Originally Posted by
GlennR
Ever ride one?
I have a comparable bike, Emonda SLR, eTap, Zipp 303 and i've ridden a bone stock Emonda SL6 and there's a noticeable difference. Is the SLR worth 2.5 times as much? Depends on how much disposable income you have. When I bought my bike I was driving a 14 year old Civic with 245,000 miles.
I have actually - new Trek store opened up locally and the owner has one prominently displayed. We took it out for a spin. Extremely sweet ride. Still, it's way more money than I'd ever pay for a bike. The only way I'd drop that kind of $$ would be the aforementioned mega-millions lottery and finding a one of a kind gold plated Colnago or similar ultra-classic steel bike. At least I could lie to myself convincingly and say it was an "investment!"