After a few years in the saddle I want to share the delights I have experienced by riding across this great country of ours and by way of detailing the routes I'll be riding/re-riding. There will be some fantastic photographs of the places I'll be visiting along the way - not my own; they will be taken by a willing assistant, who it should be said has a better eye for a photograph than myself.

As The Tall Rider, my experience of buying bicycles and associated paraphernalia that have been designed with the taller gentleman in mind is also something which may be of interest. It has been deeply frustrating, sometimes perplexing, but mostly confusing as to what bike/gear to buy and where to buy or barter it from. I'll be posting it all here.







Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Trek Madone 5.2

Trek Madone 5.2 (Image from Trek website)
The weather has been awful again.To compensate, I've been looking at bikes. I don't need another one right now, but, I like to keep an eye on the developments from the few manufacturers which I know make larger frame sizes (62-64cm). The Trek Madone 5.2 is a thing of beauty. I particularly like the 64cm frame option and of course the ultegra finishing kit.

The important geometry facts are that it has a maximum seat height of 90cm, a standover height of 84.1cm and a rather long wheelbase of 101.8cm. Thats just slightly bigger than my Cannondale Six. You can buy it in a rather splendid electric white and blue but for me, the stealth black would do just fine.

Details can be found at http://www.trekbikes.com/

Just one more thing, It costs £2850. Which is a lot of money.

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  1. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 18:18

    I've been looking for a big carbon frame, as I am considering taking the plunge after years of riding on (lovely) second hand steel frames with seat tube lengths ranging from 66-71cm. I've also homed in on this model as being near perfect. Thanks for seat height info....I will have 3cm spare. Should I ever be able to afford it I would drop 3-4kg at a stroke.

    Mike

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