Comparing Trek

[drplasma64]

You know, in all my reading when I was looking around I found lots of people who bought 7200FXs and lots who bought the 7500FXs, but no one really talking about the 7300FX.

I got the 7200FX, and it is very nice for my needs. Paved bike paths, some roads, pulling kids. But it is slow compared to my 20 yo road bike with skinny tires. And I'm not an experienced cyclist - but the difference was obvious even to me. So I'm glad I have both

We went through a gravel parking lot the other day on the 7200FX and attached trail-a-bike, it went fine. Really my first experience on any kind of loose surface, and since I had my precious cargo on back, I took it cautiously, but didn't feel at all insecure with how the bike held to it.

I second the idea that once you have one bike, you may want another.

edit: ooh...I checked out the 7300FX - looks nice...now I sorta wish I got one! The 3 things that really popped out at me were the Deore RD (Deore is supposed to be much better than alivio), the chromoly fork (instead of hi-ten steel ...a weight savings, I'm sure), and the "clipless adaptable" pedals. Not sure exactly what they mean by that...but everyone here really advises to go clipless, and if I want to do that I'd have to buy new pedals. I don't know how easy to adapt the pedals on the 7300 FX are, and how good they are once adapted, but that is something to research more, I'd guess.