Trek Madone SLR

From £6,850 IsoSpeed’s gone and IsoFlow’s in, for impressive aero and weight benefits on this super-speedy road bike

“Isoflow allows the new bike to match the compliance of IsoSpeed on its stiffest setting while also being lighter and more aero by around three watts” The seventh-generation of this aero road bike is said to be lighter and faster than ever. How does it manage it? It boasts a striking new cut-out seat-tube and top-tube juncture and a new integrated handlebar for starters. 01 Lighter The Madone SLR is 300g lighter for a complete bike than the previous version, weighing “just shy of 1,000g for the frame and just over 400g for the fork,” says Trek. That means a complete bike weighs from 7.1kg for a size 54cm bike frame with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9270 for example. 02 Faster It’s also claimed to be around 60 seconds an hour…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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