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10:26 I would like to know your thoughts between the tarmac sl8 and the venge you own. Keep up the great work guys, I love the detailed and honest reviews from your website!
Seems very interesting especially pricewise trek seems to understand that not a lot of people can afford a bike over 10000$. But why 50/34??? should be 52/36
The average rider is much more likely to sometimes need a very easy gear than they are to spin out at 50/11. Especially the "recreational rider" that this 3rd tier model is aimed at. And yes, it did hurt to call a $6000+ bike 3rd tier...
Wheels, tubes and tyres make such a difference, if you're making a review based on how the bike compares to what you're riding usually, I'm not even sure I'd bother using the supplied tubes and tyres. My own bike, with the same wheels, whether I'm running 28C or 32C feels like an entirely different bike, so ride feel and stiffness mean virtually nothing unless you're using a given set of tyres, tubes and pressure. And for almost anyone buying any bike that's not high end ever, I'd probably always budget 120$ extra to put on gp5000 and TPU tubes. I wouldn't even ride the stock tyres so I can sell them as new on ebay.
We reviewed the stock bike in comparison to other stock bikes (Nate's Specialized Venge) and with stock wheels and tires we know from riding other bikes (we've previously ridden and reviewed the stock Bontrager Aeolus Pro 51 wheels and Bontrager R3 Hard-Case Lite tires on several other bikes that our our daily drivers). To review the frame, we compared the effect of other wheels and tires we've also tested on other bikes (the Reserve and Black Inc wheels and the GP5000 S TR and Trek Aeolus RSL tires) and the groupsets we've tested on other bikes (the Ultegra 8100 that comes stock and the Sram Red AXS and Force AXS). It's not an exact science, but if you test enough of the components on different bikes, you can make a fair assessment of their individual and collective contribution to the performance of this bike. Hope that helps!
Yes, Trek only sells the SL 7 in "matte lunar silver" in the UK market, which I also think is quite attractive and very similar to the color of Nate's Venge. The color of the Madone we tested is called "dark star." Someone was clearly working late into the night when they named those colorways.
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10:26 I would like to know your thoughts between the tarmac sl8 and the venge you own. Keep up the great work guys, I love the detailed and honest reviews from your website!
Thanks for your question and feedback. We're trying to get a hold of the Tarmac for long-term testing. Will post a review if/when we do. Cheers.
Seems very interesting especially pricewise trek seems to understand that not a lot of people can afford a bike over 10000$. But why 50/34??? should be 52/36
The average rider is much more likely to sometimes need a very easy gear than they are to spin out at 50/11. Especially the "recreational rider" that this 3rd tier model is aimed at. And yes, it did hurt to call a $6000+ bike 3rd tier...
Wheels, tubes and tyres make such a difference, if you're making a review based on how the bike compares to what you're riding usually, I'm not even sure I'd bother using the supplied tubes and tyres. My own bike, with the same wheels, whether I'm running 28C or 32C feels like an entirely different bike, so ride feel and stiffness mean virtually nothing unless you're using a given set of tyres, tubes and pressure.
And for almost anyone buying any bike that's not high end ever, I'd probably always budget 120$ extra to put on gp5000 and TPU tubes. I wouldn't even ride the stock tyres so I can sell them as new on ebay.
We reviewed the stock bike in comparison to other stock bikes (Nate's Specialized Venge) and with stock wheels and tires we know from riding other bikes (we've previously ridden and reviewed the stock Bontrager Aeolus Pro 51 wheels and Bontrager R3 Hard-Case Lite tires on several other bikes that our our daily drivers). To review the frame, we compared the effect of other wheels and tires we've also tested on other bikes (the Reserve and Black Inc wheels and the GP5000 S TR and Trek Aeolus RSL tires) and the groupsets we've tested on other bikes (the Ultegra 8100 that comes stock and the Sram Red AXS and Force AXS). It's not an exact science, but if you test enough of the components on different bikes, you can make a fair assessment of their individual and collective contribution to the performance of this bike. Hope that helps!
I haven’t seen this color way in uk
Yes, Trek only sells the SL 7 in "matte lunar silver" in the UK market, which I also think is quite attractive and very similar to the color of Nate's Venge. The color of the Madone we tested is called "dark star." Someone was clearly working late into the night when they named those colorways.