Originally Posted by
Dancing Skeleton
I have a 2013 Domane P1, which I love.
The Domane disc bikes look great, but I really think that Trek blew it with only two options.
Who wants a Sora equipped bike?
I'm sure that Sora works fine, but c'mon Trek, nine-speed & exposed cable housings?
We're at 11-speed on most new bikes, 9 is a step backwards.
The 4.0 has Tiagra 10-speed (along with the exposed cables), but at least it's 10-speed.
The 4.3, at only $100 more, has 105 10-speed.
Trek should have offered a 10-speed disc option at ~ $2300.
The Sora 9-speed was a major mistake.
Yeah, I think it's great when they offer cheaper Sora options in full carbon for commuters or people who just like full carbon in order to lower the price to around $1,600. That's great.
But that's not what they're doing here. The
only affordable disc options is Sora, and it's still $2,100. Wth? I mean it's just it's just bizarre - they don't even offer like a $2500 105 option or even a $3k with disc or something like that. The Trp Hyd semi-hydraulic disc brakes they offer are very good disc brakes at least.
But your only options for a disc are the $2,100 cheapo Sora version, or the $7,899 Domane 6.9 disc. It's just...bizarre that they don't offer any in-between models.