Ditto!
Man, that color is 
Its like molten lava!
Fantastic bike, those wheels are great as well! Had mine for about 45min before I got hit by a car last year haha. Magical 45min though!
One question, are you running dual rear lights? I can see its the older version of the Flare R, what is right above that? Is that another Flare RT?
1st gen Garmin radar and Flare RT. The radar still works and has great battery life so I still have it, although would love to upgrade and only have one device.
Smart! I know that its supposedly easier to track distance to objects and such with a constant light instead of flashing, so are you running one on flash and one with steady lights?
Or just using the radar for radar and flare for light?
I have started using flash during the day, and then constant when its starts to get dark.
The 1st gen radar is worthless as a light, I have the light turned off. I don’t ride at night, and during the day have Flare RT set to night flashing mode unless on a group ride (switch to steady).
I’m sorry, I feel like on old man yelling at clouds but these prices are absurd.
Prior SL7 Expert (alum wheels, 11 speed UDi2) $5500
“New” SL7 Expert (C38 carbon wheels, 12 speed UDi2) $8300
The c38 wheels retail for $1100, so even if you account for that, the new one is going to cost an extra $1700.
Last year I bought a 2022 SL7 Comp - Rival eTap for $4800. Months later it went up to $5000. Just looked and now it’s $5500.
Sounds like a good investment. I picked up a frameset when they first came out for $3000. They’re $3,300 now and wouldn’t be surprised to see another price increase.
Honestly, I think the Crux had the craziest price jump. S-Works frameset went from $2700 to $5000, full build was $9000, now over $12k. And they’re still selling out.
Used bikes are now appreciating assets like used cars 
I bought a 2015 Domane in December 2015 for $4000 and sold it 5+ years later for $2200. Pretty happy about that. The Pros Closet sold it shortly after receiving it, and they marked it up.
haha yep, my sl7 went from 15,000 CAD to 17,099 now. Only thing that has changed is the groupset from 11 to 12 speed.
I don’t mean to bash Specialized…I have a Roubaix and absolutely love it. You can get a Trek Emonda with Ultegra 12 speed Di2 for under $6k with carbon wheels. I guess they charge what the market will bear, but looks like I won’t be able to replace my Robaix when the time comes with another comparable Specialized if I want to keep both kidneys.
Roubaix? The equivalent at Trek is Domane. For Di2 it’s $6600 for Domane SL and $8000 or so for SLR.
Man, that’s awful. I wish I would have gotten the expert when I had the chance. I passed on it (bought the SL6 for $3500 with di2). That’s why I paused at the 5k price for the SL7. I LOVE they lines of the SL7 and shape of it. But, for the price I paid for the SL6, it made more sense to walk away from it. I did use some of the savings (price went from 4200 to 3500) and got the Aerofly II bars. I would like to upgrade my wheels sometime from the bontrager aeolus pro 5s to something like HED JET blacks or maybe the rovals 38 (if better) or the HED Vanquish or enve ( used, I can’t afford the new ones.
Maybe I should grab the frame set of the SL7 before it goes up another $1k!
just looked at the specialized site and don’t get the price hikes. The Expert at $8300 when the Pro is $9k. You might as well get the pro. You get better wheels and aero bar for the price difference of $700.
I also was thinking about how the regular SL7 frame was 3k. The Expert bike was 5k. If you remove the frame price from the 5k how is it possible that they think the price of di2, DT 470 wheels and plain bar equal a 2k difference?
The smart move would have been to buy the frame and build it up. Man…I’m irritated! LOL
I think the sooner I accept that I’ve simply been priced out of the bike market, the happier I’ll be.
Wise thoughts. I need to do a better job of being content with what I have. Sadly, bikes make this difficult for me. And I don’t know why!
Yeah, bike prices seem to have gone (more) crazy than usual over the last years. I remember when the first higher end bike I purchased was ultegra, full carbon and 4k cad, now the same spec line is easily 2-3k more. Honestly its not like it makes a performance difference anyways, but man that logo is worth it XD