
	NO CONSTRAINTS	MOVING PAST THE PODIUM	ONLY FROM TREK	SPECIFICATIONS

The Legend Continues

Alberto Contador

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2007

A NEW HISTORY

1992

Years ahead of the competition, Trek redefines the way the world looks at high performance bicycles by transforming carbon fiber – a material relatively unknown to cycling – into OCLV Carbon.

2003

Performance gets a new name when Trek launches the original Madone, the OCLV bike built to help Lance Armstrong continue his domination of the Tour de France.

2008

Trek changes the rules again with a new benchmark for total performance. Compared to it, everything else is history.

NO CONSTRAINTS

The all-new Madone® began when Trek's Advanced Concept Group (ACG) challenged itself to create the finest all-day performance bike. There would be a blank slate — no givens or constraints. Anything and everything could be questioned. The only requirements: No compromises between ride quality and weight. Merge form and function. Make it striking and make it beautiful.

Trek didn't set out to make the lightest or stiffest bike, or the best ratio of the two. That would have been relatively easy. The real goal would be much more difficult to achieve, yet much more groundbreaking: a truly refined blend of maximum structural efficiency, optimum comfort, and complete ride experience. A bike with a ride quality as supreme as it was sublime. In a word, balanced.

MOVING PAST THE PODIUM

By the time Lance stepped off cycling's center stage in 2005, Trek was already preparing to transform the Madone beyond elite racing machine to the ultimate performance experience. To make it happen would take the kind of learning that comes from seven consecutive Tour de France victories, 15-plus years of OCLV Carbon engineering, and input from some of the world's most discerning riders.

Together, Trek and Lance understood what it would take to become the absolute best. On the development of the all-new Madone, Trek's dedication and focus were just that — absolute. It has been the biggest design project Trek has undertaken on any bike, at any time. For almost two years, an army of designers, engineers, physicists, chemists, carbon producers, bike shop owners, project managers, average riders — and a few above average riders that go by the names of George, Levi, Popo and Lance — scrutinized every detail of the all-new Madone in relentless pursuit of the ultimate ride.

ONLY FROM TREK

Madone is synonymous with unmatched ride quality because there's something extraordinary about the feel of OCLV Carbon. The consistency and reliability of the OCLV Carbon process gives riders the right amount of feedback to keep them in tune with the road, while Trek's signature Multi-piece Construction Method optimizes each section of the frame to deliver specific performance characteristics.

There's also Trek's relentless commitment to dialing in the ride quality: The all-new Madone went through countless hours of FEA analysis, a battery of real-world ride testing, and 30 different lay-up schedules before engineers pinpointed the precise formula to stay true to the Madone's legendary feel. As well as the fact that Trek employs more carbon engineers than some competitors have employees. In the end, it all adds up to make the all-new Madone a bike that only Trek could build.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Frameset
Sizes	50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62cm
Frame	TCT Carbon
Fork	Bontrager Race X Lite, carbon w/ E2 aluminum steerer; SpeedTrap compatible
Wheels
Wheels	Bontrager Race
Tires	Bontrager Race X Lite, 700x23c,
Drivetrain
Shifters	Shimano 105 STI, 10 Speed
Front Derailleur	Shimano 105
Rear Derailleur	Shimano Ultegra
Crank	Shimano 105 50/34 or 52/39/30
Cassette	Shimano 105 11-25 or 12-27 (triple), 10 Speed
Pedals	n/a
Components
Saddle	Bontrager Race
Seat Post	Bontrager Carbon
Handlebars	Bontrager Select VR, 31.8mm
Stem	Bontrager Select, 7 degree, 31.8mm
Headset	Aheadset w/ cartridge bearing, integrated, sealed, alloy
Brakeset	Alloy dual pivot w/ Shimano 105 STI levers

Trek Madone 4.5

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