Originally Posted by
tfar
dtc, please do let us know what your face to face comparison comes up with. That's very interesting. IMO, it's stuff like slightly different materials and features like different wheel bearings that make the price difference, but the biggest one will be the warranty.
I'll endeavor to do so. I'm also going to REI later this weekend to see the Tarmac 25.
As for the note above re:capacity... it'd be great if they published the actual capacity of each. So hard to compare. Looking at the dimensions...
Tarmac 25: 25.00 x 11.81 x 16.93 = 4,999
Plat 7 26: 26.00 x 18.50 x 12.00 = 5,772
I know I'm fighting the weight limit - but that's a 13% (hypothetical) volume difference! I suppose that's what the expansion is for.