Textured cobbles, palmarés on the top tube, with front and rear adjustable IsoSpeed
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Cancellara's Domane SLR that he rode to second place in his final Tour of Flanders(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Part of the bike's big news is the Front IsoSpeed, where the steerer pivots inside the head tube, with bolts on either side preventing lateral movement but allowing the steerer to bow fore and aft(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Despite the bike's vertically plush character, the ultra-wide bottom bracket area means it's still quite stiff for pedaling(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Trek's built-in speedometer and cadence sensor means no ugly zip ties mucking up the frame(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Despite all the new technology, many pros still use the humble magnet for speed and distance(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Say hello to my little friend! Tony M is Cancellara's Scarface reference(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Shimano Dura-Ace direct-mount brakes offer plenty of clearance for 25 and even 28mm tubulars(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
While Trek has new elastometer-infused carbon bars, Cancellara goes with 44cm alloy bars(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
FMB tubulars are handmade and a favorite of the team(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
For the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, Cancellara races without a power meter and without a heart rate strap(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
This bolt loosens the IsoSpeed adjustment system. To adjust, you loosen this bolt, move the slider, then tighten the bolt back down(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The new Domane's rear IsoSpeed is adjustable with this black slider. Cancellara set his in the middle, between Madone-like firmness and very plush(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
De Ronde celebrated its 100th edition this year(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Trek made Cancellara a special frame with textured cobbles and his Flanders results on the top tube(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Cancellara is one of the world's strongest bike racers. He ran an 11-28 cassette at the Tour of Flanders(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Fabian Cancellara raced his final Tour of Flanders on Sunday aboard a special Trek Domane SLR. The just-announced Domane SLR sports two radically new technologies — front IsoSpeed and adjustable rear IsoSpeed — and Cancellara's race bike also has some 3D graphics celebrating his accomplishments at Belgium's biggest race.
Cancellara has been instrumental in the formation of the Domane line of bikes from the beginning, working with Trek on testing prototypes, riding instrumented bikes, giving feedback and of course handily delivering as a marketing icon for the endurance machine.
"My wife would not like when I say, it’s like the third baby, the Domane," Cancellara said on the day after the Tour of Flanders, where he placed second to Peter Sagan.
Cancellara first raced the bike at Strade Bianche, which he won for the third time. Although many noticed the new bike, neither Trek nor Cancellara would talk about it until the day after the Tour of Flanders at the bike's official launch in Kortrijk, Belgium.
There are two new and remarkable technologies on the new Domane SLR. One, the rear IsoSpeed — first introduced with the original Domane where the seat tube flexes on a pivot at the top tube/chainstay junction — is now adjustable in its range of flex. The split seat tube has an adjustment tab that slides up and down, changing the compliance characteristics from Madone-like stiffness to more plush than the current Domane. To adjust this, you loosen the bottle bottle cage bolt, adjust the slider, then retighten the bolt. Cancellara chose to run his with the slider set in the middle.
The second is the front IsoSpeed, where the steerer tube is allowed to bow fore and aft inside the head tube. Pivot bolts on either side keep laterally rigidity identical to a standard bike, Trek says.
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Frame: Trek Domane SLR, 58cm Fork: Trek IsoSpeed carbon Stem: Bontrager Race XXX Lite, 140mm Handlebar: Bontrager RL Anatomic, 44cm width Brakes: Shimano Dura-Ace direct-mount Brake levers / shifters: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 Cassette: Shimano Dura-Ace, 11-28T Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace Crankset: Shimano Dura-Ace, 175mm, 53/39T Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace Wheelset: Bontrager Aeolus 5 Tubulars: FMB Paris-Roubax, 25mm Saddle: Bontrager Team Issue Power meter: None used for the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix
Critical measurements
Rider's height: 186cm (6ft 1in) Rider's weight: 80kg (176lb) Saddle height from BB, c-t: 782mm Tip of saddle to centre of bar: 620mm Saddle-to-bar drop: 111mm
