A couple days late but I’ve been too busy riding to share my new horse!
I’ve always had an eye for the Emonda. I’m a taller guy with a reasonable amount of lean muscle and that makes me pretty heavy and, as a result, I’ve always struggled as a climber. Having said that, I love climbing (for the pain) and I thought a bike with climbing heritage would be a good omen.
I realize that these days, unless you’re getting the top spec SLR, there are a number of bikes that would theoretically make better climbers from a weight standpoint, but I love the stiffness of the frame and I love Trek’s Bontrager componentry (is that a word?), and I look forward to upgrading this piece by piece into something that could hold its head high as a proper climber.
I went back and forth between this and the SL 5, but ultimately decided that the price gap wasn’t worth the lower spec carbon when the ultralight alpha aluminum is so solid and light in its own right.
I do have a couple of questions:
– does anyone know what year this model is? I haven’t found a definitive answer from preliminary google searches
– I could put an integrated cockpit on this eventually correct? The Bontrager RSL cockpit for example?
– what do you guys do as a cleaning routine? Full clean after every ride? Rinse and wipe after every ride with a periodic full clean?
Looking forward to putting road under this beast in the years to come!
by siwelnadroj