Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
1.97 kg is the frame weight of the previous generation Madone, not the newest generation. The latest generation still isn't a weight weenie bike, but it has shed a lot of weight.
Again, that's pretty heavy for a size 47 road frame. But, weight isn't everything.
In other words, trek just started selling frames that might be lighter than a cheap Chinese bike for 4-5 times the price?
Get some facts on the new model and post that. Do you know that trek weight includes a seat post?
The top of the line Madone gen7 costs $13,200 and weighs 7.36 kg.
The Madone gen6 with sram rival weighs 8.03kg compared to my yoeleo at 7.95kg (with a hefty smp stratos saddle) and 200g more than my 2017 cinelli superstar bikes that each cost less than half as much.
Using rival FD and RD only adds 19 grams compared to force. I just swapped those parts on one of my bikes.