Here is my bog standard Giant TCR Advance Pro 0.
Top end might not be as fast as my Aeroad was but I think it’s a much better all round bike. I’m only 3 months in but we are building a special relationship.
I was debating whether to get the titans wheels or zephyres but knowing myself i‘d regret not going all out and questioning the decision later on ![]()
Being a heavier rider i mostly ride on the flat and i did some testing with my trispoke on the road bike to see whether stability could be an issue.
I have ridden them 3 times now and haven‘t even felt a gust of wind and i could always gp back to the clx64s for alpine decents.
And the speed increase over a 60mm wheel is enermous and can be felt at all times ![]()
What brand is that bike on the right? I can’t quite make it out.
I know it’s a meme by now, but I love the huge down tube logo. There are paint jobs with a smaller one and they look stupid to me
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What I don’t like is the Force AXS level bike costing €10,000 and the Red AXS level bike being more than 8kg.
Yea I don’t mind the big logo myself, but now that the new Emonda is out for a while I think I vastly prefer that bike overall from a functional and aesthetic standpoint, and think the big logo looks better because it still takes up the whole downtube, but the downtube is smaller too. The Emonda makes the Madone look very bulky/heavy IMO. The Emonda also has the more compliant, lighter, and better looking integrated bar IMO, which I actually noticed on the Madones in TdF as well presumably to help get weight down.
Logo wise, I’m not a fan of the TREK logo on the fork on either model, though that’s specific to a few colorways. Price is pretty crazy too, and I think its gone up again for 2022. Guess I’ll be keeping my old slow non aero non disc brake Emonda a while longer.
For someone with a dated bike maybe it’s worth it for the newer stuff like a higher tech aero frame, electronics, and integration, but I already have a compliant (non aero) carbon frame, Di2, good wheels and some integration, so when I think about selling my bike for ~$3000 and then spending $8-9k to maybe gain .5mph, all I can see is Donald Trump yelling at me “this is the worst deal in the history of deals”
I was pleasantly surprised to get almost 2400 for my 2015 gen1 Domane (Pro’s Closet). That is 60% of what I originally paid ![]()
Yeah, used bikes are going for a lot right now. Sold my 2018 Cervelo R3 for a pretty penny.
Interesting. I’ve considered looking into selling them a bike. It’s a ‘higher end’ TT bike so not sure there is much market locally for it and I don’t want to deal with eBay or other online classifieds
some more info here:
And I can see why, very tidy ![]()
Nice. How long of a wait did you have to buy it?
about 1 hour ![]()
That’s one nice bike with a tasteful choice of components.
PS I wish I could have gone for a Red (or Red-level Quarq) crank.








