FXjohn

no, I don't have one, just a 7700 from a few years ago.
if the darn thing would die I could get a 7.9

or would like to hear about bikes that are better for the money.

AdelaaR

So what exactly is official about this thread again?

FXjohn

I'm posting from an "office".

so what's so official about the "crocs" thread?

LongIslandTom

Personally, I think the Cannondale Quick Carbon 1 is a better value.. It's also a flat-bar carbon-frame road bike with an Ultegra drivetrain like the $2800 Trek 7.9 FX, but the Cannondale's MSRP is $250 less (which one can put towards buying accessories for the bike).

Me, I ride a Specialized Sirrus LTD, also a carbon-frame flat-bar road bike with an Ultegra drivetrain. Cost me just $2000 when I bought it in 2006. Specialized does still make a carbon-frame Sirrus but they switched over to an SRAM drivetrain.

Of course if one REALLY wants to shave down costs, BikesDirect has a $1300 Motobecane Cafe Century Pro (flat bar carbon bike with Ultegra drivetrain), but it uses cantilever brakes, which is unusual.

AdelaaR

Hehehe ... never mind just jokin'

I went over to the Trek site and had a look at those 7.9FX's.
Must say I would be pretty disappointed to pay $2800 for a bike with a 105 crank.
They could have at least put an ultegra crank and cassette on there for that kind of price.

Talldog

You ever owned or used a current 105 crank or cassette and/or directly compared it to an Ultegra crank back to back ?

FXjohn

appreciate all the input on the downsides of the bike. would hate to miss out for a better bike.

Talldog

Absolutely great bike is all I can say. In a nutshell, the ride is smooth and fast. It is the bike I like to ride the most by far, and I have some other nice ones. So that says a lot in itself. That being said, I bought mine used. Don't think I would ever lay out the money they they want for a new one. You would really have to want the carbon fibre frame I guess. But the ride with the CF frame is on another level compared to any of the aluminum FX's. It just has a totally different feel. Trek did not make the CF frame as light as the ones on the racers, such as the Madone. It actually weighs around three pounds. They tuned it more for smoothness, strength, and feel and I think they hit the nail on the head. The bike leaps forward with every pedal stroke in a way that just isn't there with the 7.5FX etc. Here are some pics of mine. Photobucket screwed up the high resolution photos but it is all I have at the moment.

AdelaaR

I'm not saying an ultegra is that much better I'm just saying $2800 should have a full ultegra group ... or maybe I'm just being picky

Cool handlebar there! Never seen one like that.

qmsdc15

$2800 should be completely Dura-Ace or better.

AdelaaR

That's asking a bit too much but if you wait for the right sale why not.

I did a quick search and aparently bikesdirect even has a titanium frame full dura ace bike for $2800
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/..._teamti_10.htm

Talldog

Or better .... ??

I know yo're probably kidding, but ... show me one bike with an MSRP of $2,800 that gives you a full Dura-Ace gruppo. The Dura-Ace gruppo itself costs $2,600 to $5,000, depending. That being said, I think all that high end stuff is way over priced. But it is what it is.

qmsdc15

Ya think...??

$2800 for a hybrid bike. That hurts me. I wouldn't trade anything for that carbon feel though. It's money!

Nice kickstand!

FXjohn

talldog, what size frame is that? and nice bike!!

KShep

+1...who makes it?

badger1

Bontrager (Trek in-house component brand). Don't know if it's still in production.

badger1

@Talldog ... niiiice bike indeed! BTW, looks awfully clean/dry round your place ... where the h__l are you in ON? Round here, juuuust starting to dry up the past few days (what a winter!).

Gyro

Here?

https://bontrager.com/model/04996

AdelaaR

$219

I'm starting to see where Trek gets the $2800 from

Talldog

Thanks. It's a 17.5" frame.

Talldog

I'm in Kingsville, 40km south of Detroit/Windsor. Been raining here too. The weather so far this spring has been the crappiest I can remember in quite a while. It just refuses to warm up.

Talldog

The handlebar is great and allows for a nice tuck when needed. It also presumably dampens road vibrations very nicely but it's hard to tell the incremental improvement as the whole bike is carbon. The only drawback is that they are a bit wider than I would like. You can't cut them because of the extensions. It would not leave enough space for the grip, shifter and brake levers.

AdelaaR

... you could always get some brake/shift combo to save space and you could even cut the grips if they are too wide.
Furthermore I advise you to mount your computer on your stem so as to leave your cool handlebar to have a more aero handposition and meanwhile improve the symmetricity (does that word even exist?) of the bike.
Maybe you could even mount some grips on them or cut them to size to make them fit ... I did with my aerobar and certainly wouldn't go back.

FXjohn

I;m not that tall, but I like the 20" frame on my 7700.

badger1

London here; starting to dry up/warm up a bit, bit has been sloooow this year!