K2 / Proflex Riders Group
General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: mootsguy on April 21, 2010, 02:27:24 pm
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What's the word on the street regarding the K2 Proflex 3000?
I have a line on one and don't know much about it.
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Confusingly, a 3000 can be either a x57 style bike, or a "two tube" Evo style bike.
see 1998 catalogue = x57 style on RHS
(http://idriders.com/proflex/coppermine/albums/userpics/10284/2.jpg)
and real world examples:-
(http://idriders.com/proflex/coppermine/albums/userpics/10284/3000_Medium.jpg)
(http://idriders.com/proflex/coppermine/albums/userpics/10284/3000.jpg)
and 1999 catalogue = "two tube" / Evo style same as the 4000
(http://idriders.com/proflex/coppermine/albums/userpics/10284/2%7E0.jpg)
Here's a frame:-
(http://idriders.com/proflex/coppermine/albums/userpics/10284/3000_Frame.jpg)
either way a good bike, but horses for courses! the '98 is probably explicitly an XC bike whereas the '99 is maybe a bit more "all mountain" ? ? ?
Col.
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Thanks Colin, the pure xc part appeals to me and my collectors lust.
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FWIW. I like my 3000. (The picture of the polished aluminum one above is actually my bike. ;D) I certainly have no complaints.
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Moots,
So which one is you bike, the '98 or '99? I had a '98 2000 which was the same as the ''98 3000 but with cheaper parts, and I have a 5500 which I would think should be the same geometry the '99 3000. I love both bikes, but I think I got along better with my 2000. However I was 10 years and 35lbs lighter. Both bike are some of the best climbing bikes ever, but they like to go fast when not climbing. I keep forgetting the faster I go the better the bike works. I just have to keep working on getting more steam from the engine room.
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...I keep forgetting the faster I go the better the bike works. I just have to keep working on getting more steam from the engine room.
LOL...give it a few more years...I keep forgetting that the faster I go the worse I break things. (More often parts of me than the 3000.) ;)