I have a height of 1,86m/6,2 feet. Trust me an XL will be a better fit if you have a long inseam.
I bought a cannondale and although it's not a Trek with a 60mm stem and 760mm wide bars its an incredible comfortable ride.
Your saddle to handlebar drop will be less and that alone is reason enough.
When building up my Dale I decided to buy an integrated handlebar from Trifox.
I settled on the IMX Elevate carbon bar with a 60mm stem. This model comes with an integrated mount for your cycling computer and a go pro style mount for a cycling light.
I decided to cut the bar down to 760mm and coming from a riser type allu bar I can vouch for definitely an improvement of gravel road vibration on my hands. I can ride for hours on end using this bar and my hands do not get sore. I have since also bought a carbon seatpost from Trifox and their products are quality.
PS: And the looks is killer...
Disappointing ,but nessasary. I remember 2009 wind pumping MTN tent, start finish banners etc all blew away and the race still went ahead. I finished in one piece ,but going down chappies was no joke... Light bike=kite :-) PS:I would have preferred the race cancelled that year
I think I'm in Luv I should have ordered some more... Did a 2 hour ride and they are nice and comfy. I just put them in hot water and used gloves and lotsa elbow grease and the suckers slipped right on. http://i64.tinypic.com/25jca3q.jpg
I just placed my order with www.easygis.co.za and all I can say is if judging by the way they handled me as a customer I expect service of the highest level. Not 100% sure about waranty policy ,but service is very prompt and up to date.
Had the same happened to me during a race where one of the nuts holding the carbon cage fell out and my crank arm collected the skew cage ripping the rivnut out of the frame. - one carbon bottle cage and a nice round hole in my expensive carbon frame :-( A German by the name of Arno Seyfert of customworks composites repaired my frame so that I could not even see the work that has been done.
Might have joined up with him after changing my tube. When I got on my bike he chatted to me and told me to join the club as he also punctured. I was riding in my NMMU Action cycles kit. Just glad to finish under 3 hours as last year I started in VA and punctured 45km's into the race with my Zipp 404 tubbies. Was a hell of a long day waiting for the sweeper vehicle
Made it by the skin of my teeth 02h:59.10 A bunch. Punctured at the top of chappies. Popped another tube in and at the top of suikerbossie the time was 02h:35 so I knew I had a slight chance to make it. Two guys crashed in the last km's right in front of me and I managed to duck that so pretty chuffed overall. Feel sorry for the guys who crashed though hope they are okay. Think I'll cherish this sub 3 the most as I had to work for it after the bad luck of the puncture...
Well I must admit I have had nothing but great service from Action Cycles everytime I go there. Bought my first Cervelo there and also had my Scott Addict build up by them. My experience have been good thus far and I cannot fault their mechanics that worked on my bikes. Will keep taking my business there.
I'm going through with the NMMU team. Going through from PE on Saturday staying in the Osner hotel. First time doing this race any tips for the route :-)
