Wednesday, 1 July 2015

New Trek Madone 9 Series gets radically aero for 2016

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This article originally appeared on BikeRadar

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. 

Click here to read a first ride review of the Trek Madone 9 Series.

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Hyper-aero design with lots of integration

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.


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

  • 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
  • Trek will also offer the new madone 9-series as framesets in either h1 or h2 geometry:
  • H1 geometry
  • 700-Series OCLV Carbon
  • H2 geometry
  • 600-Series OCLV Carbon

You can read more at Cyclingnews.com



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