>>1827232>"Affinity" rim brake wheels from a 2019 emondabelieve it or not, those are higher level than the ones on that Domane, which are possibly even lower spec than the "neutral replacement Bontrager Approved 700c TLR" that's mentioned in their parts replacement list for the bike
>20192018, which is the year we're talking about, weighed 19.2:
https://99spokes.com/bikes/trek/2018/domane-sl-5>21 pounds does not include a 2.5kg wheelset and 500g worth of pedals.there's no disclaimer on trek's site that says that the listed weight is sans wheels or pedals. look for yourself:
https://www.trekbikes.com/au/en_AU/bikes/road-bikes/performance-road-bikes/domane/domane-al/domane-al-2/p/21555/>And you've just spent over 2 grandagain, git gud at shopping, you can do those upgrades for well under $1k. stuff like the wheels and tires you're doing anyway unless you hate going fast, which is also the case at new bikes at the $2k level. the only difference is that they have a sora drivetrain, big whoop. personally I'd rather have a claris bike with good everything else instead of a sora bike with shit components
>square taperthis is a good thing
>generic brakeseasy and cheap to upgrade
>>1827242the neugent wheelset is kinlins laced to novatec hubs with sapim spokes, you can get it at a similar price at prowheelbuilder or even from your lbs (who probably just contract wheelbuilding out to qbp's quality wheels), I'm sure. plenty of people get cheap handbuilts like that as upgrades for their trek or specialized bikes, don't need to splash out for boras
>Might as well get the framesetwe're not talking about building from frameset up, we're talking about upgrading an existing complete, which apparently isn't something that /n/ does anymore. do you buy a whole new bike when the tires are worn? christ
>>1827233patents
>>1827234you can always get campag chorus for around $1200 if you don't mind mechanical
>>1827240whatever happened to baconrider anyway is he still alive
