#compass cycles

So I had the exceptional pleasure of taking a Domane SLR for a 135-mile test ride from Eugene to Portland last week. I went with my friends Gravity and Lucas, who rode an older Madone 5.2 and a steel track bike, respectively. 

From this experience, I learned three things:

1.) A “century-plus” is not the ideal ride to gauge one’s fitness after a winter without any consistent training.

2.) An MTB’r on a carbon road bike and a messenger on a track bike are tricky pace-mates.

3.) The new Domane SLR is a like big, comfy carbon fiber recliner that clears 38c tires.

Though my legs felt like overcooked spaghetti at the end of the day, the joint fatigue and numb extremities that I typically expect after a too-much too-soon ride were strangely absent. Chalk it up to Trek’s new rear decoupler and the Compass extralight 38c tires.