Trek’s Red Barn Refresh is a certified used bike program where you can get bikes for about 20 to 40% off retail, straight from Trek to your door in the US, with a limited lifetime warranty and a 30day money back guarantee.

Since I test bikes here on The Ride, Trek sent me a Checkpoint to check out the program.

I take a look at what the bike looks like when it arrives, how much assembly you have to do, and I’ll compare Red Barn Refresh to other used programs.

I also review the bike itself and share my experiences with various Checkpoint models over the years.

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0:00 intro
1:27 unboxing and building
10:28 Checkpoint review
19:27 conclusions