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08-04-22, 11:07 PM

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tempocyclist

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Originally Posted by timtak

@tempocyclist prefers his new full carbon Di2 equipped Canyon Aerod to his 1980's bikes but how does it compare with the Trek -- the imho pinnacle of bicycle evolution!?
I like tempo's blog
https://tempocyclist.com/2022/07/06/...-and-real-men/
https://tempocyclist.com/2021/01/28/...-and-progress/

Thanks. 🙂

The Trek 5200 is pretty close in performance to the Aeroad, but there's definitely a penalty. That said, the 5200 has had a lot of "recent innovation" thrown at it to get it as close!

2002 vs 2022 bike - https://tempocyclist.com/2020/09/13/...eed-aero-bike/

I am "pushing competitively" though so I guess this 49 page thread is not really aimed at my use case.

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