Trek purchase

[hilly10]

Put a deposit down on a Trek Emonda SL5 today, going to have a full bike fitting tomorrow,then subject to still being as comfortable as the first time I sat on it I will finalise the deal. The price was down from £1900 to £1500 and they have offered a few sweeteners.

First thoughts are how light the bike is 7.6 kilos. I have read quite a lot of reviews and all seem positive. I know most of the gearing is 105 and I could buy a cheaper bike with Ultegra but the frame on those will be no where near as good as the Trek, which if I do upgrade in the future I can go Ultegra

Any comments guys negative or positive.

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[hilly10]

mcelliott said:

Got the SL6, thing fkin flies even with me on it.

Good to hear.

[hilly10]

Picked it up today and went on a quick ride for an hour, really am well pleased Superfast comfortable and sooooooo responsive

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jontysafe said:

Liking the deals on a Trek Emonda alr

Yes there are some cracking ones around I did look at them but settled on the SL5

[hilly10]

Did my longest ride today since I took to the road bike covered 85k just over 50 miles in 3 hrs 5 min I kept up as best I could with two good lads. I lie here now absolutely knackered but I am on a total high

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JEA1K said:

I do like Emonda's ... have been racing on my SLR mostly this season and has felt spot on. I didn't imagine I'd spend more than 2-3 hours riding it each time as I bought it for that sole purpose but had a 120-odd mile ride up into the Moors in summer and came back without requiring a visit to the chiropractor. In actual fact, I've become more flexible since I've been riding the bike.

My Mrs has the womens SL6, and wheels apart, its a really great bike.

That looks the dogs.

Going to invest in some new wheels for the Spring and Summer, keep the ones that came with the bike just for the Winter.