I have to give my local shop some credit here. I'm intending to move up from my Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 to a carbon bike; the salesman said that for most riders, the SLR 7 isn't worth the money for what you can expect to get out of it and recommended the SL.
And let us not forget: Those marginal gains at the top, that is something that counts for highly trained pros who are racing. I'm not trained as much, I'm not racing, so a lot of things really do not matter
Which makes it even harder to find good advice about it because one person writes a review looking for gaining half a microsecond of lap time, another just wants a reliable bike to ride to country pubs on.
Yeah, bicycle journalism is a lot like car journalism. A brand new, perfectly tuned bicycle with top-end components will be a great ride. Just like a high-end Mercedes is a great car and a brand-new Ferrari will be quite the fun. But if I want to commute to work, those cars are totally overkill and a long time review of a Dacia Sandero would be more interesting. I wan't to know how components are holding up, if I can buy replacements for those custom carbon parts in 8 years or what a crash would cost me
I find a nice bike purchased with co-op hours really is worth it. Those hours you bought it with make you able to fix it yourself
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