Originally Posted by
Turnin_Wrenches
Your logic makes sense, and I assume Trek is having trouble justifying both models in the face of an industry downturn. From a business perspective it makes sense. I'm just not excited about the potential merger of the Madone and the Emonda into one hybrid package. I'm probably in the minority.
Is that because you want to justify buying 2 slightly different bikes? Otherwise I don't see a real problem here. The pros have realised that they might as well use their aero road bike in the mountains, so the need for a "climbing" bike with less aero, that weighs exactly the same within a few grams is pointless. They might switch from 50 to 30 mm deep wheels for mountain stages, but that's about all.