Well sort of get paid. Congressman Earl Blumenauer is my new favorite politician. He introduced a bill that would give a tax break to people who ride their bike to work. With gas prices soaring and pollution levels climbing, riding your bike makes sense. I would dare say that the United States’ greatest energy reserve…
Category: Cycling
Differences Between the Trek Madone 6.9 and 6.5
In my hour of pain as I lament the fact that I will have to wait until September to get a new Madone I have been doing some investigating. As per my previous post on Madone pricing information the 6.9 is $7700 while the 6.5 is $5830. That is a $1870 difference. What makes the…
New Shimano Ultegra
Shimano has released a new version of their Ultegra group. It comes in an ice grey color which is pretty cool and a bit lighter. The group includes an Ultegra branded compact crank which I am assuming will replace the R700. I made a visit to a Trek dealer to see the new Madone 5.2…
Why Trek Why?
I just went down to order a 2008 6.9 Madone. This is a $7900 bike. I am sure Trek wants my money, but damn it I want the bike. I read that they were already in production, but it looks like September before I can even get one. Can you hear me crying?
2008 Trek Madone Weight
Light Bikes posted stating the new Madone weighs 1400 grams (about 3lbs) for the frame, fork, headset and seatpost (integrated). Weight weenies rejoice. I know I am happy.
My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 10th through June 11th
These are my links for June 10th through June 11th: Carmichael Training Systems: The Coaching Files: Nutrition for the Long Haul – Bike-Community.net – Mountainbike Forums – Up The Road – Bicycle Design: Great shots of the new Madone – The First 100 Miles – Trek launches new Madone – Cycling Plus – Snapshots That…
2008 Madone Seatpost, and Trek love/hate
Interesting discussion on the new 2008 Trek Madone seatpost. Some people like it others hate it. There seem to be plenty of people that don’t like Trek just because they are a big company. Personally, I like them because they are a US company, make good bikes, and have a good warranty. Aside from smaller…
More Trek 2008 Madone Love
I don’t mean to be to big of 2008 Madone fan boy, but it is a sexy bike and my lust is driving me ever closer to droping the 6-8k required to put one of these under my butt (For the 6.9 of course). My only hesitation is that I might not get one until…
My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 7th
These are my links for June 7th: Rails Forum / Ruby on Rails Help and Discussion Forum / Tutorials – trekbikes.com: – The Paceline.com – The Official Fan Club of Lance Armstrong and The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team – Road Cycling – quickrelease.tv – b [Jaiku Your Conversation]6 –
2008 Trek Madone prices
UPDATE: I bought a Madone 6.9 UPDATE: Here’s my first ride and first review of my new 2008 Trek Madone 6.9 As a follow up to my 2008 Trek Madone post I have some prices. I am sure the price will vary from shop to shop, but here’s what I found out: Pro Series 6.9…