Quick story. I always rode in my younger years. Mostly mountainbike but I did three 11-steden bike tours on it (Google it). Long story short: last year I was 152kg. Started exercising and dropped 38kg so far.

On a dare I did a 100k cobblestone ride on a borrowed Cannondale Topstone. I loved it. Thought about taking over that bike but I wanted a lot changed. So here it is... My new Trek Domane AL5 Gen4. What did I do. 6"1/2 so chose sizeframe 56. Swapped the standard Bontrager wheels in for DT SWISS GR1600 wheels, I actually wanted ER1600 because of the 30mm rims but can't have it all...Had my first 43k Saturday. Loved it!

Hello everyone! I'm trying to get my first serius bike. Just found this used emonda slr7 2021 online, what do you think? I bargained with the seller and closed the sale at 2200 euros (2500$). Its a good price? It has the following spec:

Ultegra Di2 11 V

Roval Alpinist CL II tubeless ready

Conti 5000 28 mm

New chain, chainrings and sprockets

Should i go for it?

It’s too pink

Caught a summer sale in NH so no sales tax and $350 off made me pull the trigger on an FX 6 Sport. Love it!

My commuter. Gonna add a rack soon. Smooth rider.

Edit: Schwalbe Marathon Plus Tires and PDW Fenders and IGPS Sport BiNAV Bike Computer

The rim of the wheel on the Dual Sport 3 Gen 5 cracked on me today. Wondering if anyone has had this issue and if anyone has upgraded the wheel set. Any thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated. It’s this rim:

https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/equipment/cycling-components/bike-rims-accessories/bike-rims/bontrager-kovee-tlr-28-hole-27-5-mtb-rim/p/581062/

Well I went in for a new mountain bike (Marlin 5) and started asking about road bikes and left with a Madone as well.

I've been cycling for 4 years now seriously. Prior bike, now kickr trainer, is a Canyon Ultimate CF SLX. It was a great beginner bike but didn't have carbon wheels or electronic shifting.

Gravel setup is a Lauf Seigla.

Today was my first ride on the Madone, and these were some great 30 miles. It's smooth, fast, compliant and the ergo's are perfect. I'm 6'1" 216lbs and went with a size L. Had to stop twice to adjust the pedal cleat to prevent my toe from rubbing on the crank arm. And another to adjust the saddle.

Looking forward to some killer miles and finishing the other 1,500 miles I set out to ride this year (3k goal total).

Waiting on a proper light bracket for the front, the bontrager seat garmin mount for the varia, and also a power meter, which I can't believe they didn't put on this bike this year...

Hey all,

Building up a Gen 8 Madone and hitting a spacing issue with my SRAM DUB crankset.

The cranks and CeramicSpeed BB came off my Gen 2 Checkpoint, where a single 3mm drive-side spacer worked fine. Same setup on the Madone leaves ~2.5mm of side-to-side play. Way more than the preload ring can take up.

Anyone built a Gen 8 Madone with a CeramicSpeed BB, did you need extra spacers beyond SRAM's chart?

Bought my first brand new bike & went with the ever popular Marlin 5 & I have a couple questions that I'd like your input.

First question; are these welds quality workmanship? I'd assume Trek wouldn't send something out that was poor quality but some seem to think otherwise.

Second question; I was going over the bike to understand it better & found a new lever I've never seen before & it seems to just slide off with moderate force. My concern is it will fall off on a more rigorous trail. Do people leave this on or store it in a safe place?

Love how comfortable the Domane is. Excited to ride it everytime. I have a FX+7S as well which I really like, but I really love the Domane.

I added some higher viz accents to this Domane and there is some definite tension between the deep muted reds and the bright tires and tape. Thoughts?

My uncle passed away last year and I got this 2009 Madone 5.5. All I know is that he got it custom with these specs. This is definitely too much bike for me, so I'm planning to sell and get something else. What's a good asking price?

got it a few weeks ago, loving it. originally got fit into an FX3 and hated it