08' Trek Madone

ImChris
ImChris Posts: 3
edited July 2012 in Your road bikes
This is my 2008 Trek Madone. I mostly use it for commuting to work (about 45 miles round trip) as well as group rides / charity rides. Really looking forward to getting it on the crit courses this summer though!

Most current photo'd setup. (It actually has another, de sticker'd Aelous wheelset on it now).

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Last summers setup:

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Frame: 6 Series Madone
Forks: Bontrager Carbon
Bars: Bontrager XXX lite
Stem: Bontrager XXX lite (white), Bontrager RXL Stealth (black)
Headset: Carbon Cane Creek
Bar Tape: Bontrager Grippy thing (black w/ white stitch)

Brakes: SRAM Force

Shifters: SRAM Red
Cables: Gore Ride On
Front / Rear D: SRAM Force
Saddle: Specialized Romin Elite

Cranks: SRAM Force
Pedals: Shimano 105
Bottom Bracket: BB90

Front Wheel: Aeolus 5
Tire: Bontrager R3 / R4

Back Wheel: Aeolus 5
Tire: Bontrager R3/ R4

Accessories: XXX Lite bottle cages

Weight: About 16lbs (+ or - a couple lbs depending on wheelset)


-Chris

Comments

  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    Lovely. Madones or Trek in general get a hard time on here but many overlook what is probably the best series of bikes available due to other prejudices.
    Trek Madone 5.9
    Kinesis Crosslight T4
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    ALaPlage wrote:
    but many overlook what is probably the best series of bikes available due to other prejudices.

    Typical Trek owners response.

    Looks really good, prefer the stealth look rather than the white stem/ tyres etc.
  • Beatmaker
    Beatmaker Posts: 1,092
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    ALaPlage wrote:
    but many overlook what is probably the best series of bikes available due to other prejudices.

    Typical Trek owners response.

    Looks really good, prefer the stealth look rather than the white stem/ tyres etc.

    To be fair, having never owned a Trek but having ridden and sold a good few, the Madone series are excellent bikes.
  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    ALaPlage wrote:
    but many overlook what is probably the best series of bikes available due to other prejudices.

    Typical Trek owners response.

    Looks really good, prefer the stealth look rather than the white stem/ tyres etc.

    Typical anyones response to a brand they've experienced and enjoyed. Not just exclusive to Trek owners methinks. :D
    Trek Madone 5.9
    Kinesis Crosslight T4
  • siamon
    siamon Posts: 274
    Very stylish bike and great pictures.
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Absolute beaut...
    :D
  • SpecialBrew
    SpecialBrew Posts: 5
    Lovely bike, it must be a pleasure commuting on that! Did you de-sticker and get a respray for the frame?
  • ImChris
    ImChris Posts: 3
    Thanks for the compliments all! I enjoy Treks, as well as other road bikes, but with Trek being my first road bike i'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the brand.

    The bike is sort of a P1 bike, hence the limited graphics. As for the wheels, I just peeled the stickers off. The top image, due to my iPhone, looks very black. The main color of the bike is actually a smoked bare carbon, which usually always looks black in photos.

    Chris
  • tigerben
    tigerben Posts: 233
    Very smart - but then I'm a biased trek owner (5.2 Madone) :wink:
  • maxturner
    maxturner Posts: 11
    Great looking bike !
    I love my 5.2 and my Top fuel rides better any other mountain bike I've ridden including my now sold Turner.

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