surgeonstone

Cervelos are just plain ugly,

caloso

No one rides Treks any more. They're too popular.

RoadMike

Trek is to bicycles as Nike is to running shoes. It's not that there's anything drastically wrong with them, there are just better options in my opinion.

rpenmanparker 

Thank you, Yogi.

BillyD

Well intentioned advice, yes, but how do you know he needs to drop more weight? He could be 6'4 or more, 194 is not overweight at those heights. Just sayin'.

pdxtex

hooray, an opportunity to use my favorite meme. also, i have this to add. trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trek, trekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!! yeah, who cares what you ride. just have fun.

DaveWC

You say that and then have Giant in your sig. Gotta laugh.

Beaker

Trek makes good bikes. Most of the comments I see on aesthetics posted here bear pretty much zero relation to real world riding experiences.

If you like the bikes, get one.

IthaDan 

Long Tom

Page 2 of a Trek thread and no a-word.

Oy, the maturity on these ones.... appalling!

rebel1916

^^^^^Asplode?

wedgeSG

The wife and I just purchased a pair of road bikes to get back into riding after many years. We went about our purchases differently. I read, researched, & test rode, as much as I could...to the point of her almost demanding I come to a conclusion. She went to an LBS, got on a fitting bike and ordered the size of the single bike that spoke to her soul. Kind of a love a first sight thing. I rode Treks, and Cannondales, and Marins, and Redlines, and Giants, and Specializeds. I started in low to mid-priced fitness bikes, and wound up in mid-level carbon roads as the search wore on. One bike, (a 5.2 Madone), just really seemed to ring all the bells for me. I rode and compared it to a similar level Domane and forgot about visuals during the decision. The Madone won out for me. Compared to Roubaix, Cadd10, and even a Cervelo R3, none felt or looked more "right" to me. I couldn't be any happier with MY Trek. It was a '13 closeout, bought at a reasonable price, so the "paying for the name" argument is a little tired. Nothing in the "14's I've seen thus far has made me the least bit remorseful - even at much higher price points. It has been said here many times, to buy the bike that inspires you to ride it. I think that is the best advice there is. If the machine speaks to you, through fit, comfort, looks, ride, memories, or aspirations, that will go a long way toward becoming one with your new best friend. The bike is your friend, others folks don't enter into that relationship, and their "imput" simply doesn't matter. Wedgie

rpenmanparker 

You forgot to tell us what your wife selected.

Campag4life

You're right.
OP...how tall are you and what size Madone do you ride?

Campag4life

Sounds right to me. What's not to like about a new Madone?...hellova bike.
What geometry did you choose? H1,H2 or H3?

pdxtex

if anything, trek is the toyota of cycling. a huge company which makes very good vehicles for a wide range of customers with generally conservative or sometimes borderline flashy paint schemes. i just finished 2500 ft of climbing on my extremely boring trek 2.1 made of aluminum (the horror) and had a very enjoyable ride.

caloso

Pretty much.

mprelaw

The Affinity saddle is the worst ass-hatchet that I've ever had under my butt.

wedgeSG

The wife bought a '14 Giant Thrive...which still hasn't made it to the LBS yet. She saw a press release shot of it and that was "The One". My Madone is H2 in a 54 size, white/green...love that color combination too. So inspired by the thought of riding again; I've ordered a pair of shoes and the new Shimano Click'r pedals, with the intent to make the jump to clipless. If I can keep the bruises to a minimum, I might even get the wife to give 'em a go if depending on my survival. Wedgie

Long Tom

There's one in every crowd. Sigh.

Yes, I'm amazed that Asploding Trek Syndrome has as of yet gone unmentioned.

rebel1916

It's not just Treks. I mean, the aluminum ones are fine.

lenA

we fondle Treks up here in cheeseland

pdxtex

if trek is guilty of one thing in my book, its the corporate-y acqusition of smaller niche bike companies which then become assimilated into the trek/borg order of being, ie, klein and lemond. im not really sure what tech trek decided to keep from klein, maybe compact frames, internal routing of cables. and as far as lemond, before things went sour from completely different reasons, lemond was treks outlet to the steel frame market niche. towards the end, lemonds were pretty much aluminum treks with lemond badging. pretty sad. things seemed to work out for gary fisher and keith bontrager though. names id still say are respected in the cycling community. i just wish they would make some kind of "heritage" collection, traditional geometry with some reynolds tubing. they have the trek earl's (urban single speeds) but id like a true throwback trek with new components. im sure alot of other people would too. new steel out of the box is pretty much dominated by errr, i guess i dont know, bianchi and jamis??? those are the two big ones i think of when i picture new steel bikes....but alas, maybe lemond will make a comeback and start selling bikes again.....

caloso

I think it's pretty much SOP to immediately throw the Bontrager saddle in the trash and replace it with something else. Or not--some of the reports suggest that the bare seat post would be more comfortable.

Nachoman

I'll admit it. I don't like Treks.