I predicted this a year ago. A low spoke count race bike with discs and bad coverage fenders aint revolutionary, its stOOpid.

Theyre starting to break those idiotic wheels, and are moaning about how hard it is to find 130mm hubbed disc brake wheels. of course its hard to find, as its stupid spec. Let the chorus of "we told you so" begin.

For the same price, ya could have build from scratch a Surly Karate Monkey with discs OR any number of other brake options, with hand built wheels, full fenders and all the other real accouterments of actual sloppy urban cycling.

/me points and laughs.

lol.

looks like a nice bike though, shame the wheels look really weak compared to a normal spoked counterpart, as the stresses are spread throughout the spokes instead of say 3 per quarter turn.

Its not a nice bike at all. Trek billed it as an "all weather practical urban fast bike", when its no such thing. If you took off the ridiculous fenders and sold it as a disc braked training bike, that would be honest.

Its still a nice looking bike, and you get more time to look at it when its got a broken spoke by the side of the road.

If I get the summer job I was interviewed for yesterday, Im seriously considering a pompino.  Woo defence industry pay  

Once the thing gets a single broken spoke the stress goes onto the others, chances are a large part of the wheel might collapse and make it un-rideable without a new one.

The current problem isnt so much breakage, tbh, as it is that Portland owners cant seem to keep their wheels trued.

Reminds me, Ive been meaning to destress and retrue the wheels on my fixie--but tbh, I can wait. The thing gets ridden urban guerrilla style over curbs with 90psi tires, and the wheels are as true as day one after 1500 miles or so. :mrgreen: 36 Sapim spokes front and rear, baby.