New Trek Madone 9 Series gets radically aero for 2016

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Trek has launched a radical redesign of its iconic Madone platform, transforming it from a jack-of-all-trades road racer into the full-blown aero machine currently missing from the lineup. Dramatically more aggressively shaped than the existing 7 Series model it will be sold next to, Trek says the new Madone 9 Series by itself will save its rider more than two minutes per hour (or 19 watts of effort) as compared to a fully non-aero bike while still maintaining sub-1kg claimed frame weights and – quite remarkably – getting more comfortable, not less.

Central to the new Madone’s impressive wind tunnel claims is its ultra-slippery shape. Once again, Trek is using Kammtail Virtual Foil (KVF) tube cross-sections but they’re far deeper than before and look much more closely related to the company’s Speed Concept time trial machine than the current Madone 7 Series. The front end of the new bike is also strikingly sleeker than before, and whereas the Madone 7 Series uses a round extended seatmast, this new one maintains that aero profile throughout the entire length.

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Trek's flat-back Kammtail Virtual Foil tube shapes carry over but with much deeper profiles than before

Trek says the Madone 9 Series’ aerodynamics were also specifically designed with water bottles in mind – something the old one was not.

Trek hasn’t just made the frame cut through the air, either; its designers have gone to great lengths to make sure many of the parts that are bolted on to it are equally aerodynamic.

• H1 geometry
• 700-Series OCLV Carbon
• Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 9070 drivetrain
• Bontrager Aeolus 5 D3 TLR wheels

• H2 geometry
• 600-Series OCLV Carbon
• Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 9070 drivetrain
• Bontrager Aeolus 5 D3 TLR wheels

• WSD geometry
• 600-Series OCLV Carbon
• Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 9070 drivetrain
• Bontrager Aeolus 5 D3 TLR wheels

• H2 geometry
• 600-Series OCLV Carbon
• Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 drivetrain
• Bontrager Aura 5 TLR wheels

• H2 geometry
• 600-Series OCLV Carbon
• Shimano Ultegra 6800 drivetrain
• Bontrager Paradigm Elite TLR wheels

• H1 geometry
• 700-Series OCLV Carbon

• H2 geometry
• 600-Series OCLV Carbon

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