Emonda SLR6 2018 or Tarmac SL6 Expert Disc?

[g7jhp]

Interested to hear thoughts on which they'd choose from:

Trek Emonda SLR6 2018 circa £3.3k

or

Specialized Tarmac SL6 Expert Disc circa £4k



Or

Would an Aero bike still make more sense for overall speed (even on hilly routes)?

Feel free to add other options for the money

[numtumfutunch]

Between those two I'd go for the Trek because I ride in the hills

Where do you ride?

[gazza285]

[Matt_N]

Just those two are quite different, the Trek is more relaxed geometry than the Tarmac for a start.

[jontysafe]

ridden both but chose emonda as it was, as stated, more comfortable (slightly more relaxed fit). Emonda also manages to not telegraph every single pimple in the road surface quite as much as the Tarmac.

Whenever i’m in Dubai i ride a Tarmac and it’s a fantastic bike as well.

[oddball1313]

What about a Bianchi with Campagnolo ?
https://www.bianchistore.de/en/bianchi-infinito-cv...

[Barchettaman]

£3.3k - £4k is an amazing budget to have.

Apart from wanting to ‘go fast’, what sort of riding do you want to do?

Will you travel with the bike?

How flexible are you?

What’s your current bike?

[anonymous-user]

is this your size

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162635616384

or this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192648976574

two of plenty on the bay at that sort of money

[GOATever]

If it has to be between those 2, go for the Trek, the Spesh is a pantomime horse, the Trek is the race horse, until you hit S works level, then the spesh stops taking the pee a bit.

[GOATever]

oddball1313 said:

What about a Bianchi with Campagnolo ?
https://www.bianchistore.de/en/bianchi-infinito-cv...

Quite right, it’s not got fishing gear for a groupset.

[gazza285]

GOATever said:

oddball1313 said:

What about a Bianchi with Campagnolo ?
https://www.bianchistore.de/en/bianchi-infinito-cv...

Quite right, it’s not got fishing gear for a groupset.

Yawn. You do know Shimano was making bicycle components twelve years before Campagnolo?

[neil-1323bolts]

Trek is a great bike , you won't regret it

[g7jhp]

OK some great input.

I currently ride a 54" 2012 Specialized Roubaix Elite, which is my first road bike.

I'm a runner, turned rider. Only upto 3,200 miles this year.

Usually ride in the Chilterns circa 40-60 miles and 2-4k feet per ride. Quite up and down.

Probably average 19mph over a 3k feet, circa 40 miles in 2h.

Travel wise, yes I've been out to the Alps this summer in Morzine and did the Col De Joux Plane and Joux Verte (plenty of climbing).

Not convinced an aero bike would be any quicker on the hills so felt a lighter race focused bike would allow me to climb and decend quicker.

Edited by g7jhp on Saturday 8th September 22:43

[oddball1313]

gazza285 said:

Yawn. You do know Shimano was making bicycle components twelve years before Campagnolo?

I’ve got Shimano on my Canyon. It’s fine, reliable smooth etc but Campagnolo is just nicer, feels more mechanical and ergonomic

[anonymous-user]

It is a big gap from potenza on that Bianchi to record / super record

I prefer campag over shimano generally, but that is personal preference rather than anything bad about decent shimano stuff

But di2 / eps is so much better than mechanical that I’d go so far as to say I’d take ultegra di2 over super record mechanical

[ShortShift811]

I've recently upgraded from a 2013 Tarmac to the Emonda SL6 Disc, mainly because I wanted disc brakes.

The Emonda is very slightly more relaxed than the Tarmac, without being a full-on endurance geometry. I found my Tarmac put me in a very aggressive position, which was fine for shorter rides, but now I've built my mileage up I wanted something I could cope better with over 100+ miles.

Done about 700 miles on the Emonda so far and very happy with it. Tracks well, really stable and no flex when putting the power down.

One thing to check with the Emonda is the semi-integrated seatpost, which doesn't give the range of a normal setup, It's an easy swap if you need more length though (fnaar).

Both are great bikes. Get Evans to order them in and go for test rides on each I'd say.

Not sure I could get on with that camo paint job on the Specialized though...

[okgo]

numtumfutunch said:

Between those two I'd go for the Trek because I ride in the hills

Where do you ride?

Oh god.

[JEA1K]

I'm a Trek fan but on looks alone, barring the paintwork, I like the look of the Spesh.

As I always say, by the one you like the look of .... most bikes are exactly the same.

[numtumfutunch]

okgo said:

numtumfutunch said:

Between those two I'd go for the Trek because I ride in the hills

Where do you ride?

Oh god.

Eh?

[okgo]

numtumfutunch said:

Eh?

There will be grams between these two bikes, there are barely any hills in the UK, even if there were, neither of these bikes will make any difference to how quick you go up them..