For the former winner of the Giro d’Italia, it’s a choice between what’s perhaps the fastest aero machine money can buy, or one of lightest production bikes going. However, when you’re a Grand Tour (GT) winner, you can swap to the best option for the day. That’s exactly what Ryder Hesjedal does with his new Trek Madone and Emonda team bikes.
2016 sees Canada’s only GT winner return to the Wisconsin behemoth, Trek bikes, a brand he was associated with back in his mountain biking days (through Gary Fisher bicycles), and in his early days as a professional on the road.
During the Tour Down Under, BikeRadar got to briefly sit down with the relaxed and approachable Canadian, to try to gain a better understanding of his bike-swapping ways. These, according to Hesjedal, are a simple matter of best matching the bike to the course on the day. If there are climbs to be had, he'll – like most riders – want to be on the very lightest (6.8kg) bike possible. Where the road is flatter and faster, the weight is less an issue and he’ll pick the aero bike.
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Related reading: Ryder Hesjedal’s 2015 Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod
It’s something he used to do when he rode Cervélos with the Garmin team, with access to the ‘R’ and ‘S’ series bikes. For 2015, such a luxury was lost with his former Cannondale team having access to just one road bike – the SuperSix Evo HM.
Madone has all the tricks
Emonda for the hills
Similarities and differences
Complete bike specifications – Madone
- Frame: Trek Madone ‘Race Shop Limited’ H1, 58cm
- Fork: Trek Madone
- Headset: Madone integrated, 1-3/8" top, 1.5" bottom
- Stem: Madone XXX Integrated Bar/Stem, 140mm x -17 degrees
- Handlebar: Madone XXX Integrated, Anatomic bend, 40cm (c-c)
- Tape: Bontrager Cork
- Front brake: Trek Madone integrated
- Rear brake: Trek Madone integrated
- Brake levers: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 STI Dual Control ST-9070
- Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 FD-9070
- Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 RD-9070
- Shift levers: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 STI Dual Control ST-9070
- Cassette: Shimano Dura-Ace CS-9000, 11-28T
- Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace CN-9000
- Crankset: SRM Shimano 11-speed, 180mm, 53/39T
- Bottom bracket: Trek BB90, steel bearing
- Pedals: Shimano 9000 Dura-Ace
- Wheelset: Bontrager Aeolus 5 DR3 tubular
- Front tyre: Veloflex Criterium, 23mm
- Rear tyre: Veloflex Criterium, 23mm
- Saddle: Bontrager ‘Team Issue’, soft padding
- Seatpost: Bontrager long, 25mm set-back
- Bottle cages: Bontrager XXX Cage (2)
- Computer: SRM Power Control 8, Bontrager DuoTrap ANT+ speed sensor
Complete bike specifications – Emonda
- Frame: Trek Emonda Project One H1, 58cm
- Fork: Trek Emonda
- Headset: CaneCreek integrated, tapered
- Stem: Bontrager XXX, 130mm x -17 degrees
- Handlebar: Bontrager Race Lite, Shallow bend, 42cm (c-c)
- Tape: Bontrager Cork
- Front brake: Shimano Dura-Ace BR-9000
- Rear brake: Shimano Dura-Ace BR-9000
- Brake levers: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 STI Dual Control ST-9070
- Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 FD-9070
- Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 RD-9070
- Shift levers: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 STI Dual Control ST-9070, plus Di2 SW-R600 Climbing Shifter
- Cassette: Shimano Dura-Ace CS-9000, 11-28T
- Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace CN-9000
- Crankset: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000, 180mm, 53/39T
- Bottom bracket: Trek BB90, steel bearing
- Pedals: Shimano 9000 Dura-Ace
- Wheelset: Bontrager Aeolus 3 DR3 tubular
- Front tyre: Veloflex Criterium, 23mm
- Rear tyre: Veloflex Criterium, 23mm
- Saddle: Bontrager ‘Team Issue’, soft padding
- Seatpost: Bontrager long, 25mm set-back
- Bottle cages: Bontrager XXX Cage (2)
- Computer: SRM Power Control 8, Bontrager DuoTrap ANT+ speed sensor
Critical measurements
- Ryder's height: 1.87m (6ft 2in)
- Ryder's weight: 73kg (161lb)
- Saddle height from BB, c-t: 834mm
- Saddle setback: 96mm
- Seat tube length (c-t): 553mm (both Madone and Emonda)
- Tip of saddle to middle of bar: 647mm
- Saddle-to-bar drop: 180mm
- Head tube length: 160mm (both Madone and Emonda)
- Top tube length (effective): 573mm (both Madone and Emonda)
- Total bicycle weight: Emonda - 6.83kg (15.06lb). Madone – 7.34kg (16.18lb), both without SRM PC8 head unit
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