I suffered a traumatic brain injury (attacked by a man with a hammer) in 1993. My recovery was slow, but recovered I did. But the attack left me visually impaired, and I had to relinguish driving. I began to ride a bike. Riding the bike gave me back my freedom. It is now 2007 and I am able to drive now. But I must tell you, I have decided that I want to "Remain Green". Not get a car, and just continue to ride my bike. I bought a Trek, after Lance Armstrong won his last Tour de France. The Trek has given me even more freedom. I ride every day twelve miles, to Zoo Atlanta, where I work as a Zoo Keeper. With such a light and precise bike, I eat up the road, saving my energy in order to do the work of a Large Mammal Keeper, which in itself is very physically demanding! On my days off the Trek allows me to play, where I can then ride approximately 120 - 175 miles a week.
So walking the talk of being "Green" I feel good about minimizing my footprint on this planet.

It did take a life changing circumstance for me to give up my driving habits, but now that I have learned how to commute on a bike, I will probably continue to cycle as opposed to driving.
Thanks so much for spreading the word.

Sincerely,
D. Robin Pepper
Atlanta, GA

...fumble fingers, start again.
I've had great experience with my Treks: 99 model Postal frame, 2002 custom Fuel 98 and my 2003, 5900 model Project One (15.7 lb). Have been following intently the articles and comments re the 2008 model Madone. Have compared dimensions from your emails and followed comments closely in prep for a Project One, Performance fuselage, 54 cm. Only one minor recommendation: replace seat mast clamp with less obtrusive type. The Bontrager badge deserves to shine, the seat mast clamp deserves to be subtle, unobtrusive, unpolished against the black.
Thank you for the quality design and manufacturing of my current rides. Am looking forward to owning/riding a 54cm Madone Performance next season. Cheers,TAT

I have ridden Trek Bicycles since 1986 when I got the aluminum frame at a very deep discount. Since then I have had at least 3 other Treks including the first USPS Team bike that somehow cracked and then they warranteed the frame and gave me a Madone 5.2 2006 model,it maybe the 2007 model I am not sure. I had a Hospitalization due to an irregular/irregular arythmia that took a while to resolve itself with the right meds. My total off time is in reality is 2-3 Years I finally attemted to ride outside last thursday and had a lot of problems staying balanced actually Crashing 3-4 times because of my inability to balance and get into my new Look Keo pedals or on uphill starts. There are no flat roads anywhere near me,and I do not have a Car to go somewhere else.Being in the DFW area of Texas we had a lot of rain even into June and July then the Temps. got very hot and ozone is very High on most days. I need help trying to get and maintain my balance once again. I have been riding since the early 80's and until the last few years in that time prior to the last few years including the late 1998-2005 I rode and could easily balance the bike but also during those same years I gained quite a lot of weight and due to some of the meds I am on cause me to not be able to loose much weight but very easily Gain weight. I am open to any advice to help me regain the balance I once had and even possibly loose weight.I don't know if anyone can directly contact me from my posting but I do hope so.

For the past three years, the local Trek store, Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City, has hosted a weekly ride designed in part to help people learn to comfortably navigate neighborhood streets and the occasional shortcut through a park or school so that they feel empowered to hop on a bike and run to the grocery, or the liquor store, or to the bank or post office. Unlike other rides in town, any bike and any clothing style are welcome, and everyone stays together. Store owner and frequent Monday night rider, Dan Hansen, attributes some of the store's success to the friendly welcome the Monday night ride provides for new cyclists.

I began the 6-mile commute to work here in Japan almost a year ago. I was about 50 pounds overweight at the time and have lost about 30 pounds since then. I am now training with some coworkers to ride in the Tour d'Okinawa this winter and feel great not only because of my increased health but because everyday I ride I know that I'm helping reduce emissions. The only "green" fuel more Americans should be considering a switch to is their own body fat!

I love my Trek bike!

I think changing people attitude to ride bicycle is not easy because cars can be more convenient if travel long distance in faster time. Until Trek can invent a bike that light and fast enough to reach at an average speed of 40 mph and cost only US$1,000 and cheap maintenance cost.
In Malaysia, almost every home own a bicycle, but not many wants to ride the bicycles except for kids and teenagers.
Adult People love driving their cars even a very short distance like 2-3 km and to make the situation worse, government encouraged people to buy national cars rather than a bicycle. We do have a lot of car parks and traffic congestion problem in a small cities in Malaysia.
Regards
Lawrence
Trek bike lover