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Cruisers
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For 2002
The cruisers share the frames of the 2001 line.
Geometry
The Cruisers are designed with geometry which puts
you in a full ‘heads up’ position. These bikes are stable,
and easy to get off and on.
Ride
Cruisers are about style, not speed. You sit upright,
so you can see your surroundings, and you can be seen.
This makes a cruiser great for saying “Howdy” in the
neighborhood, or running down to the coffee shop. It
should be obvious that they are the perfect bike for
cruising the bike path at the beach.
Frame details
The Clyde uses Alpha aluminum frame technology.
The other cruisers use hi-tensile steel with a Cro-Moly
seat tube. The advantage of Cro-Moly steel is higher
tensile strength and fatigue resistance; it’s no more
rigid than good hi-tensile steel. For this reason, we’ve
only used Cro-Moly in the seat tube, which can see lots
of flexing as the seatpost quick release is used. For the
rest of the bike, we’ve focused on providing the best ride
for the cost. By carefully designing the frame geometry,
tubing wall thicknesses, and tubing diameters, we’ve
managed to create a bike that rides like those costing
a lot more. This allows riders a viable high quality
alternative to chain store bikes which don’t ride nearly
as well.
These bikes aren’t really about a technical dissertation,
so we don’t even include frame geometry here.
The important difference here is that our Cruisers go
through the full Trek testing regimen. Passing this
rigorous evaluation means they’re designed and built to
last.
2002 Trek Technical Manual