Why did Trek do this to me?
01-27-10, 03:57 PM
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Why did Trek do this to me?
So I was surfing the web and decided to take a look at the Madone 4.5 I plan on buying in spring, and I find this: https://www.trekbikes.com/au/en/bikes/road/2_series/25u/
Now I'm in a pickle. Do I get a low end carbon with 105/Tiagra, or a higher end aluminum with full ultegra? At this point I am leaning towards the 2.5. Better components/wheels and with my 300lb frame I can use all the help I can get. Anyone hear of a price yet, as Trek has nothing on their website. I still have time but damn that 2.5 looks good.
Now I'm in a pickle. Do I get a low end carbon with 105/Tiagra, or a higher end aluminum with full ultegra? At this point I am leaning towards the 2.5. Better components/wheels and with my 300lb frame I can use all the help I can get. Anyone hear of a price yet, as Trek has nothing on their website. I still have time but damn that 2.5 looks good.
01-27-10, 04:00 PM
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So I was surfing the web and decided to take a look at the Madone 4.5 I plan on buying in spring, and I find this: https://www.trekbikes.com/au/en/bikes/road/2_series/25u/
Now I'm in a pickle. Do I get a low end carbon with 105/Tiagra, or a higher end aluminum with full ultegra? At this point I am leaning towards the 2.5. Better components/wheels and with my 300lb frame I can use all the help I can get. Anyone hear of a price yet, as Trek has nothing on their website. I still have time but damn that 2.5 looks good.
Now I'm in a pickle. Do I get a low end carbon with 105/Tiagra, or a higher end aluminum with full ultegra? At this point I am leaning towards the 2.5. Better components/wheels and with my 300lb frame I can use all the help I can get. Anyone hear of a price yet, as Trek has nothing on their website. I still have time but damn that 2.5 looks good.
01-27-10, 04:03 PM
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That's a great looking bike.
What's the over/under for the amount of time it takes Waterrockets to come in here and poop all over this thread? Or is that reserved purely for carbon treks?
What's the over/under for the amount of time it takes Waterrockets to come in here and poop all over this thread? Or is that reserved purely for carbon treks?
01-27-10, 04:08 PM
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Though I wonder the same thing.
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Doesn't show that the 2.5 is available in the US. The site you're on is for Australia.
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well **** on me. Didn't notice it was autstralian. Everytime I type in treks website it directs me there. Well that sucks. Hope it become available here soon!
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I upgraded to a '09 4.7. Iwas in the same situation. I figured that for a few hundred more it would be worth it. The '09 4.7 has full Ultegra and the same paint scheme as the '10 4.5. Talk to your LBS and see what they can still get in the '09's.
01-27-10, 05:04 PM
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You had me laughing and my wife staring at me like I am braindead.
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We regard WR as a "testicle advisor"on the mechanics/ergonomics of Trek bikes.
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So I was surfing the web and decided to take a look at the Madone 4.5 I plan on buying in spring, and I find this: https://www.trekbikes.com/au/en/bikes/road/2_series/25u/
Now I'm in a pickle. Do I get a low end carbon with 105/Tiagra, or a higher end aluminum with full ultegra? At this point I am leaning towards the 2.5. Better components/wheels and with my 300lb frame I can use all the help I can get. Anyone hear of a price yet, as Trek has nothing on their website. I still have time but damn that 2.5 looks good.
Now I'm in a pickle. Do I get a low end carbon with 105/Tiagra, or a higher end aluminum with full ultegra? At this point I am leaning towards the 2.5. Better components/wheels and with my 300lb frame I can use all the help I can get. Anyone hear of a price yet, as Trek has nothing on their website. I still have time but damn that 2.5 looks good.
01-28-10, 08:21 AM
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still waiting . . .
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