I haven’t rode a bike in 25+ years. I’m almost 6’2” and 242 lbs. I need to get more exercise.
I’m looking at the Trek Verve 2 but I’m wondering what the experienced riders think of this brand and model. I always associated a low step as a girls bike but I guess that isn’t the case anymore.
I can see the benefits with a rack and a bag on the back not having to step over a center brace. Would I get made fun of .
I would use the bike for neighborhood riding, parks, and the occasional dirt trail. I definitely need the comfort the Verve series brings.
Thanks.

The frame on the Verve 2, with it's sloped top tube, is pretty much the standard design for most current bicycles, so no, you won't be made sport of.

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Trek Verve 2

It's been a LONG time since I've been in the mountain bike scene. But at the time the brand was very much sought after and the standard. 25 years ago +/-.

My wife and I just bought Trek e-bikes. She went with the Verve+ 2 low step. She’s 5’2” and she likes it a lot.

They have a version of the Verve 2 that is not low step.
https://www.trekbikes.com/us/e...2735/?colorCode=grey

I went with the Marlin+ 6 because I want a more forward posture, and the option to go off road.

Just make sure your skirt doesn't get caught in the front sprocket.

Seriously though, my ebike has the same style, as do most that I've seen around here. No biggie.

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
The frame on the Verve 2, with it's sloped top tube, is pretty much the standard design for most current bicycles, so no, you won't be made sport of.

The Trek Verve 2 Lowstep is not a sloped top tube. It is a step-through frame.

The Verve line has two geometries, sloped tube and lowstep.

^^^Well, I guess what I posted is 100% correct then...

That said, this is one of the annoying things about Trek in recent years, as they offer multiple bike with basically the same name...Confusing as shit sometimes!

Oh, and the 'Lowstep'...You will be made sport of riding that one!

I have put thousands of miles on bicycles over the years and never made fun of anyone because of their bike.

While you are out riding on an early morning, most are at home doing nothing so get out and ride.

I have seen some men riding step-through bicycles. They usually have restricted mobility issues.

I was riding in a charity ride for diabetes North of Austin a few years back and came across a family riding with a teenager on a cruiser bike with a half-flat tire.

I asked them if they needed help changing the tube but they had no spares nor anything needed to change. The teenager was Type 1 and they were riding to raise money dot the ADA.

When the teen told me he was riding 50 miles, I told him he would never make it on that bike. I swapped with him and showed him how to use the gears on my new Trek Marin 29’er mountain bike. The old him I would see him at the finish and I walked his beach cruiser 4 miles back to the start.

He was out there riding on what he had to raise money to find a cure for diabetes. When he crossed the finish line he had the biggest smile on his face. No way I could make fun of his beach cruiser.

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^^^Well, I guess what I posted is 100% correct then

…except he wrote “low step”

There are some models that have a sloped top frame tube, and some that have no top frame tube but a massive lower tube, what I think of when reading "low-step." The latter resemble the "girl's bikes" of old. But whatever floats your boat.

The Tweetsie Trail, which I have been walking in lieu of the exercise my former work gave me, has me thinking (only idly at this point) of cycling again. I lost interest not long after getting my first driver's license.

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Originally posted by SW_Sig:

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^^^Well, I guess what I posted is 100% correct then

…except he wrote “low step”

Yes...But I did not!

Every word in that post was accurate, even if it didn't address the 'intent' of the OP. I focused on this sentence:

"I’m looking at the Trek Verve 2 but I’m wondering what the experienced riders think of this brand and model."

And then I was off to the internet to find it! The fact that neither 'lowstep', nor 'low step' were not capitalized in the OP like the rest of the model, left the impression that it was just a descriptor, NOT part of the model name. Just sayin'...

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:

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Originally posted by SW_Sig:

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^^^Well, I guess what I posted is 100% correct then

…except he wrote “low step”

Yes...But I did not!

Every word in that post was accurate, even if it didn't address the 'intent' of the OP. I focused on this sentence:

"I’m looking at the Trek Verve 2 but I’m wondering what the experienced riders think of this brand and model."

And then I was off to the internet to find it! The fact that neither 'lowstep', nor 'low step' were not capitalized in the OP like the rest of the model, left the impression that it was just a descriptor, NOT part of the model name. Just sayin'...

I knew what you meant. Appreciate the reply.

All kidding aside, if it works for you, get the 'lowstep' (Gen 4, Gen 5, Gen 4 Disc...Really TREK??) and get out there & enjoy the ride!

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Originally posted by Jimineer:
I haven’t rode a bike in 25+ years. I’m almost 6’2” and 242 lbs.

Would I get made fun of .

At 6'2, 242 just stop, get off the bike, give them the Clint Eastwood stare and say "what'd you say, Punk"

Having now seen some in person and sat on a few (a large frame Verve 2 with the seat height properly adjusted for me, the seat comes up to my belly button) the low step model is the right answer for me.

Trek is a good brand. I have had my Dual Sport for 10 years now and have put thousands of miles on it.

Only regret I have is not getting one sooner!

I have a Trek FX-3 and like it a lot.

I know, not similar to your bike in question, but the quality of Trek is great.

I have a TREK DS2 and it has been flawless for 6 years.

My wife and I each had one of these bikes. After a few trips and a few wrecks, we sold them both. they were very nice - we were getting too old. bought a golf cart instead.

I bought the Trek Verve 3 gen 4 last summer. Similar bike, hybrid style that I ride mostly on greenways, paths, and some roads (I’m too old don’t bounce off the ground from mountain bike trails). Mine has the regular frame not the “low step or step through” model. I have a small triangular shaped bag that attaches to that top bar and bar that holds the seat post. I put my phone, wallet, and keys in it. I could also put my carry gun in it - if I had a carry gun.


Just get out there and ride it. You’ll enjoy it.