aluminum. |
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Trek Alpha Aluminum |
A stiff, effient
material with large diameter thin-walled tubing that translates
to a lighter weight and better efficiency than steel. |
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Trek Steel |
The classic frame
material that is long lasting and provides a comforable ride. |
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Trek Women's Specific Design  |
Combination of a shorter top
tube with a taller head tube and shorter stem so there is better
absorption and handling. A steeper seat tube angle places your hips
over the cranks for easier power generation. And the decreased head
angle pushes the front wheel ahead to keep your center of gravity
towards the back of the bike. The overal result? A more natural
and comfotable riding position. |
| Lemond Reynolds Titanium | Made right here in the U.S., where we have complete control over every aspect of every bike. We start with Reynolds 3/2.5 Ti tubes in optimum gauges, and shape them to maximize the material. We use 3/2.5 titanium because it is workable enough that we can mechanically butt the tubes to minimize the weight and tune the response you feel from the road. This is the lightest, stiffest LeMond platform, flawless in performance yet elegant in its quality of ride. |
| Lemond Reynolds 853 Pro Steel | There are few finer riding bikes anywhere. No wonder the 853 models are the best-selling in the LeMond line. For the connoisseur, this is the ride. Reynolds 853 is air-hardened as it gets stronger where the welding heat touches it, at the joints, where the most strength belongs. The new 853 Pro is shaped, ovalized at the ends, to focus still more strength precisely where it's needed. It will be unbeatable in its blend of liveliness, responsiveness, and comfort. |
| Lemond Reynolds 853 Select Steel | Because of the Reynolds 853 Select frameset, we can now offer LeMond models to riders who thought they couldn't afford any LeMond at all. A Select bike's main triangle is a mix of round tubed 853, the famous air-hardened tube that actually grows stronger when welded, and Reynolds 525. All good stuff. All better than what Greg raced way back when, and more bike per dollar than you'd believe. |
| Lemond Women's Models | Same balanced position. Same comfortable, stable ride. Same relaxed seat tube angles, slightly behind the crank arms to take advantage of a woman's proportionally longer femur. Same 700c wheels too. We worked hard to get the geometry right without changing wheel sizes because 700c has the best selection of tires and doesn't affect the gear ratios. Smaller, shorter version of the Lemond Geometry. |
| Klein Carbon | High modulus carbon fiber composite appears in the seat stay assembly, the Aeros Carbon fork and in the chainstay tubes of select Klein models. This composite doesn't just reduce weight—it adds stiffness and capitalizes on carbon’s capacity to absorb road or trail vibration. |
| Klein Q-Pro Carbon Series | The Q-Pro Carbon means the difference between the podium and the peloton for top cyclists such as Davide Rebellin. Winner of such races as the Tour of the Mediterranean, the Tirreno-Adriatic and awarded the "Giglio d'oro" as Italy's top cyclists, Rebellin and his Gerosteiner teammates log more than 720,000 Kilometers every year racing and training internationally on Klein Q-Pro frames. And Gerolsteiner's 60 wins in the past four years prove that this bike is built for the podium. Selective use of high modulus carbon in the seat stays and fork adds stiffness, lowers frame weight, and provides better vibration damping for a more comfortable ride. Klein's ZR9000 alloy further lightens up the frame. |
| Klein Quantum Carbon Compact Frame Geometry | New for 2003, the Klein Q-Carbon Compact is engineered to fit a broader rance of road racers and club riders with fewer frame sizes. Built with the same ZR9000 aluminum and carbon seat stays in the Q-Pro frame, the Quantum Carbon Ceries offers an exceptional ride at a competitive price, and shaves 20 grams with no sacrifice in performance. The frame's new lower stand-over height optimizes comfort and efficiency during century rides and long hill climbs. The sloping top tuve updates the styling of the more traditional Q-Pro frame. A new straight-blade carbon front fork reduces weight, assures precise steering control, and complements the efforts of the carbon seat stays for a more supple ride. |
| Klein ZR 9000 Alloy | Klein's proprietary new alloy blends the advantages of aerospace grade aluminum, zirconium, copper and manganese into lighter, stronger tubing with a 98 percent better fatigue life than industry-standard aluminum. Its improved strength allows for thinner Gradient tube walls in key areas of the frame, which has lowered frame weight by another astonishing 15 percent. |
| Klein Palomino Series | The new Palomino Series is a "meeting of the minds." Klein and Paul Turner. Klein, the world's foremost innovator in aluminum alloy. Turner, the world's foremost innovator in suspension technology and original founder of Rock Shox. Entrepreneurial tinkerers who have changed how bikes are built and ridden. The Palomino includes such Klein innovations as ZR9000 alloy frames, a proprietary recipe developed by Klein. Using aerospace grade aluminum, zirconium, copper, and manganese, ZR9000 is 15% stronger, 15% lighter and has a longer fatigue life than industry-standard aluminum. The result is the lightest, strongest and most durable frame in Klein's history. The Palomino's other mark of distinction is the innovative Mono-Link mid-travel (4") rear suspension technology developed by Turner's design company, Maverick American. |
| Klein Attitude Series | For more than a decade, Klein Attitude series bikes have offered a lightweight race-proven design for singletrack from South Africa to frigid Skwenta, Alaska. New for 2003 is an even lighter ride. Built from the strong ZR9000 Gradient aluminum, the attitude is 200 grams lighter in 2003 due to new forks, wheels and components for an already feathery frame. And for those of you who portage your bikes through tough terrain, we know you will appreciate the savings. |
| Gary Fisher 6061 Aluminum |
An aerospace-grade aluminum alloy that is a great material for bicycle frames when used with great care. Beware! Not all 6061 T6 aluminum frames are created equal. Each Fisher aluminum frame undergoes extensive testing for strength and fatigue resistance, allowing us to offer a limited lifetime warranty. |
| Gary Fisher 7005 aluminum |
Another great material for bicycle frames. Fisher utilizes 7005 aluminum for its Silver Series frames as it can be welded without requiring an expensive heat-treating process. |
| Gary Fisher Cro-Moly |
Short for chromium-molybdenum. A very high technology steel blend, using small amounts of chromium and molybdenum to add strength. |
| Gary Fisher Hi tensile steel |
A grade of steel tubing that has exceptional fatigue life. A good material for bicycle frames but not as lightweight as Cro-Moly. |
| Gary Fisher Platinum Series tubing |
Fisher’s finest aluminum frame material mix. Utilizing a mix of Zirconium 9000 aluminum alloy and 6061 T6 aluminum, each Fisher Platinum series frame has double-butted main tubes and undergoes an expensive two-step heat-treating process. All Platinum series frames are handbuilt in the USA. |
| Gary Fisher Silver Series tubing |
Fisher’s midlevel aluminum frame material. Designed to maintain the same great riding characteristics of the Fisher Gold and Platinum Series frames, but at a lower cost. This is achieved through using 7005 aluminum, which requires less expensive heat treating while still surpassing our strength and durability standards. |
| Gary Fisher T6 aluminum |
A gauge of hardness for aluminum frame material. The T6 standard makes a very strong, structurally sound frame. |
| Gary Fisher Zirconium 9000 alloy | A new aluminum alloy that uses a percentage of zirconium mixed in with the aluminum alloy to create a stronger bicycle tube. Also known as ZR9000 |
Gary Fisher Genesisters Women's  |
Narrower handlebars accommodate more slender shoulders. Shorter stems put the handlebars closer to the rider. Shorter-reach brake levers match smaller hands. Wider saddles more correctly cradle the pelvic bone. Custom tuned front shocks match lighter weight riders. Shorter-length crank arms match shorter legs. Shorter reach without compromising the benefits of Genesis Geometry. Women can climb, steer, and descend better with Genesis. |
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