He said, "Treks reply was that they had no Victoire frames in my size left but they might give me a Trek Madone 6.5 frame." Who said, the dealer, rep? Might is not will. He also said his bike was "the" top of the line, but in reality the Dura-Ace bike is the top of line.
I'm sure he is a nice guy, and I'm sure he is upset about his bike, but after reading his post it still seems Trek did their part. I did a quick Google:
'08 Trek 6.5 Dura Ace $5830
'04 Lemond Victoire Ultegra $3900
'08 Trek 5.2 Ultegra $3680
So in 4 years of development, you get more bike for the same money (as technology trickles down, like the new Madone frames (lighter stronger), 9 speed to 10 speed, etc...), the 5.2 seems a reasonable offer. The new Madones are awesome and a much better frame then the TI/Carbon Lemond he had.
I'm guessing he has other issues with Trek. In my experience they have been excellent!




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