Trek Cronus CX Ultimate (Gary Fisher Collection)
2014
Description
Trek's Cronus CX Ultimate is a unique bike from a unique bike guru, Gary Fisher. He created it for everyone from national champs to weekend warriors, with an incredibly light carbon frame, an E2 head tube for increased stiffness and precision steering, and a BB90 bottom bracket for awesome power transfer. This beauty boasts fat 32c tires and hidden fender mounts so it pulls double duty as a commuter or off-season trainer. You'll love the quick-shifting and powerful braking of the Force gearing and Avid brakes. And tubeless-ready wheels practically make flats a thing of the past. So race it Saturday and ride it to the office on Monday. Just don't forget to wash it.
Features & Info
E2 Head Tube
Trek's E2 head tube is 1 1/2 inches in diameter at the bottom and 1 1/8 inches at the top. This maximizes front-end stiffness for awesome steering precision and control, while allowing the use of standard 1 1/8-inch stems and not adding much weight.
BB90
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| Trek's Cronus features a unique bottom bracket that's 90mm wide (traditional ones are 68mm wide). This wide bottom bracket lets Trek build the frame with larger tubes for increased power transfer. Plus, the BB90 is machined so that the bearings can be placed directly into the frame saving weight due to fewer parts, ensuring additional pedaling efficiency and simplifying maintenance and repair. |
Hidden Fender Mounts
Trek's discreet mounts accomodate full-coverage fenders for added versatility.
Geometry chart
Pedals sold separately
Consumer Reviews
Pros
- Comfortable ride
- Excellent brakes
- Good racing tires
- Great handling
- Great shifting
- Lightweight strong wheel
Cons
- Occasional toe overlap
Best Uses
- Cyclocross racing
- Racing
- Road riding
- Training
Apr 29, 2014
- Pros:
- Superior Mud Clearance, Great handling, Excellent brakes, Lightweight Strong Wheel, Great shifting, Good Racing Tires, Comfortable ride
- Cons:
- Occasional Toe Overlap
- Best Uses:
- Cyclocross Racing, Road riding, Training, Racing
I raced I raced this bike all of the 2013-2014 cyclocross season as well as extensive amounts of training on the road. I love the amount of mud clearance this bike had as well as it's impeccable handling. The wheels that this bike came with are extremely well made. They combine light weight and strength in one awesome package. This SRAM Force shifting has been incredibly reliable and has remained crisp shifting to this day, nearly 9 months and one cable change later. I have put about two thousand miles on this bike and I really couldn't be happier with it. For anyone looking for a bike that they can both ride on and off road, I wouldn't look anywhere else.
Not to mention the bike is quite pretty!
Specifications
- Frame
- Trek 500 Series OCLV Carbon w/E2, BB90
- Fork
- Bontrager Race X Lite Cross
- Rims/Wheels
- Bontrager Race Lite, tubeless-ready
- Hubs
- See Rims/Wheels
- Spokes
- See Rims/Wheels
- Tires
- Bontrager CX3, 700 x 32c
- Crankset
- SRAM S952
- Chainrings
- 46/38
- Front Derailleur
- SRAM Force
- Rear Derailleur
- SRAM Force
- Rear Cogs
- SRAM PG-1170, 11-speed: 11-28
- Shifters
- SRAM Force Double Tap
- Handlebars
- Bontrager Race Lite Anatomic-C
- Tape/Grips
- Bontrager Gel cork
- Stem
- Bontrager Race X Lite
- Brake Levers
- SRAM Force
- Brakes
- Avid Shorty Ultimate cantilever
- Saddle
- Bontrager Evoke 3, Ti rails
- Seatpost
- Bontrager carbon
- Accessories & Extras
- Hidden fender mounts