Trek brings more variety in 2017 to the Domane, Emonda and Madone ranges as well as some new and serious bikes for women(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The minimal frontal area on the Madone is truly impressive(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The frame is made of 600 series OCLV carbon (Image credit: Immediate Media)
For your money you get deep section Aura5 tubeless-ready carbon/alu wheels (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Entry into the Madone family starts with the 9.2 at £4,400(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Ultegra Di2 comes as standard on the £6,500 women's 9.5(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Impressive integration and Vision Metron 40 wheels makes the women's Madone 9.5 a great looking machine (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The women's Madone 9.5 looks awesome in flat grey with contrasting giro pink details (Warren Rossiter / Immediate Media)(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Mud clearance shouldn't be an issue on the Boone with plenty here below the fork crown (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The carbon RXL cockpit is a nice highlight on the £3,200 Boone Race shop Limited(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Crelan team finish is called 'radioactive yellow'(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Silque is the women's version of the Domane, this the S 5 gets rear isospeed, a 105 group and tubeless ready wheels for £1600 (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Isospeed on the Silque is tweaked for the more sloping geometry over the Domane (Image credit: Immediate Media)
At £2,000 the Domane S 5 disc looks like a decent option, front and rear thru-axles, Shimano 105, hydraulic brakes and tubeless-ready wheels (Image credit: Immediate Media)
That includes the seat mast (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Every inch of the frame is illustrated with the Spartacus legend(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Every inch of the frame is illustrated with the Spartacus legend (Image credit: Immediate Media)
A Trek gallery wouldn't be complete without a Project homage to Spartacus, like its stunning SLR10 Domane Race Shop Limited(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Like the carbon Domane disc the aluminium models also get thru-axles front and rear(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Like the carbon Domane disc the aluminium models also get thru-axles front and rear(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Trek put in a lot of work on the tube shaping and wall thicknesses to make the Isospeed decoupler work just as well in alloy as it does in carbon (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Or for £100 less you could get hydraulic discs on the aluminium ALR4 disc at £1,300(Image credit: Immediate Media)
If discs aren't your thing but you still want the additional comfort of Isospeed then there's plenty of options like this £1,400 400 series OCLV carbon S4 (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The S gets the non-adjustable Isospeed rear decoupler that debuted on the original Domane (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Trek's Race Shop limited Boone CX bike is one of the few new CX bikes with Canti brakes we've seen(Image credit: Immediate Media)
and we love the way the direct mounts on the frame perfectly silhouette the brake(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Madone specific aero brakes look as clean as the bike(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Emonda SLR10 Race Shop Limited remains one of the lightest production bikes ever made(Image credit: Immediate Media)
We like Trek's decision to locate Di2 batteries behind this trap door located on the down tube (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The low profile of the Speed Stop brakes keep things nicely compact (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Bontrager's direct mount Speed Stop brakes require a bit of care setting up, but when right the performance is impressive(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Isocore carbon bar promises unrivalled vibration damping on rough roads(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The SL6 is also available in a non-disc version with aluminium Bontrager Race wheels for £2,500(Image credit: Immediate Media)
We love the metal flake finish of the SL6 (Image credit: Immediate Media)
At the back the SL range gets the Isospeed decoupler, but not the adjustabilty of the SLR(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The SL6 gets the Isospeed front decoupler that debuted on the Domane SLR (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Vision's Metron 40s are the first non-Bontrager wheels we've seen on Trek bikes for a long time (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The new Bontrager XXX Aeolus tubular wheels weigh in at an impressively light 976g a pair!(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Also did we mention that the Speed Stop brakes are light? At 116g each and they're on the LTD (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Even the seat clamp on the Limited is a flyweight piece of carbon with titanium hardware(Image credit: Immediate Media)
As does the cover on the Isospeed decoupler (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Madone's front end looks stunningly clean(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Trek Segafredo team colours are on everything from Trek's cheapest to most expensive road machines, this one's the Race Shop Limited Madone at £11,500(Image credit: Immediate Media)
Bontrager's new 28c R4 Classics tubular was designed specifically for race duties of the pro team (Image credit: Immediate Media)
As you'd expect the SLR10 gets Dura-Ace throughout (Image credit: Immediate Media)
Front end Isospeed and the Isocore bars vibration damping should make the SLR10 Domane a real cobble-ready racer (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Domane Race Shop Limited comes in Trek Segafredo team colours, or any finish you like for £10,500(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Domane Race Shop Limited comes in Trek Segafredo team colours, or any finish you like for £10,500 (Image credit: Immediate Media)
The one-piece XXX all carbon bar is just one of the many lightweight touches on the Emonda(Image credit: Immediate Media)
The Domane SL 6 Disc looks like a lot of bike for £3,500, a 500 series OCLV frame, Ultegra and impressive Vision Metron 40 LTD wheels (Image credit: Immediate Media)
2016 has been a big year for Trek with the launch of its new Domane and the front Isospeed decoupler to match the rear, as well as adding adjustability to the rear too via a seat tube mounted slider, so we expected a quieter 2017.
It seems that 2017 will be quieter on the launch front with instead more variety in the Domane, Emonda and Madone platforms, and some new and serious bikes for women.
Domane and Silque
The Domane and women’s Silque ranges now offer three grades of tech. The range topping SLRs get both Isospeed decouplers and the tuneable rear. The SL’s get front and rear Isospeed without the adjuster, and the base model S gets just the rear Isospeed.
There are plenty of highlights in the range that we spotted including a new SL Disc with Ultegra, and Vision’s highly respected Metron 40 LTD wheels (interesting to see Trek step outside of the Bontrager monopoly they usually have on their bikes) at £3,500 / US$N/A / AU$N/A.
There’s also an entry level Domane ALR disc which matches an Isospeed-equipped aluminium frame with Tiagra and RS505 hydraulic brakes for £1,300 / US$N/A / AU$N/A.
The Silque S 5 was our pick of the ladies models with an Isospeed-equipped rear OCLV carbon frame, Shimano 105 drivetrain and tubeless ready Bontrager wheels for £1,600 / US$N/A / AU$N/A.
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SLR10 Race Shop Limited
Trek’s flyweight all-rounder is now a ten-model strong range. At the top of the range is an eTap equipped SLR10 Race Shop Limited. The previous Limited Emonda featured an array of rarefied bling and this new version features Bontrager’s new Aeolus SL XXX tubular wheelset, which comes in at a ridiculously light 976g a pair. Trek informs us that even with this stunningly low weight they’ve put no restrictions on rider weight either.
No official weight for the complete bike was available, and the bike was bolted down, but we’d expect it to be similar to the previous Limited — so expect around 4.5-5kg.
SLR8 Race Shop
If you can’t stretch to the SLR10 Race Shop Limited’s £9,700 price tag, Trek offers an SLR8 Race Shop with the same ultralight, sub 700g frame. It comes with Dura-Ace (although the display model had Ultegra as new Dura Ace hadn’t yet arrived) and Bontrager Paradigm alloy tubeless wheels for £4,400 / US$N/A / AU$N/A.
The Race Shop range can be customised through Trek’s custom bike programme, Project One, and we loved the Gran Premio theme on the display bike with its fluro yellow and pink highlights on a matt black frame.
Emonda SL6
At the highly competitive £2,000 mark Trek offers the Emonda SL6 at £2,100, which uses the slightly heavier 500 series OCLV frame along with Ultegra and Bontrager Race tubeless wheels.
ALR
If you want the team look without the price tag then this impressive aluminium incarnation of the Emonda, the ALR, comes in Trek Segafredo replica colours with 105 and tubeless-ready Bontrager Race wheels for £1,200 / US$N/A / AU$N/A.
Madone
The tech-laden Madone aero bike is now six models strong and includes a great looking women’s version, the 9.5.
This Ultegra Di2 equipped 600 OCLV series carbon comes with Vision’s Metron 40 LTD wheels and all the impressive integration that makes the Madone so special at £6,500 / US$N/A / AU$N/A.
Now the Madone was and is always going to be an expensive proposition, with so many dedicated components it’s going to be hard for Trek to make anything like, say, a 105 equipped version without compromising on the aero goals of the original design. So for the time being the entry price into Madone ownership starts at £4,400 for the 9.2.
For this price you’ll get a one-down-from-the-top 600 series OCLV frameset, Bontrager’s deep section carbon/alu hybrid tubeless ready Aura wheelset and Shimano Ultegra.
