Today I handed Rob at
Carmel Bicycle a small envelope with five crisp new Benjamins, freshly plucked from my bank account, as a deposit. He is ordering for me the just-released
Trek Emonda SL frameset, and I'm stoked. Since I use
Campagnolo, he also had to order the adapter kit for the BB90 bottom bracket shell. If anyone cares, the part number is 407383 and they spec the use of
Loctite 638 (retaining compound) and 7649 (surface primer) for the adapter installation.
I've never been a huge fan of Trek, nor have I been opposed to them. I briefly considered a Madone frameset based on the near-perfect geometry for me, but didn't really like the $2k price tag. The Emonda has the right combination of price, geometry, visual simplicity, and weight that caught my attention. I was very close to purchasing a
Ritchey Road Logic, and would have if this bike didn't exist. The frameset is supposed to arrive in about a week, and I'm incredibly excited for my early birthday present to myself!
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| Soon, this will be mine. Trek Emonda SL frameset. |
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| Carmel Bicycle - Next to the Barnyard Shopping Village |
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