So much hate because you missed the summer sale? A local guy bought a $4300 2022 Checkpoint SL6 AXS for $3300 in July (23% off), have the receipt for warranty work. I bought it from him in October for $2500. Had to buy and replace a $2 screw 
Inspected, waxed the chain, like new.
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Not hate. Just reality. Summer sale? Lol. Nice shot and we dont have summer sales. 2-3 year old domanes go on sale for $100 off regular price. My local dealer still has 2022 gen 3 domane sl5’s going for full price at $5429. Glad things are better for you where you are. Been a trek fan for a number of years. And before that specialized. Treks bullshit of going generations was the final straw for me. A 3 year old bike sitting on the floor at full price. Keep it. I’m a dodge ram truck guy. Check those dealerships for prices and inventory. They will need to keep those as well. Covids over along with the profiteering. These companies need to wake up or just keep their product.
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I am Right there with you, some businesses need to get to dropping price. I’m trying to buy a car and dealers have stuff on lots for 4 months and won’t lower the price. It’s not moving off the lot at 2022 pricing
Getting mad at a brand because a dealer is selling old inventory at full retail completely misses the mark……
Sounds to me like th LBS is not a very good business person……first, if they have 3 year old inventory in the floor, that means they have been sitting on it through the entirety of COVID boom….not sure how that is possible.
Secondly, they have long ago paid for that inventory and that money is now wrapped up in those bikes, just sitting on their floor. Someone needs to explain basic concepts to them such as inventory turn and open to buy.
Finally, Trek has nothing to do with their insistence on charging full retail on that old inventory… that is the LBS’ decision.
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I agree. Cervelo, Santa Cruz Blur CC bikes, they’re massively discounted, I see zero reason to look at Trek’s or Specialized (specialized do have some good deals, but typically I’m seeing them on eMTB and other bikes that don’t sell well or appeal to me).
Compared to 2020, I would say late 2023 is a pretty great time to be looking for a new bike, provided you aren’t set on a Trek etc.
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I was interested in a gravel bike and bought a barely used Checkpoint sl6. With upgraded mullet I’m at $3300.
Comparable local new bikes before taxes
- Specialized Diverge Expert is 20% off, down to $5000
- Santa Cruz Stigmata Rival 1x at $4900
- Cervelo Aspero Rival 1x is 25% off at $4125
- Trek Checkpoint sl6 Rival 1x is $4300
We can debate other specs but all those are Rival 1x drivetrains. Trek list price looks ok to me. I’ve got my own gravel wheelset.
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Where are you guys seeing these discounts? I’m looking at a Soloist but only see full prices online. Is this in person only?
This was posted above, a few days ago:
Don’t know if they ship.
They do not (Cervelo at least). Should have specified I’m looking for Cervelo specifically out of that list.
Santa Cruz Blur CC with a D build kit (pretty low end) and SID fork is down at $3299. That’s a $3449 frame with full build kit, for less. This is at Cambriabike. Someone also had some other SC models for around 30%, but I can’t remember who. My guess, is that SC had a heap of Blur CC frames, and offered them to Cambria with a cheaper build kit.
Then Cervelo, I don’t remember if it was an email or a link in this thread, but someone has a few models like 30% off. I thought their gravel bike was one.
So, no, no brand is doing 30% off all models, but for me, the SC and Cervelo models on sale are ones that I’d be interested in.
This may be a dumb question but are the frames identical? Or do you get something less than on the low-end build?
Assuming the ad isn’t a typo, it’s the higher end CC frame. The normally cheaper Blur builds use the C frame, and the CC comes in higher up in the range.
The fork seems decent.
Group, wheels and finishing kit seem (I’ve not looked in detail) below or similar to the regular C entry level complete bike.
So you save maybe $1k over the entry level complete bike, but get a better frame. Given jenson have the XT trail group down from $1k to $700, I would sell the group and upgrade to XT. And then probably sell the wheels and get reserve ones. Just keep frame, fork, headset, stem, bars, seat post, saddle etc.
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My daughter lives 5 minutes from Cambria Bike and coming tomorrow, too bad I don’t need a Blur CC!!!
Thanks for your comments. I tend to disagree. Treks Generation strategy and removing years from models is part of the issue. When you label a bike as a gen 3 or gen 4 and have that bike not have a model year on it is just crap. It makes it harder on the consumer to know what he is buying. There is no way that the model will be the same for all 4 years. Yes the frame will be the same but it will be hard for the OEM to keep all the parts the same for that entire 3-4 year generation of bike. It furthermore muddies the waters on used. Was this a Gen 3 bought 4 years ago with 20000 miles on it or A gen 3 Bought 2 months ago with 500 miles on it. What about carbon fatigue and all that.
Generations to me is just another way that TREK can profiteer from covid type pricing and availability. Bikes are a commodity like vehicles. Some are close to the same price as well. You would never see a OEM vehicle manufacturer making a GEN 6 RAM truck that covers 4 years of builds. It would be chaos. Thats why vehicles have years and not just generations.
As for the bike dealer they know their business. Have 4 stores and are quite successful. They are also one of the few dealers that actually still put the model YEAR on TREK bikes. For instance it is a 2022 Trek Domane Gen 3 SL5. Most Dealers in the area with the exact same bike Just have the GEN 3 on it with no year. I respect the dealer and buy quite a bit there. Just wont buy a trek. As for TREK and pricing neither you nor I actually know what TREK’s pricing guidelines are between Trek and the Dealer. It is not one dealer. Its pretty much all the dealers. Different countries do things very differently. Specialized Canada (not a division of specialized) operates completely differently from specialized USA and quite frankly specs a number of their bikes up here like crap. lol. Trek does not offer many of the color combinations on bikes in Canada that are in the USA. It seems we dont have access to the same catalogue for both brands.
Point is its my money. I first worked in the industry 36 years ago. I have seen the market change over the years but nothing like what happened over covid. Unfortunately a lot of dealers here are still either choosing to or are being forced to still operate under covid supply conditions. Its interesting to see how some brands have normal sales on this time of year and others have nothing even on 2021 or 2022 brand new bikes. It is the same with trucks. Many dealers here still have brand new 2022 trucks at full price when they have hundreds of 2023’s and have a lot of 2024’s on the ground.
As for bikes I will skip the trek and specialized and maybe go get a argon 18. with an argon I will know the year and not need to worry about generations. Also with an Argon or something like it I am not as concerned with a sale price.
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Hey Enve,
I think you have a misprint. If not, I’ll take a dozen, one for each member of the team.
Thanks.
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PBase runs to put one in cart…
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Maybe you guys can take your internet bickering somewhere else, some of us are here for the deals.
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I made a point. I got questioned on it. I explained it.
Thanks much.
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I tried. It’s gone. The whole interface seems whacked. Their Shimano offerings (chain rings sizes, cassettes) are for 11 speed groups…hope to lord they aren’t selling >$10k bikes with 11 speed, but I wouldn’t put it above them.
Edit: pretty sure it’s a $200 deposit
I tried too. If you click “road bikes” instead of clicking on the actual bike, you can get there…but the $200 is just the cost to reserve one, not the actual bike price. ENVE | Custom Road Bike – ENVE Composites USA