Nobody Listens Anyway

I am sure the bike shop is sick of me, but I don’t care. I visit a lot. The new Madone showed up at the shop this morning so I paid it a visit. Here are the pictures:

Sure I am a bit obsessed, but I have been tracking my bike’s movements from the Trek factory to the local shop. At 6:07pm it hit Salt Lake City. It should be here tomorrow. Maybe I should take the day off.
In the mean time I have been satiating my bike lust with [...]

UPDATE: First ride on the new Trek Madone 6.9 with pictures
After a year of waiting. After months of deliberating size, components and Project One or stock I walked into the shop this morning and put my money down on a Madone 6.9. Yesterday by total chance I was in Ogden and so was [...]

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 [...]

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?

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. [...]

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.

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 $8399
6.5 $5829
5.5 $4180
Performance Series
6.9 $7700
6.5 [...]