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

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.