Originally Posted by wilmingtech

i have a hard time with this. One, for personal reasons, im not really a trek fan (acquisition and death of klein cycles) but 2nd reason is that back in the day tiagra was always associated with high end big box store bikes and the bottom end racing/top model bikes were shimano 105. So seeing a 1700.00 bike with tiagra components just seems riduculously high priced.

Thats my personal view though. I think you can do better than tiagra for 1700.00 if you wait and get the right deal. Keep 3 or 4 bikes that you like in your back pocket and keep watching for sales. Black friday might be a great chance to get 2018 bikes on clearance.

-sean