GCN proves 90s Trek bike as fast as $10k aero super bike
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I get the impression most people don't think about it that much and get the latest just because it's the latest and that's what the guy at the bike shop told them they should get. Same with all kinds of fashion. There's nothing wrong with it. Not everyone wants to spend all their free time analyzing bike parts or ride a bike that looks like an old beater. My neighbor kid races bikes and bought a new Ultegra Disk Emonda last season, and I noticed the other day that he got new tires. I asked him what kind of tires they were. He didn't know. Said the guy at the Trek store told him they were good. I've asked him before what gearing he was running. He didn't know that either, and he's a mechanic at the Trek store. He just wants to ride a cool bike. I've talked to the owner at the local Trek store, and he said he has a few customers who spend $12-15k a year on a new a top-of-the-line bike and wheelset. Every year. These are just normal middle-aged guys from the suburbs who want to ride a cool bike and have plenty of money to get whatever bike they want.
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Then there are those of us who actually race, and train with power and know how hard it is to add 5W to our threshold power so giving those up on the bike due to rolling resistance, aero, or weight when the guy you're trying to stay with in the group has considered the same thing. The engine is the most important aspect but you can put yourself at a disadvantage that training can't always overcome. Gotta remember those in your Cat are likely training just as much if not more than you or have the genetic gifts to be able to hang. Its not like when you're out on a group ride with a bunch of randoms of varying fitness
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So what does the average 2.5-3k carbon disc bike weigh now coming from the factory? I'm looking at the Trek site now. It has the $3799.99 Domane listed at over 20lbs and the $2499.99 listed at nearly 20lbs. Neither with pedals, etc. It that about what it is across the different manufacturers? They've lost the weight advantage because of the disc braking systems? That doesn't seem like much of a reason to upgrade.
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Where do you come up with this stuff??? Not everyone on here is 80 pounds overweight (your words)...do you even own a bike since you sold your Litespeed to buy that Madone that did’t fit you and you had to sell?
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And no replacement bike yet.
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I’m actually about 110 pounds overweight smart guy but I don’t see that having anything to do with my statement. Formula 1 race is a real race...that’s like the equivalent to a Tour de France pro race. Guys racing Honda civics on the street is equivalent to the cyclists here that can’t keep a 30mph average. That’s not a real race.
And no replacement bike yet.
And no replacement bike yet.
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I’m actually about 110 pounds overweight smart guy but I don’t see that having anything to do with my statement. Formula 1 race is a real race...that’s like the equivalent to a Tour de France pro race. Guys racing Honda civics on the street is equivalent to the cyclists here that can’t keep a 30mph average. That’s not a real race.
And no replacement bike yet.
And no replacement bike yet.
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New styles of Sock Puppet are emerging in the 41 to Troll the Pond:
We've had the Athletic-Sock, purporting to be astonishingly fit and oh-so Fast.
The Ankle-Sock, posing as an utter newbie awash with impossibly earnest basic questions and unsure of which end of a bicycle faces forward.
The Tube-Sock, a faux laid back stoner/hipster amalgam spouting Zen-Control and Oneness with their brake-less Fixie.
Now we have the Compression-Sock, posing as a morbidly overweight, bike-less and yet all-knowing expert on all things 41 hoping for a forum violation reference to his/her faux"weight".
Hopefully next is the No-Show-Sock who doesn't Troll BF at all anymore and actually went for a bike ride instead.
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We've had the Athletic-Sock, purporting to be astonishingly fit and oh-so Fast.
The Ankle-Sock, posing as an utter newbie awash with impossibly earnest basic questions and unsure of which end of a bicycle faces forward.
The Tube-Sock, a faux laid back stoner/hipster amalgam spouting Zen-Control and Oneness with their brake-less Fixie.
Now we have the Compression-Sock, posing as a morbidly overweight, bike-less and yet all-knowing expert on all things 41 hoping for a forum violation reference to his/her faux"weight".
Hopefully next is the No-Show-Sock who doesn't Troll BF at all anymore and actually went for a bike ride instead.
-Bandera
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I dig me some physics and cosmology, but I haven't come across negative mass. Looks bananas.
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I think these bananas may contain exotic matter...
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Ha ha, like a personality.
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Speaking of things money can't buy, are you going to get a bike?
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Looks like this thread is done, thanks for playing.
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