53cm Madone??

jmubluedevil

Hello,
Looking for my first road bike and found a decent deal on a 2011 4.5 Madone, but the seller claims it is a size 53cm. He confirmed when I questioned this but I have only seen 52 or 54cm sizes. Is this possible?
Thank you!

nickellis

Trek road bikes come in 2cm increments, which are all even as far as I'm aware. I've just dropped major sheets on a Madone myself this very afternoon and the sticker has two sizes. 58cm is the main size but it also says 57.5cm on the same sticker in a slightly smaller text size.

57.5cm is the effective top tube size.

53.4cm is the effective top tube length on a 52cm frame
53.3cm is the seat tube length on a 56cm frame.

arlowood

Hi there

Recently parted from some savings by a 2011 Madone 5.9 with £1100 off the RRP - so have been all over the Madone stats in the last few weeks.

As nickellis says there is no standard 53cm offered.

As per the link below:-

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/ro ... madone_4_5

- its either a 52cm and the seller is quoting the effective top tube length or its a 56cm and the seller is quoting the effective seat tube height. Quite a difference in frame size so worth getting the seller to confirm where he gets the 53cm figure from. What has he measured to get it or is he quoting from a frame geometry table?

BTW, have only done about 100 miles on the 5.9 so far but it is a great bike so the 4.5 should not disappoint but make sure its the right size before parting with your wonga.

jmubluedevil

Thank you both for the great info. Think I will need to request more pictures for verification.

Evil Laugh

When in doubt I normally get the person to measure the headtube . You can't really mess that up with inaccurate center to centres or whatever.