Trek 3.1 2011 Madone

Soni

I was in Evans the other day and browsed the carbon machines.

Anybody seen the Trek 2011 3.1 Madone in the flesh? I hope i don't offend anybody saying this, however is it me or does this bike look god damn ugly? Pretty much EVERY carbon machine i've looked at in the past looks gorgeous and makes me think 'god i need to get the money for one of them', but the headtube on this bike is so so long/high that it creates such a long wide curve inside the top tube/downtube joint that it looks so ugly! It takes away the fabulous loving beauty of carbon. Its obviously a Sportive fit, but Trek have made loads of Sportive fit bikes in the past which haven't looked like this.....is it just the 3.1 or have all the Trek Carbon sportive fit bikes gone this way this year? They didn't have any other 2011 Trek carbon machines on view to look at to compare.....

tailwindhome

A picture would help

Here you go



You're not wrong though.

Soni

TailWindHome wrote:

A picture would help

Here you go



You're not wrong though.

Cheers mate, the reason i didn't post a picture though was because the picture doesn't do it justice if you know what i mean, that picture doesn't look anywhere near as bad as it does in the flesh!

That curve around the headtube, downtube, and top tube, looks a lot worse in the flesh..

Does anybody know if ALL the 2011 Trek Madones are going to be like this?

Soni

Looks like they are, this is the 2011 Trek Madone 6.9! :evil:

Dmak

They both look like great bikes to me, a bike is not a fashion accessory IMHO. OK they're not that pretty but either way a paint job is just cosmetic.

Pokerface

Jesus - there are a lot worse-looking bikes on the market. You don't like it? Buy something else.

Pross

Looks fine to me, I'm not a fan of sloping top tubes but it looks a lot better than most.

Soni

Fashion accessory or not looks are a consideration when choosing a bike......

I generally like Trek bikes, but was just taken back by the design of this new bike, i certainly wouldn't consider buying it and that is a first for a Trek, which are normally beautiful looking in my opinion, especially there Madones.....

That photo as i've said doesn't show the full picture, the curve around the inside of that head tube is OTT....

However, just been looking through the 2010 Madone catalogue and noticed that they also had the same curves around the headtubes on some bikes, even though they were all the same series Madone?

Why is that?

Pokerface

Difference between a pro fit and performance fit maybe? Pro fit has a smaller headtube.

brucebanner

I agree with you, but I recently saw the Trek Madone 5.5 Compact 2011 Road Bike and it looks nice. I'm saving to get that at the moment. All the photos I've seen of the 2011 bikes on the internet are rather lame, someone needs to post better photos.

Why does the back slope downwards? I don't like that. Would the pro fit be any different? I see no mention of different fits in bike shops.

Pokerface

brucebanner wrote:

I agree with you, but I recently saw the Trek Madone 5.5 Compact 2011 Road Bike and it looks nice. I'm saving to get that at the moment. All the photos I've seen of the 2011 bikes on the internet are rather lame, someone needs to post better photos.

Why does the back slope downwards? I don't like that. Would the pro fit be any different? I see no mention of different fits in bike shops.

It's now referred to a H1, H2 or H3 fit: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/story/madone6/fit/h1

Soni

Maybe it is the difference between pro and performance fit........but boy does the performance fit look ugly in the Madone if that is the case.....and yes the top tube does in deed slope downwards and it is VERY noticeable....

brucebanner

Soni wrote:

Maybe it is the difference between pro and performance fit........but boy does the performance fit look ugly in the Madone if that is the case.....and yes the top tube does in deed slope downwards and it is VERY noticeable....

have you had a chance to look at the bikes in-store? do you know where I can get more photos from?

Soni

brucebanner wrote:

Soni wrote:

Maybe it is the difference between pro and performance fit........but boy does the performance fit look ugly in the Madone if that is the case.....and yes the top tube does in deed slope downwards and it is VERY noticeable....

have you had a chance to look at the bikes in-store? do you know where I can get more photos from?

Yes mate, Evans at Gatwick had the Madone 3.1 2011 on the shop floor built up.....this is how i noticed how strange the frame looked.

redddraggon

It looks better than the crappy looking Madone 4 series.

Soni

redddraggon wrote:

It looks better than the crappy looking Madone 4 series.

Will have to disagree on that one, a guy in the club i ride with has the 4.5 2009 and i personally think it looks awesome, but then its personal opinion after all....

Which would you rather have, this 4.5

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Or this 3.1

redddraggon

Neither I'd rather a Cannondale

Soni

redddraggon wrote:

Neither I'd rather a Cannondale

What happened to all your posts RedDraggon? Thought you had more than that?

redddraggon

They're all still there, my post count was just reset.

spinningcreeps

Well, none of them are stunners are they. Ordinary bikes that had a great promoter in Lance Armstrong. Imagine if he had ridden for one of the europeans? Now there is some nice Look, Time, Italian etc, Trek don't come into the same category.

Pokerface

Soni wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

It looks better than the crappy looking Madone 4 series.

Will have to disagree on that one, a guy in the club i ride with has the 4.5 2009 and i personally think it looks awesome, but then its personal opinion after all....

Which would you rather have, this 4.5

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Or this 3.1

I'm not sure I see a big difference. I know what the differences are - but they aren't drastic to me. And I own a Madone 6.9 from 2 years ago (looks a lot like the first photo).

Soni

redddraggon wrote:

They're all still there, my post count was just reset.

YOU'VE CLOCKED IT!

EXCELLENT!

Soni

spinningcreeps wrote:

Well, none of them are stunners are they. Ordinary bikes that had a great promoter in Lance Armstrong. Imagine if he had ridden for one of the europeans? Now there is some nice Look, Time, Italian etc, Trek don't come into the same category.

I agree about the promoter, but i actually like the look of Trek bikes, as i said its personal preference at the end of the day, the one bike i would race out and get if i had the money would be this:-

Soni

Pokerface wrote:

Soni wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

It looks better than the crappy looking Madone 4 series.

Will have to disagree on that one, a guy in the club i ride with has the 4.5 2009 and i personally think it looks awesome, but then its personal opinion after all....

Which would you rather have, this 4.5

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Or this 3.1

I'm not sure I see a big difference. I know what the differences are - but they aren't drastic to me. And I own a Madone 6.9 from 2 years ago (looks a lot like the first photo).

Its the colour that throws it for me, that blue i think is just stunning.

brucebanner

@Soni, what madone is that? Looks stunning.

Ordinary by what criteria?

Bike looks are very subjective.

I'm waiting for people to post photos of the 2011 models. Trek's own photos aren't enough. I strongly contemplating the Trek Madone 5.5 2011 compact.

spinningcreeps wrote:

Well, none of them are stunners are they. Ordinary bikes that had a great promoter in Lance Armstrong. Imagine if he had ridden for one of the europeans? Now there is some nice Look, Time, Italian etc, Trek don't come into the same category.

Pokerface

Well - the thing about Trek is.... you can have them painted any way you want.

Soni

brucebanner wrote:

@Soni, what madone is that? Looks stunning.

My thoughts exactly, looks lovely in the flesh as well, its tthe Trek 4.5 2009, maybe pick one up second hand a save a good few hundred notes....

Pokerface

Now my winter bike:

Soni

Pokerface wrote:

Now my winter bike:

Your 'Winter Bike', you are kidding me right? :?

That bike is just so beautiful, i am so so jelous!

Pokerface

Well - I don't use the Zipps in the winter, but yeah that's my winter bike. The summer bike is a lot nicer 8)

Soni

Pokerface wrote:

Well - I don't use the Zipps in the winter, but yeah that's my winter bike. The summer bike is a lot nicer 8)

Come on then you've got me dribbling from the mouth now!

Lets see a photograph?