Since no one else here wanted to bite the boomer bullet, I did. As is the style at this time, I don’t have a photo of the whole bike yet. This thread will be a work log and dithering.
After I realized I disliked the road handling of the Fairlight, I decided to sell it, and went all in on the Emonda ALR. The fit was a little silly but the frame bag fit perfectly and I liked the handling. But then I was left with a PUB dynamo wheelset I didn’t really want to eat the loss on. Happened to see a Domane at the local Trek for much cheaper than usual; turns out it was the last one of the run, so I swallowed my pride and bought it.
Naturally both the other bikes remain in my apartment and have yet to be listed, but I swear, this time, the new bike will help.
It fits really well and looks more like a bike for my fit, which borders on T rex. It handles fine. I wish it was a bit twitchier. But I can track stand it because of the low BB, which is pretty cool, considering I have never done that on a road bike before.
Shimano 105 12 speed is really good. The lever throw feels much shorter than I recall 11 speed being, but maybe I’m just misremembering. The shifter bodies are sort of jank, and the hydraulic routing being so far off the shifter body is stupid, but I’m running out of reasons to hoard 11spd SRAM. The Juin mechanical hydros I had on the Fairlight are horrible by comparison.
It’s my first carbon bike and I was immediately shocked how much more speed it carries over bumps. I don’t notice the isospeed though, so, whatever? All in all, it’s fine, it’s a road bike, and I can still indulge my “use tires that are too big” perversion, while ideally reclaiming space in my apartment.
Run dynamo fork wiring. There’s a vent hole on the inside of the drive side leg that should work, I just need to fish some line through. I’m hoping it’s hollow to the crown, where I’ll have to drill somewhere. I assume the brake routing is totally enclosed and I won’t be able to feed it there internally.
Run rear dynamo light. This will go through the downtube and up the post, with junction in the storage. There’s a hole at the top of the seat tube clamp, so if I drill inside the clamping area through to the post hollow, I should be able to feed cable through
Build rear light mount. Unsure if this will go to the rails, or the saddle has mounting holes already. Will use the SON rack light I already have
Setup the 650b wheels. Got some 47mm terrenos to test fit, just need to add sealant. Also want to get them their own rotors and cassette.
Get a new frame bag. Need to size down the Tailfin I have. Bought a Rapha unit on sale but I was just not that great and I returned it.
Eventually rebuild 700c dynamo wheels. I got some light bicycle rims I may use with current hubs. Initially I wanted Bontager Aeolus 51s with the front relaced to a SON to make it look more sleeper-ish. But then I got anxious and didn’t want to spend that much, even used. Still on the fence.
The internal storage has this hose holder with a pump mount. Naturally, it does not fit the Bontrager mini pump I have. Go figure. The door that the down tube bottle cage sits on also has some tool holder built in, but screw that, my goal is to chuck a thick sock with tools in there, so they both have to go.
And pull them tight to the bottom of the frame with the little bar. This would let me run the cables way up the side of the frame without them taking up space in the center.
Unfortunately on this first version, the teeth are too shallow to bite, so I’ve got to reprint with a couple of tenths of a mil left.
my cervelo has down-tube storage and the provided storage sacks suck (don’t hold much, material is super stiff and hard to fold so it gets stuck in the frame…). I ended up getting some cheapo neoprene pencil/stylus storage cases from uncle jeff and they are much much easier to insert/remove and stuff with tools.
no noise at all since everything is stuffed in there pretty tight and the neoprene pouches are stuffed on top of my spare tube that’s folded up inside a plastic bag.
My Enve came with pretty nice neoprene pouches for its in-frame storage (which look like they’d be a better fit for your Trek), but I don’t think they sell them separately.
So I printed a new cable holder today, finally, but my badge no longer opens the EE lab at work, so I ordered a soldering iron to set the nuts. Will update when done. Might just take it in to have steerer and hoses trimmed and bars taped. Coworker keeps bringing up the lack of tape.
Both Cobe Freeburn and Paige Onweller won their respective races on the Domane with 45mm tires. The bike has a stated official clearance of 40mm, but as is often the case, there was room for a rider to push beyond that limit by a few millimeters. Typically, the stated clearance allows for 6mm of clearance around the measured width of the tire, with some variation depending on rim width.
From all accounts, it appears that Trek does not want to make a big deal—or any deal at all—that on the right course, the new Domane can win professional gravel races. With that public silence on the bike’s success, it is surprising that Freeburn and Onweller were able to even race the bike in the first place.
