The FX S4 comes in at around 10.3kg
The FX 3 Disc comes in at around 12.04kg
The Toughroad comes in at around 11.5kg

I will only be riding light fire roads and small gravel and light dirt....nothing too extravagant at all. I am happy to keep tires at 32 or jump to 35. I guess I'm trying to make it a tad more versatile by giving it more knobbly tires which can handle gravel a bit better (not to mention tubeless). But I don't want to sacrifice a lot of speed on the road by doing this. I think all three tires I mentioned meet that criteria.

I think you would be sacrificing a bit of speed and some of that snappiness with the gravel king SK's. They're great tires but the small blocks do slow you down. I'll reiterate my suggestion of Terreno dry or Overide. Probably some of the fastest gravel tires out there.

Thanks, not sure how readily available they are in Australia....I will check.

I was leaning towards Schwalbe G-One Speed or Allround. I've read that G-One Speed's are very fast on road and Allround not far behind.

They're both excellent choices if you don't need a bit more grip in the loose stuff.

Sold my cross Giant TCX SLR 1 because I am not racing much anymore and it was not comfortable for commuting at all.
Test rode Giant Escape and Trek FX. This is what I ended up with minus the brakes because they didnt have V-brake version in my size ready. I see no point in mechanical discs over V-brakes with good pads so I opted for V-brakes.
Photo is during the test ride. I will update the photo tomorrow when I take it on the first ride and explained what I have already done to suit my needs.

And here she is as promised. Took it out for a "quick" 90km spin to make sure things work and made adjustments as I went ensuring to work out all the creeks and rattles (mainly from the fenders). Perfect now.

congrats on the new ride and sweet pedals!

What kind of pedals are those? They look like they're made of honey. I like it.

The pedals are Rock Bros MTB pedals from amazon. Decided not to go clipless on the commuter. If you ask me, 90% as good as clipped in. I only really notice going up steep hills where I am used to pulling up.

Here u go

I still haven't had the chance to test ride the FX 3 Disc and the FX Sports 4.

Has anyone rode both?

What is your thoughts?

FX3 The smoke cleared this week so got a few 10 mile runs in. Very happy with it.

Nice! I put Raceface Chesters on my FX 3.

Okay okay calm down :-)

Can highly recommend the Panaracer Gravel Kings. Get a tire jack as they are a pain to get on and off but solid on and off the road.

Yeah I love my Trek S5 2018 but I hate the way it looks. It looks real cheap for a $2k bike. Couple of years and I will get a full re spray for sure seeing as the bike is so perfect component's wise.
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Beautiful bike, but what's with the seat angle?

I'm one of those people who can ride the hell out of a bike but is utterly incompetent on anything more mechanically sophisticated than changing a tire or adjusting a seat, so bear with me if I ask some stupid questions. Please note--I do not want advice on my shifting/riding style, which I know is highly unusual and one that I've adopted through a lifetime of trial and error. I have short stocky legs, and this works really well for me.

I have a 2017 FX 3, and I spend well over 90% of my riding time on the large chain ring. I go up most hills on the large chain ring. It is 48T. My smallest gear in the rear is 11T. I actually use the 48X11 quite a bit running level, not just downhill. I feel like I actually could make use of a higher gear ratio.

Everything on the drive train except the pedals is the original stock equipment on the bike.

So my questions are: 1) Can I replace the 48T ring on my particular bike without having to change a whole lot of the rest of the drive train? What else, if anything, would I have to change?
2) How much of a difference would I feel between 50 x 11 and 48 x 11?

Great idea. I considered this too or even doing a vinyl wrap on the bike would make it look incredible. the variety of wraps out there is insane and I know you could probably find the perfect color that you want... they have metallic finishes, matte finishes, and almost every color of the spectrum.

take a look at this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VJW98YC...ding=UTF8&th=1

I think Trek is fully in on the "boring paint jobs don't get stolen" theory.

hah, you're definitely right about that.. either "boring paint jobs dont get stolen" or "lets cheap out on the paint for bigger margins" .. i've posted this picture before and i am posting it again for reference. I wish trek made an fx in this color! I would buy it in a heartbeat!

Wow that is a nice blue! Which bike is that?
I am nearly ready to purchase a FX S4 but I find the colour so boring...quite the turnoff

Just buy that and put flat bars on it. Then you'll have a flat bar Domane/FX

If you have the monies, you can do a Trek Project One bike and put flat bars on it.

Edit: Beautiful color by the way!

Finch! Nice to see you again.

The bike is a Trek Domane SLR 6. i found it on a r-e-d-d-i-t thread that i cant link here. but you can google "nbd trek domane slr 6 with fulcrum racing zero." IIRC, the bike's MSRP was either $5,500 or $6,500. I can't remember but still really pricey.

And the suggestion about Project One - no way in hell am I paying MSRP for a bike just for the color. I'll save thousands if I simply get the bike painted or wrapped. I can afford a pricey bike but i have owned 6-7 trek's in recent years and only paid full price for my first one (trek fx 7.2) before I wised up and realized I should be haggling with dealers . Since then I haven't paid MSRP and the best deal i got was on a my 16-pound emonda sl6. Sticker price was $3,400 and I paid a fraction of that. Bike shop margins are in upwards of 70% on some of these bikes! I have seen dealer cost spreadsheets and they're making a killing from people paying msrp on bikes.


since we are on the subject, click here and look at the gloss sun burst color! WOW! https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/b...Code=red_white

I don't think you should have to be robbed in order to get your bike in a nice color.