Perfect Tourer!
520 is the classic steel touring bike, perfected. It's been tuned for maximum comfort, stability, and reliability, day after day, week after week, year after year.
If you're a committed touring cyclist looking for the utmost in comfort and durability to carry you to familiar destinations and unexplored vistas, 520 is your ride.
- Steel Frame - Bombproof butted Platinum Series frame with a steel-smooth ride.
- Touring Geometry - Trek have spent more than three decades perfecting the 520 geometry to suit the heavy loads and high miles of multi-day touring.
- Blendr-compatible Stem - Bontrager Blendr stem technology lets you clip your gear directly to the stem for clean looks, maximum user friendliness.
- Rack&Fender Ready - Built-in mounts make it easy to add racks and fenders for added versatility.
- Low Touring Mounts - Touring-specific mounts stabilize loads for multi-day trips, with no additional hardware required.
- Mechanical Disc Brakes - Reliable stopping power in all conditions, including wet and muddy.
- 36-Spoke Wheels - Super-strong 36-hole rims give 520 a stout foundation for miles and miles of fully loaded riding.
- Tubeless Ready Rims - Bontrager TLR (Tubeless Ready) Road is the first fully integrated tubeless system for the road. No tubes mean there's no pinch flats, allowing you to run lower tire pressure. With lower tire pressure you can increase traction, control. and comfort, reduce fatigue on you. Best of all, the tire sealant seals up punctures as soon as they happen!
