2016 Madone 9
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kookie wrote:How is the braking and mech. shifting? Just curious about the cable bends from the bar/stem through the head tube.
Braking is excellent, really good and comparable to my old da 7800 brakes. The mech shifting is fine but not as good as the old da 7800 but I knew that would be the case anyway. Bike shop did all the cable routing so cant comment too much. I asked about removing the spacers if this would have any affect on the cabling performance and he said I'd be fine trying with different height which I have been. The two spacers is my fitment so I'll probably stick with the two anyway. Really easy to adjust given the spacers come in two parts.
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Posted some pics of the build in the gallery section.
Was reading another review of the trek in another magazine. Realized that I haven't seen the same level of coverage for the new specialized venge. Seems like everywhere you turn there's a positive review for Trek -- all pretty much the same conclusion too: awesome bike, questionable to maintain and really expensive. Credit to treks marketing department. They seem to have won this round
Specialized Tarmac Sworks SL6, Moots Compact, Carl Strong Titanium
Keep in mind that most riders in Trek team use it without any apparent issues while Specialized seems to try hard to persuade its riders to ride their vias. Even in flat stages.
That is indicativeenough IMHO.
Astana and TS typically have much more on the line than Trek Factory, so to speak. At least this was mostly true this year especially at the big events. Riders often are hesitant to ride new things as they most often are not fully thrashed out. At the Tour the Vias didn't even have the right parts installed. Spec was rushing to make it visible and compromised in a couple areas.
Of the two, I like the looks of the Madone better. But I bet the Vias will sell more. Neither one will make the companies profitable as sales of high end road bikes are not so good. Way too expensive for what you get.
Of the two, I like the looks of the Madone better. But I bet the Vias will sell more. Neither one will make the companies profitable as sales of high end road bikes are not so good. Way too expensive for what you get.
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that neon yellow one doe.
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