TREK Madone SLR build

Had an issue with the rear wheel and the shock was losing air. All sorted now. Just the standard pitfalls of riding full suspension.

Trek gave me a shock to use while mine was out but I just took ages getting it all sorted. My fault entirely

Big thumbs down on white saddles & bar tape from me, but that’s subjective, so who cares.

Fabric had a few white offerings. I know there were a fair few ALM samples done in full white, but they are super rare out in the wild (we put the last boxed one one we had on the flat bar Palace/EF LOL bike I did for Virgil Abloh I think - which is the only photo of one I can find on my phone.)

Fabric silicone bar tape came in white and would be good as wipes clean super easy, but I think only available as OEM on Cannondale bikes now.

Worth keeping an eye out on the CSG UK eBay account for any Cannondale/charge/fabric/GT offerings as thats where random things found lying around the warehouse end up.

White Ti rail Scoop here:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FABRIC-SCOOP-RACE-SHALLOW-Ti-SEAT-SADDLE-WHITE-BLACK-MOUNTAIN-ROAD-BIKE-NEW-/265204236095?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

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I do like that cannondale.

Thanks for reminding me about the fabrics on ebay. I will grab one now. Maybe not for this bike, but i will use it at some point.

Id love a carbon saddle, but i would break it. I seem to destroy saddles at at alarming rate. Carbon rails last me 2-3 months max. Carbon bodies maybe 6 months. No idea why, im not particularly heavy, maybe 85kgs.

I have carbon railed scoop ultimates on all my road bikes and never had any issues. Normally somewhere between 65-70kg these days. I think over torquing is often the main cause of cracked rails - which is annoying as the stated max torque is never normally enough to clamp the rails tight enough, so finding the sweet spot without causing damage can be tricky.

Probably not fancy enough for this bike but you can pick up white fizik Antares’ very cheap. I like them and it’s hard to find nice white saddles. I’ve got them on both my c’dales.

This Scott isn’t mine but an example

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Congratulations on the hotness of your new acquisition. Nice retroesque white saddle? this is the 230g evo version. I've had this shape before and it was right up there with the comfiest saddles I've had. Oil slick/ iridescent bar tape could look amazing or a step to far. These are from supacaz and san marco. My taste does get brought into question though as I'm still trying to get to grips with the less is more concept.

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Could you share a link to the CSG UK ebay account?

The account selling the fabric saddle in the link I posted is CSG.

Ah, transition–uk. Thanks.

Chinese cages

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White Ti rail Scoop here:

I have one of these (black) in the gravel bike. Great saddle, looks good too

I picked those cages up for my build as well a couple of weeks ago. A few on here have bought those recently as well and they do seem 100% forum approved so far.

They are so light. 7 grams and 6 grams

Yeah i actually chuckled with disbelief when i took mine out of their packaging crazy lightweight

Where do ypu get those? Asking for a friend obv

Mine are from Aliexpres Avian store. Someone else on here asked about mine because they bought some from another seller on Ali and delivery was taking ages. Mine took just over 2 weeks with really good shipping updates and tracking.

Edit: nevermind, youre looking for a retro look for your white saddle

That was me, mine have finally arrived but they did take forever!

Glad they turned up the end. I didn't research any different sellers i just got lucky

Went P Zero for tyres.

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I may just scrape it under 8kgs. When did road bikes get so heavy?

When they got down tubes bigger than my upper legs. Looks good though. 👌

Picks the aero bike, complains about the weight 😂

True. Although I didn't really 'pick' this one. An opportunity arose to have it for a silly price...I was compelled to buy it

When they got disc brakes. 8kgs for an aero bike with all bits in is pretty decent