Currently riding a 2008 Tarmac and really love it but I'm looking to upgrade to a newer model. Any suggestions. Pretty much a weekend rider and maybe 1 day of the week.Im looking to get a little mor e serious on my riding . Rides 20- 50 miles and average 15-16 mph
Thinking of purchasing either a new Trek Madone or Specialized Tarmac. Any suggestions ?
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Your Tarmac is now 15 years old and that is time to stop riding a carbon fiber bike. Trek has been really tooling up for carbon fiber specifically and it would be difficult to beat a new Madone or Emonda. My Madone was 2012 and my Emonda was 2018 and I didn't like how ridged they were. But that is a matter of taste. But since you don't put that many miles on a bike, you should probably be more satisfied with a Trek Emonda ALS which is relatively cheap. I like the ride better than the CF Emonda.
Shimano wireless Di2 is very nice if correctly set up and Trek is buying up many Trek shops so that the people there are trained on the proper setup of Di2.
There is always the chance that aluminum can break but it doesn't have catastrophic failures like carbon fiber may. So don't be swayed by people saying that aluminum fails as well.
Not to play devil's advocate, but why do you need a new bike at all? Is there something your current bike isn't doing for you? You say you really love it!
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