Trek Madone 5.9 / 5.2 "Project One"

[truth]

Drool...someone stop me from ordering a new roadie witha custom paint job. That project one flash site is hours of fun...oh I'm in trouble.

[snow_slider]

Damn, that project one site is dangerous. It could entice me to easily drop some major bucks on a new road frame. I LOVE the spiderweb graphic and the planets graphic.

[Tap]

ohhhhhhhhh....road riding in Chicago! your fat Madone will distiguish you from the other pooners on Lake Shore Drive as you coast between rollerbladers and lardasses.

quick, grab your spandex and diaper up for the humidity.

(degrading enough?)

[Plakespear]

I can get Trek on shopform- too bad I don't make any money for new toys

But a guy at my shop has the 5200 in Pave Flambe. It's pretty sweet.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Drool...someone stop me from ordering a new roadie witha custom paint job. That project one flash site is hours of fun...oh I'm in trouble.

hahahaha...do it..dooooo it. Your knee needs it for rehab [/devilonshoulder]



but seriously, hours and hours and hours on the road bike was the mainstay of my rehab (physically & mentally)

[SkiingBear]

My buddy Pat just got the 5.9 with a Project One paintjob (Mountain Storm).

I've seen it, touched it, and he even let me take it for a ride...yes, it is just as nice as you imagine.

Dooooooo it, buy one, you know you want to.

[Plakespear]

I've seen it, touched it, and he even let me take it for a ride...yes, it is just as nice as you imagine.

Dooooooo it, buy one, you know you want to.

Aren't you the same guy who told me that Trek is a 4-letter word?

[truth]

ohhhhhhhhh....road riding in Chicago! your fat Madone will distiguish you from the other pooners on Lake Shore Drive as you coast between rollerbladers and lardasses.

quick, grab your spandex and diaper up for the humidity.

(degrading enough?)

LMAO. Lived in the Loop for 6 years and never rode my Yeti Road Pro once. I am now in the beautifully paved western burbs, with miles of cornfield lined 2 lane only a 20 minute drive from the casa. The fat pooners can have LSD, I prefer to ride with the crows as company. The trouble with the Yeti is that I got it while in college ona bro deal. It's too small, but at the time served me well as the price was right and racing for Fort Lewis in Durango I needed every last ounce shaved off. 9 years later the body is not as willing to get punded by a super stiff Easton alu frame nor contort into the chiropracters dream for hours of rehab riding.

Tyrone - Looks like I'll be getting fitted for a madone in the coming weeks. I have the Yeti up on the Cyclops and was finally able to spin freely in boith directions, damn if an actual bike is not 10 x tighter than a Cybex PT machine...took about a half hour to finally get the forward rev. I'll prolly keep my old ultrega groupo and just pony up for a new frame and fork.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Tyrone - Looks like I'll be getting fitted for a madone in the coming weeks. I have the Yeti up on the Cyclops and was finally able to spin freely in boith directions, damn if an actual bike is not 10 x tighter than a Cybex PT machine...took about a half hour to finally get the forward rev. I'll prolly keep my old ultrega groupo and just pony up for a new frame and fork.

yep...I had the same problem. I was able to spin forward at PT no problem, but then back home on my real bike on the trainer, it was a completely different story.

For me, the problem was foot positioning. The pedaling position on the stationary at PT had my foot way forward which made it easier to get around. Then, when I'd get on my real bike on the trainer and clip into the pedals, my foot was back farther than where it sat on the PT stationary. So even though, that was the natural pedaling postition, it was much more difficult. What I found I had to do at home was keep my foot unclipped at first and just rest my heel on the pedal - that allowed me to get my foot around. Then after I loosened up the knee a little, I'd gradually start sliding my foot back and then clip in. At first it took me 20 minutes of pedaling unclipped before I could get around with it clipped in. Then it was 10 minutes of warm-up. Then 5. Then it was a great feeling of accomplishment when I hopped on the trainer one day, clipped right in to the pedal, and started slowly getting around w/o cheating. You'll get there.