Below, you will find notes I took everytime something happened to my Trek 520 which I bought new before my trip. Overall, I loved this bike because it's fast, durable on dirt roads but it could be unconfortable on a very long trip. The original seat gave me several butt blisters and rashes (easily resolved if I wasn't so cheap to buy a proper one), the low handle bar gave me wrist problems but all admitable given the distance travelled in such short time. Let me know if anyone have any questions. Sorry for the bad formatting of the table below. I am getting back on my feet.

DATE 23.3.05 29.3.05 1.4.05 17.4.05 27.4.05 16.5.05 19.5.05 25.5.05 31.5.05 25.07.05 14.8.05 ===== 4.9.05 4.10.05 8.10.05 11.10.05 29.10.05 17.11.05 23.11.05 18.12.05 4.1.06 6.1.06 7.1.06 13.2.06 5.3.06 9.3.06 25.3.06

KMS 227,1 669,1 786,9 2096,5 2933,2 3939,2 4186,8 4632,9 4742,0 8909,5 10490,2 ===== 12232,6 13727,6 14257,5 14257,5 15170,8 16179,8 16567,9 18080,4 19230,5 19277,4 19305,1 22457,0 23921,2 24185,4 25345,3

NOTES Seat clamp broke. Gears went out of sync. Loose tape. Derailler squeeking when in high gear. Squeeking noise (pedals maybe). Replaced cog and chain. Speedometer broke + pads replaced. Replaced original tires. Spoke nipple broke ( I tried to ride with the lock). Repl cracked rear rim with a cheap Iranian model. Kickstand and water cage broke. ===== Rotated Marathon XR tires. Rear hub is playing. Tightened two soft spokes. Changed XR tires and bar tape. Left shifter has been loose for awhile. Rear brake levers getting stuck when braking. Front brake levers getting stuck when braking. Cleaned brake levers. Repl spoke, cog, chain, brake housing. Hub still playing. Went to bike shop to fix brakes and hub play for good. Chain skipping (perhaps because it's new). Fixed broken spoke. Fixed broken spoke. Fixed cable housing. Broken spoke to be fixed, brakes are almost gone, bar tape gone, housing almost gone, all bearings need replacement.