Originally Posted by
Jrasero
BTW the standard Emonda frameset is a joke. The SL Disc frame weighs 1245g while their Emonda ALR DIsc 1257g especially considering these are climbing frames. The SLR while light is still 760g and is a $4200 frame while in contrast an Aethos Fact 10r is $3000 and 699g
Point being all of Trek's bikes are pretty beefy. The Domane has always been a pig weight wise and the Madone while lighter than previous gens still is one of the heavier Aero bikes
I agree that 488g is a lot of extra carbon. But it might not necessarily be a bad thing depending on how it is used on the SL. Maybe it's a better "beater" than the SLR, but I'm not claiming that. Just saying that weight is not the only parameter to compare frames.