Anyone experienced the Trek Domane?

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Hi All

I've got my C2W voucher due any day now and I've been very keen on going for a Trek Madone 2.1 but speaking to a guy in my LBS yesterday he was suggesting I'd perhaps be better off going for a Trek Domane 2.0. He suggested this because I'm commuting 30 miles a day, and in his opinion the extra comfort afforded by the IsoSpeed decoupler + fork over the Madone would be worth it.

The stock of the Domane appears to be very limited atm so I'm unlikely to be able to test ride one, so wondered if anyone had experienced one and thought it would be worth it over the Madone?

Is commuting on an alloy road bike going to be uncomfortable compared to my aging MTB to make me wish I had the Domane if I went for the Madone? :-/

As the IsoSpeed stuff costs, the spec of the Domane isn't quite as good and it's got Tiagra instead of 105 and doesn't have internal cable routing like the Madone. Not sure if that's a showstopper or not though as I'm not sure I'd notice the difference on the Tiagra, but I do like internal cable routing.

Cheers, Paul

 

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I would be surprised if you really noticed much difference. Go for the Madone with better kit.

 

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Thanks, that's kinda what I was thinking

My LBS is getting a 2.1 Madone in stock in a couple of weeks, can't wait to take a closer look at it and I'll probably end up making my decision then. Also, the Domane's they couldn't get in until Dec/Jan time and when I've got my LoC ready to spend it's hard to hang on!