Originally Posted by
Cpn_Dunsel
The problem I have with all TREK machines is their bottom bracket. Press fit is a wallet lock. Great bikes but I only buy and spend on machines that have a screw in BB.
Plastic bikes (which is what carbon fiber frames are ... plastic) with press fit BB's are not going to be machines that last and work well without lots maintenance on that BB. Their aluminum frames may last. Their plastic ones will not.
I do not consider the Domane a Gravel bike. The front fork rake, the geometry. the headset angle, the inability to run a 650b x 47 wheel set makes it a road bike that can be used off road in some conditions but hardly a true Gravel Bike.
I won't disagree with you on the gravel comment, but there is nothing wrong with Trek BB set up. I have a bit more than 22,000 miles on my Domane and have replaced one bearing (one side not both) and it was the bearing that failed nothing to do with the press fit in the frame.