My new Trek Checkpoint

Nice bike!....But that gravel road looks amazing to ride on.  Flat and clean...must be nice!

Roadhammer wrote:Nice bike!....But that gravel road looks amazing to ride on.  Flat and clean...must be nice!

Thanks Roadhammer. That gravel road is lot nicer than a lot of chip seal roads I ride. It's amazing how bad some chip seal roads get. No worries though, I have a gravel bike.😁

Nice!! I got one in the cobra blood color a few weeks back. It’s my first “nice” bike and I’m really excited about how versatile it is. 
You say you’re not new to bikes, I’ve found the geometry to be fairly upright, at least vs my steel CX bike. It looks like the shop built your bike with the stem facing up, you may want to flip that. You’ll still be plenty comfy in the drops. I was surprised how I wasn’t totally stretched out with the more aggressive configuration. Great bike!! 
Enjoy! 

GOOG wrote:Nice!! I got one in the cobra blood color a few weeks back. It’s my first “nice” bike and I’m really excited about how versatile it is. 
You say you’re not new to bikes, I’ve found the geometry to be fairly upright, at least vs my steel CX bike. It looks like the shop built your bike with the stem facing up, you may want to flip that. You’ll still be plenty comfy in the drops. I was surprised how I wasn’t totally stretched out with the more aggressive configuration. Great bike!! 
Enjoy! 

Thanks Goog. I had a hard time choosing between gravel gray and the cobra blood color. Like them both. I had the stem facing up due to some temparary neck issues but I'll think I'll change it to facing down. The geometry is actually more comfortable than I imagined.

Did you get to try one size up?
That's a lot of seatpost exposed and a quite a bit of spacers under the stem.
Great looking bike!!!

cpark wrote:Did you get to try one size up?
That's a lot of seatpost exposed and a quite a bit of spacers under the stem.
Great looking bike!!!

Yes,  tried the 58cm but the 56cm was the best for me. The spacers are the ones that came stock with the bike. I have the stem turned up. I think why the seat post looks so long is your actually looking at the IsoSpeed seat tube which rises well above the top tube.

GhostRider wrote:

Thanks Goog. I had a hard time choosing between gravel gray and the cobra blood color. Like them both. I had the stem facing up due to some temparary neck issues but I'll think I'll change it to facing down. The geometry is actually more comfortable than I imagined.

You could leave the stem flipped up, and just move it down the steerer tube a bit -- fewer spacers.

I purchased on back in Feb. I went into the build with the "One does it all" mentality. I have this built with Di2 and 3 sets of wheels for different riding. By far my most comfy bike. From 700x43 to 700x32s... it is responsive and smooth. Congratulations on your purchase.