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I had previously had an Era White Gen8 Madone, but its life came to an abrupt end when a car hit me at the end of a training ride last July. This is the replacement that I received earlier this year, but hadn't prioritized photographing.

Size 56 (M/L) Purple Phaze

• Aelous Pro Saddle with the long mast
• Standard cockpit with the 5mm shorter bearing cover to mimic the position on my previous build
• Aelous RSL 62 wheels
• Aelous RSL tires, 28mm, which I'll bump up to 30s when these are toast
• Purple Sram chain, because it exists and matches the bike perfectly
• Aliexpress bar plugs

E1 Force is quite a bit more of an upgrade than I was expecting it to be. The braking power and modulation is far superior to D1/D2, and the shifts are crisper, especially on the front. I do look forward to the next groupset being direct mount for an even crisper feeling, especially under load.

Loving the bike 🔥

Did my century ride today and decided to reward myself with the new handlebar!

(Thats actually a lie, i neededto ride that far because i already planned to get the handlebar and my nearest Trek dealership is 140km’s away, soooo, its not actually a reward for my century ride🤣).

Love how clean it looks. Best part is, its super damn comfortable. It a farcry compared to the stock SL handlebars.

The salesperson and mechanic told me to to try out with at least 2 thin spacers.
After the ride back, oh boy, how im looking forward to remove the spacers altogether!

If youre still on the fence thinking if u should get it, JUST GET IT! Its a no brainer. Looks good, feels good, rides extraordinary!

Next stop, the RSL Airloom saddles, is it worth it?

Had to give myself a reason to not buy another (third) bike, and transforming my plain silver frame into my favorite color over the weekend did just the trick!

For the prep I did a really thorough initial clean with Muc-Off, then 2 full frame wipe downs with 99% isopropyl alcohol + microfiber towels once I had disassembled everything, and then I used a felt squeegee + exacto knife to apply the pictured 3M 2080 Sunflower Yellow vinyl wrap I got off of rvinyl.com. Took a lot of patience and YouTube tutorials, but I couldn’t be happier with the results (especially considering this is my first time doing anything like this) 🥳

My uncle is offering 1800 for this (trek crockett i think)

Built this up a few days ago and took it on its first ride and oh boy she’s fast. Need to get some fit stuff figured out and see how far I can lower the stem.

Madone Slr 7 AXS - M

Covellite Blue with gold outline logos

Aeolus rsl 62 and aeolus rsl tires in 28mm

16 lb exactly without bottles/cages, pedals, or computer mount.

The adventure begins

Don’t really know what happened. Tire exploded while I was riding on a trail, lucky I was able to keep control without falling off and I was close to a road because I had to wheel it on the back tire all the way there. Hadn’t hit anything. I think a piece may have fallen off that had something to do with the fender and somehow it got caught, folded, causing the inner tube to pop? The tire itself is fine. I accidentally backed over the bike last summer and thought I had gotten it all fixed up but maybe something was damaged that wasn’t caught.

Got it today on Facebook marketplace for a solid deal of 950$🥱 I know this setup is aggressive my dad that has been riding bikes for the longest told me I might not like it but I actually enjoy it more riding in a aggressive position than on my wife Roubaix

Idk much about bikes I just knew the wheels were very expensive same thing with the frame and the extra parts he put on it and for me the deal was solid everything works no issues on the breaks, wheels aren’t cracked or unbalanced, all I need to replace is the tires which I will do it this week and no soft spots on the frame or cracks!

If you observe the last 2 spacers..they look slighltly out of vertical alignement ...i had the same problem 3 weeks ago..headset was readjusted and torqued to specification..but the vertical line alignement problem of spacers returns after a few rides...btw there is no play in the headset and spacers are tight and do not move by hand..in both cases torque was right and spacers did not move by hand..is the spacer alignment a problem?