The all-new Trek Modone SLR still leaves IsoSpeed for IsoFlow for a lightest bike yet

At this point, in case you’ve been paying interest you’ve in all likelihood already stuck a glimpse of the brand new Madone SLR. Trek hasn’t precisely been hiding it from view, however now it’s legitimate. To make the lightest Madone yet, Trek observed enter from their pinnacle racers to remodel the IsoSpeed machine to make the moto motorcycle lighter – even as concurrently making it greater aero and preserving the trip consolation as well.

Trek Madone SLR head tube

Trek Madone SLR Isoflow

Looking in the back of the bike, it’s clean that the brand new body is distinct. The adjustable IsoSpeed machine is long gone in favour of a wild-searching seat tube junction with a big hollow withinside the middle.

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This additionally affects a seat tube that is cantilevered out from the pinnacle tube. Combined with the IsoFlow layout below, that is stated to offer an awful lot of the vertical compliance of the unique IsoSpeed machine, however in a lighter layout and with none transferring parts. Trek claims the brand new bike is nearly 300g lighter than the preceding Madone.

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^{Trek Madone SLR wind tunnel testing}

The IsoFlow layout combines with subtle Kammtail shaping for the body tubes, and a brand new bar/stem combination to make the whole bundle greater aerodynamic. The end result is a claimed 19 watts saved, or kind of 60 seconds in line with an hour quicker than the preceding-gen 6 Madone while measured at 45km/h. As Trek tells it, of these 19 watts saved, nine.3w come from the moto motorcycle itself, even as nine.7w stem from the roll alternate of the rider’s way to the brand new bar/stem.

2023 Trek Madone SLR Geometry

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Built round Trek’s H1.five geometry, the Madone is competitive enough for seasoned-Tour riders, however also can be healthy for the common cyclist. Obviously, the brand new seat tube layout will fairly restrict saddle peak, so there are  distinct seat masts, Tall and Short. The geometry chart above suggests the minimal and most saddle rail peak with alternatives for each length. Bike sizes 47-fifty four will deliver with the quick put up installed, and motorcycles fifty six-62cm motorcycles get the tall. Additional posts might be to be had, and all inventory posts are 0mm offset. There might be a 20mm offset put up as well.

New Bar/Stem

Trek Madone SLR bar stem combination

Up the front, the Madone will feature a brand new SLR bar/stem layout which makes use of flared drops to position the rider in a greater aerodynamic role. The 3cm flare method on a rider on a 42cm bar might be 39cm on the hoods, and 42cm on the drops. That must make you greater aero while you want it, even as supplying energy and manipulation even as sprinting.

Bare/Stem Details

The width in this bar is measured on the drops.

The tops are three cm narrower than the drops.

Reach: eighty mm.

Drop: 124 mm.

Blendr well suited.

Stem/Bar combination sizes in line with body length: 47cm: 38×eighty mm, 50 & 52: 40×ninety mm, fifty four: 42×ninety mm, fifty six-58: 42×one hundred mm, 60-62: 44×a hundred and ten mm.

While Trek is enthusiastic about the brand new Bar/Stem combination, in addition they recognise that it won’t paintings for everyone. Because of that, the Madone has distinct bearing covers for the headset to permit it to be painted with any popular avenue stem at the market.

Frame Details

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Built with Trek’s greatest 800 Series OCLV carbon, it’s paired with a KVF complete carbon fork with a tapered carbon steerer. As you may count on from a cutting-edge superbike, the Madone SLR is handiest well suited with digital drivetrains. You’ll discover a T47 threaded backside bracket, popular 142 x 12mm and one hundred x 12mm through axles, and flat mount disc brakes with a maximum rotor length of 160mm. There’s additionally a detachable front derailleur hanger – so in case you need to head 1x (which Trek says is greater aero), you can. Trek additionally claims that the cable routing is largely similar to the preceding technology Madone. Finally, Trek offers the Madone a legitimate tire clearance of 700c x 28mm.

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The new Madone SLR might be to be had in a handful of colours and in six distinct builds–3 SRAM and 3 Shimano builds, such as the brand new a hundred and five Di2. At the time of release the Madone SLR will now no longer be to be had on Project One, however it will likely be withinside the close to future.

2023 Trek Madone SLR Pricing

Madone SLR 6    7,999.99 

Madone SLR 6 eTap    8,399.99 

Madone SLR 7    nine,049.99 

Madone SLR 7 eTap    nine,699.99 

Madone SLR nine    12,749.99 

Madone SLR nine eTap    13,199.99 

Madone SLR Disc Frameset    4,599.99 

2023 Trek Madone SLR Claimed Weights

MY23 Madone SLR Models   

a)Madone SLR 6 – 7.8kg, 17.1lbs, 56size

b)Madone SLR 6 eTap – 8.0kg, 17.7lbs, fifty six length

c)Madone SLR 7 –  7.5kg, 16.5lbs, fifty six length

d)Madone SLR 7 eTap – 7.8kg, 17.1lbs, fifty six length

e)Madone SLR nine – 7.1kg, 15.6lbs, 54size

f)Madone SLR nine eTap     – 7.4kg, 16.2lbs, 56size,

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