Greetings Y bikers...
Good to see this group starting to take off at last. Seems it's a
small world as far as Y bike enthusiasts go. With the exception of my
Y5 pics in the Moderator's Y5 album, 99% of the pics here are from
Ebay...taken as I go through my daily trawl of Trek listings.
Surprisingly, there is little else on the bikes on the internet so I
think the pics should be saved while they're out there.
Having always wanted a Y bike since I got into mountain biking, it was
only via Ebay some years later that I could afford one, and having got
the Y5 I now want more! (The story of my Y5 is in the links and on a
couple of occasions it has been linked from Ebay from people selling
Y5's). Currently I'm looking out for a YSL200...top of the range
carbon fibre OCLV. There was a new old stock one about 2 months back
and I haven't forgiven myself for letting myself get outbid on it.
Although there's one on Ebay right now, it's medium frame and I need
large. Anyway, just about to go out riding with the Y5...perfect day
for it :)

John

--- In trekybikes@yahoogroups.com, pgastilo@c... wrote:
> Hi Steven!
>
> So you're the one who sniped those Y-Five-O's from me on E-Bay!
HAHA! Nice bikes, I like the tribal paint jobs on them. I sniped the
blue Y-22 and Y-33 frame. I'll post pictures soon too! I've always
loved these bikes and plan to ride'em, and keep 'em goin' as long as I
can. When these bikes first came out was around the time I graduated
my bachelor's degree. But couldn't afford them because of my student
loans. Still can't actually but thank goodness for EBay! I even have
a Y-Foil 77 and building another. I still have my aluminum bikes but
I've been spoiled after riding the Y's, there's no goin' back! I too
look forward to this forum for info and hope it grows as big as the
Y-Foil group which has over 300+ members and still growing! So glad
that Trek has invested so much into the OCLV technology and sponsoring
Lance Armstrong!
>
> LiveStrong! ~ RideStrong!
> Phil G.
>
> P.S. In my first post I mentioned I'm still shopping for a URT for
my Y-33 build, any ideas?
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> What a great group, I have often wondered about starting such a
> group to help all of those who are intent on keeping this great bike
> alive by sharing stories and information on the technical side of
> keeping these bikes going.
> I got my first Y in 2000, a very clean used Y-5 (Actually, I don't
> know where the moderator of this group got the picture, but if you
> look in the Y5 photo album, the photos of the Y5 leaning against the
> white garage is my bike. There are 3 or 4 pics of it there.) I have
> ridden this bike all over, raced it, upgraded it, painted it. This
> bike is a tank and will never die. Then I picked up a Y11 off of
> Ebay last year and it is the lightest mtn bike I have ever ridden. I
> just picked up another bike off of Ebay, a Y50 as a Valentines day
> present for the girlfriend. (As a matter of fact, if you look in the
> Y50 photo album, the picture of the Y50 leaning against the front of
> the red Camaro is the actual bike I won. This is getting Freaky!)
> Anyway, it has been stripped down and put back together and it is
> ready for the woods. She also has a Trek 4500 hardtail that she
> races, but I am hoping she will become a convert.
> I hope that this forum can become an area to share technical info
> also on these bikes. maybe by sharing our experiences with what
> works and what doesn't, amybe we can all help each other keep these
> bikes going.
> I will be posting pics and histories of what I have done with our
> rides and hopefully others will do the same.
> I really look forward to this forum
>
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