Trek Factory Racing team bike of the world cup mountain biker
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Dan McConnell’s Trek Domane Koppenberg - Trek Factory Racing team issue(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Veloflex provides the tubulars. These look like the Roubaix model to us(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Just like on his mountain bike, McConnell uses a Bontrager Montrose Pro saddle in a 138mm width(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Sitting in the frame's left chainstay, a Bontrager DuoTrap ANT+ sensor reads wheel speed(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
A SRM Power Control 7 head unit collects the data(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
The frames feature a very neat integrated number plate holder(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
ven the SRM Power control is matched to the frame(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
The Di2 Climber shifter pod offers rear shifting from the handlebar tops(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Team-issue Bontrager XXX stems perfectly match the frame(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
The Bontrager Aeolus 5 DR3 tubular wheels feature carbon-shelled hubs. The rear hub uses DT Swiss internals(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Bontrager is now providing clearer branding to its team-issue components(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
The team-issue Trek Domane Koppenberg features a non-replaceable steel derailleur hanger. With this, we suspect the Di2 shifting on this ride is exceptional(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
A 175mm crank length isn't the norm for a 1.8m rider racing road, but McConnell's preference for the longer cranks comes from his background in mountain biking(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Trek Factory Racing are sponsored by SRM - here the team uses a SRM Shimano 11-speed crank(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
McConnell isn't a full-time member of the Trek Factory Racing team. He spends most of his season racing mountain bikes(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
The Domane is unique for its IsoSpeed seat tube 'decoupler', which allows the seat tube to pivot between the seat tube for compliance(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Bontrager Bat Cages hold hydration. With some unbelievably lightweight (and expensive) cages on offer from Bontrager, the use of these plastic items is a little surprising(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)
Dan McConnell might be ranked third in the world for cross-country mountain biking, but the Australian rider joined the Trek Factory Racing team at the 2015 Tour Down Under. It was his first WorldTour event, and although he insists mountain biking is his prime focus, we suspect he'll accompany the team in more events to come.
Most of the Trek Factory Team would normally ride the Emonda or Madone road bikes, but Trek Australia told BikeRadar that the majority of the team rode the Domane at the Tour Down Under, because of Australia's generally poorly surfaced roads.
The Domane is best known for its seat tube that pivots within the top tube
However, this isn't the usual upright and relaxed Domane endurance bike you'll find at your local Trek dealer, but the recently released Domane Koppenberg. This special version combines the smooth riding IsoSpeed seat tube 'decoupler' with far racier geometry borrowed from the new Emonda range.
With a non-replaceable steel derailleur hanger and a limited size range of 56, 58 and 60 and 62cm, the Domane Koppenberg frameset is designed for the WorldTour team first, and consumer sales second.
We recently featured McConnell's Trek Superfly FS 9.9 with prototype XTR Di2, which he rode at the 2014 mountain bike world championships. This Domane shares the same brand and colour, but it's otherwise a very different beast.
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Standing at 1.8m (5ft 11in), McConnell rides a slightly larger-than-expected 58cm frame size, with a relatively sensible 125mm length stem.
The Climber shifter pod is a common addition to many Trek Factory Racing bikes
The Bontrager DuoTrap sensor usually offers both cadence and speed, although here it's only used for the latter
SRM states that ultimate data accuracy requires a wheel-based speed sensor and so Trek Factory Racing use the Bontrager ANT+ DuoTrap that sits integrated within the left chainstay of the frame.
As a Trek-owned company, Bontrager joins Shimano as another major component sponsor of the Trek Factory Racing team. For 2015, the team will use some Bontrager components with 'team-issue' graphics that make the brand more obvious – the red stem and wheels are clear examples of this.
McConnell's choice in wheels doesn't waver from the rest of the team, with 50mm deep Bontrager Aeolus 5 DR3 carbon tubulars shod with 24mm width rubber from VeloFlex.
A mountain bike saddle for the mountain biker
Other than the 11-speed chain and Di2 wiring, perhaps the only component that's the same as his mountain bike is the Bontrager Montrose Pro saddle in a middle width.
At 7.43kg (16.35lb) including a SRM head unit, the complete weight of McConnell's ride is on the upper-end for WorldTour, with the extra weight coming from the Domane frame and SRM power meter.
Critical measurements Rider's height: 1.8m (5ft 11in) Rider's weight: 68kg (149.6lb) Saddle height from BB, c-t: 751mm Saddle setback: 85mm Seat tube length (c-c): 485mm Tip of saddle to centre of bar: 590mm Saddle-to-bar drop: 100mm Head tube length: 160mm Top tube length (effective): 573mm Total bicycle weight: 7.43kg (16.35lb), with SRM Power Control 7 head unit
