Trek launches new Madone

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  • Garybee
    Garybee Posts: 815
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by spanners</i>

    it's all a matter of perspective, I mean how many of you have ridden loads of top end bikes anyway? Maybe your knowledge comes from pictures alone?

    Working in a bike shop which recycles abandoned bikes, and repairing rusty crud all day, any top end bike looks nice, and one with all these innovations together looks great.

    <b>If you want to slag the trek off</b>, post a pic of your bike, and we'll all judge that!
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    Wow you're sensitive. So other people criticizing a design of a new bike that is presumably nothing to do with you is 'slagging it off' then? Maybe everybody on here should enthuse about everything new to keep you happy.
    Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
    Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
  • angrynortherner
    angrynortherner Posts: 530
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by spanners</i>

    it's all a matter of perspective, I mean how many of you have ridden loads of top end bikes anyway? Maybe your knowledge comes from pictures alone?

    Working in a bike shop which recycles abandoned bikes, and repairing rusty crud all day, any top end bike looks nice, and one with all these innovations together looks great.

    If you want to slag the trek off, post a pic of your bike, and we'll all judge that!
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    I have a Madone, does that qualify to state my opinion on the new one? If so, I think it's awful. And yes I've ridden an Orca as well.

    Least it's made my next purchasing decision easier.
  • top_bhoy
    top_bhoy Posts: 1,424
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by spanners</i>

    it's all a matter of perspective, I mean how many of you have ridden loads of top end bikes anyway? Maybe your knowledge comes from pictures alone?

    Working in a bike shop which recycles abandoned bikes, and repairing rusty crud all day, any top end bike looks nice, and one with all these innovations together looks great.

    If you want to slag the trek off, post a pic of your bike, and we'll all judge that!
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    Does it matter if you have ridden a top end bike or not? If you don't like a bikes shape, colour, etc, you don't like it - top end or bottom end. You can't like everything!!

    I'm assuming you'll be starting us off in a 'I'll show you mine if you show me yours' topic. [:D]

    This is my bike:
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  • hevipedal
    hevipedal Posts: 2,475
    I love it - and I'm an avid specialized user............

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    It's got a basket, a bell that rings and
    Things to make it look good.
    I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.
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    51yrs old and Proud of it - Made it to 87kg 2 more to go for the target.
    Pedal to Paris Sept 2007
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Some really innovative ideas on the new Madone. have a look at the tech.report on www.velonews.com

    M.Rushton
    M.Rushton
  • Phil Scp
    Phil Scp Posts: 2,525
    It doesn't look quite so bad in that picture
  • pjm-84
    pjm-84 Posts: 819
    Prefer the old one

    Paul
    Paul
  • monty_dogcp
    monty_dogcp Posts: 382
    I see they still can't get away without having to stick an inch of spacers under the stem. They even mention the problem with water getting trapped in the frame - only really an issue with the old model! The inside-out seatpost is novel - but I'm not sure of any performance benefit - apart from solving the water ingress problem mentioned previously. It's incredible given the resources available to them that they can't come up with anything better looking than what one girl in Spain can achieve with Orbea - like the Olympic logo, just shows that design by commitee isn't necessarily a good thing.
  • angrynortherner
    angrynortherner Posts: 530
    Ok I've found one picture where it looks ok http://www.cyclingnews.com/newsphotos.p ... auction_jp

    The problem is the paint schemes they've used don't help the looks of the thing, they should have gone with bare carbon like the original prototypes. Still won't be replacing mine with one though.
  • fenlandplodder
    fenlandplodder Posts: 230
    I am amazed at the heat generated by this topic. The cyclingnews.com item has some interesting shots of the new framce. It looks pretty good
    to me. Previously, I dismissed Treks out of hand because test rides on they left me unimpressed. Would I buy one? Not at the moment but if I was in the market for a new bike this might spark some interest. So in that respect the new design has worked [:D] I'd wait for a review or three first anyway.
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Full report on www.cyclingnews.com today. That is a really innovative bike. New Bontrager brakes, a 'pocket' on the fork for a transmitter, the seat-tube andthe b/b shell or lack of! They are ideas that other manufacturers will be copying.

    M.Rushton
    M.Rushton

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