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I live in San Francisco. Pretty much all of my friends and I ride at least 28mm tires - the roads aren't great and often times a road ride hops on some dirt for a minute so its nice to have that volume.
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You should just give him your bike. Then you'd have a reason to get yourself a new bike. eezy peezy
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I only have one road bike with disc brakes and it's way too small for him!
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Thanks, all helpful!
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What are comparable bikes to the Trek Emonda SLR Disc that will take 32mm tires, or nearly so?
What about Cannondale Supersix Evo? Are there comparable models by Specialized, BMC, Giant, etc.? I'm a fairly typical Paceliner - old, likes metal bikes, owns little carbon, etc. So the world of production road bikes is not my wheelhouse. I'm trying to do something here similar to what i did when i went shopping for a FS 29er four years ago - I asked a lot of questions from knowledgeable folks, including here, and narrowed my search to trail models from Ibis, Pivot, and Intense. That gave me enough choices to find a great bike used within a few weeks. I'm also completely open to being pointed to a used boutique bike, but not going the custom bike route here. I don't have a budget number yet, but I'm thinking he should be able to get something pretty nice for $2K - sound reasonable? Doesn't have to be the highest end in the model line-up. |
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Thought I would bump one more time to see if I get other suggestions. Thanks
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I’m not up to date on geo or anything but why not a Domane? I think it fits 38s
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Yes, and rim brakes
My Nagasawa barely fits a 23 in the front, so I ride 'em too! |
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Trek Emonda, Cannondale SuperSix Evo, BMC TeamMachine, Giant TCR, Specialized Tarmac would be the models you're looking at. To really get an upgrade from an Emonda ALR (with 105 rim they were around 1700, now 2k with Disc), you'd be looking at a budget of around 3000-3500 to get a mid level carbon bike with Ultegra. Given the $$ I'd also take a hard look at the Parlee Altum as it comes in a few dollars more for a frame that plays more like the higher end carbon frames (Trek SLR spec, Specialized SWorks, Cannondale HiMod). |
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Cool, thanks.
Are the disc versions too new to appear much on the used market? Quote:
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60 cm Emonda he has now or a 62? Size will be a harder find of course. Last edited by charliedid; 06-04-2020 at 05:14 PM. |
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It's a 60 cm he's riding now. I think he's 6' 2" so this seemed in the ballpark to me. Looks like he's shipping it east soon, so I'll see it and him by the end of this month.
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