First Real Ride on the New Trek Madone 6.9

April 29th, 2008 6 Comments

I wasn’t going to go for a long ride so I didn’t eat lunch and only put a couple of granola bars in my pockets. Then I called Joel and said let’s go for a ride. He was good with the idea so we headed towards Black Smith Fork Canyon. This is [...]

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First ride on the new Madone

April 26th, 2008 3 Comments

I brought my bike home from the shop and in spite of the fact that everyone was eating dinner by the time I got home I gave in and went for a ride. You can’t just bring it home and let it sit. Here’s the pictures.

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Visited My New Madone This Morning

April 24th, 2008 No Comments

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:

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More on my new Madone 6.9

April 23rd, 2008 No Comments

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 [...]

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Bought the Trek Madone 6.9

April 18th, 2008 4 Comments

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 [...]

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2008 Trek Madone Dilema

April 17th, 2008 2 Comments

I have waited a year now to buy the perfect bike. For a while I was tempted to go with the 5.2, but why be responsible when you can spend an insane amount of money to shave a pound off your bike? This morning I went to Thanksgiving Point to an Apple Educator [...]

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Trek Madone Lust

March 26th, 2008 2 Comments

My wife will kill me I am sure, but this morning I dropped by the bike shop. I had a few minutes and if I go in the morning I can work with the shop manager which is always a better experience. My intention was to drop in really quick, lust, get a [...]

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Trek Project One Update

March 20th, 2008 3 Comments

I just got a notification about the status of Trek’s Project One. Even if there are a few kinks left to work out and even though the pricing isn’t on the site just yet I am thrilled that Trek decided to let us have a look at what they are planning. Praise to [...]

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Project One Goes Live With the New Madones

March 19th, 2008 No Comments

Just in time for riding season Trek has decided to turn on Project One. I am not sure if that means that they are planning on fulfilling those orders before the end of summer or not but it gives me something to drool over. I didn’t see prices, but I am betting that [...]

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