Resolution:
The warranty claim was accepted and I'll be getting a new Madone 4.6 frameset (closest in tech to my original 5.2). I'm a little bummed because of the geometry change Trek made to its mid-line bikes; the headtube is a full inch taller than my old bike (including headset) which means the new frame will have to be a 56cm instead of the original 58cm. The original race geometry is available only on the top of the line 6.x series Madones; just a head's up in case anyone is looking at buying a Trek for racing purposes.
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Cat 2 Track, Cat 3 Road.
"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --
the tiniest sprinter
Last edited by Brian Ratliff; 02-21-12 at 10:46 AM.