Dege's (John Degenkolb) Domane

[Geoff]

Ok, now that I have figured this out (thanks, all), here is Dege's Trek Domane from last season.

The bike is in as-close-to-raced condition as possible. It is missing the 'Ace of Spades' top cap (guys are so superstitious), but it does have a custom colour-matched replacement, which is just fine. The last race was Paris-Roubaix last Season and the bike still has the sticker listing the pave secteurs on the toptube. The Di2 E-Tube Cockpit got ripped-off at some point and I needed to get a pic before the snow flew again, so please don't rip me about that. Sorry about the snow in the back yard and the resultant bad lighting...
Dege 2017 by Geoff Mar, on Flickr

[Calnago]

Awesome! You’ve arrived!
Now just slap some pedals on it and at least provide an “as is” weight. Weights without pedals, cages etc just don’t count.
Also, I think in this case an obligatory picture might be the sticker of the pave sections on the top tube.
Nice! Have you had a chance to actually ride it yet? A great little writeup might be to compare its handling with the Emonda you’ve got.

[glam2deaf]

The Pro-Endurance geo is a massive improvement aesthetically over the standard Domane geo.

Bke looks awesome Geoff, glad you got images sorted

[Calnago]

By the way Geoff... what sizes are the two Treks you have, Albertos Emonda and Degenkolb's Domane?

[Geoff]

Alberto's is an H1 56, Degenklob's is an H1 54, Pantano's is an H1, Nys' is a 56 and KfC's is a 52.

[Calnago]

Ok... just how many ex pro bikes do you have stashed away in the mancave of yours? So do you mostly collect them, since the sizes in the bikes you have seem to cover a pretty good range and I thought you were on the smaller side of a 56, which is why I asked in the first place, since that’s the size I thought Contador rode. And that 54 of Degenkolbs looks tiny, if judging by the headtube length, but some of that is due to the longer than (std Emonda for example) axle to crown length, which like my Koppenberg, cuts at least a centimeter out of the headtube length. Love the look. When the weather gets better maybe some closeups of Degenkolbs rig would be in order. Did they at least cut the fender mounts off. Even if you were to get one of the Pro Endurance geo Domanes through Project One, there still have the fender mount bosses on them.

[Geoff]

Not sure, 50 or 60 maybe?

No, save and except for odd exceptions, they are all rideable (that is one of my criteria). That Dege is actually interesting. It is the 'Pro Endurance' geometry, which is a similar idea to 'H1'. AThe nominal 54 has a 103mm headtube, but a 55mm toptube and a 73.7 degree seattube, so it is actually quite long. I suspect that the shorter headtube allows the front Isospeed to have more range, or something. The fender mounts appear machined-down and have tiny Allen screws closing them up, but they are still there.

[Calnago]

The Pro- Endurance geometry is the old Classics Geometry. That is what Cancellara, and others would use pretty much for one race only... Paris Roubaix. Long wheelbase, low BB, steering geometry to match... very much meant to be very stable riding in a relatively straight line over boulders. But not so agile on a more technical course, such as Flanders. For that they had the Koppenberg, which is very close to H1 geometry of the road bikes. Trek actually states the Koppenberg is H1, and for all intents and purposes it is, but there are a couple minor differences. Cancellara apparently liked the bike so much that it became his goto bike for all the Grand Tours as well, which was great for sales of the Domane, even though the geometry was nothing like that of a standard Domane.

50 or 60? Are you just messing with me now? If that's true, then all I can say is you've got a lot of picture posting to catch up on. Perhaps start a thread called "Geoff's Pro Bike Collection".

[P90Puma]

50 or 60? Are you just messing with me now? If that's true, then all I can say is you've got a lot of picture posting to catch up on. Perhaps start a thread called "Geoff's Pro Bike Collection".

[guyc]

Low. And. Long.

Love it.

[bm0p700f]

Trek certainly have improved the geometry of there bikes. That's the short if bike I'd like to ride. Damm can't afford one at present.

[glepore]

Geoff, are you friendly with someone at Trek's Service Course? If you can say...

[jimmerjohn123]

Alberto's is an H1 56, Degenklob's is an H1 54, Pantano's is an H1, Nys' is a 56 and KfC's is a 52.

I'm not familiar with abbreviated names. Who is Nys and KfC?

[Geoff]

Sorry. Sven Nys and Katie Compton ('cross riders).

[Ritsuke]

This bike is one of the inspirational bikes for my current project so needless to say I'm jealous! Take good care of it!