In a surprising move Trek has launched its 8th generation Madone SLR and in doing so put the Emonda SLR out to retirement, as it merges its aero and lightweight models into one bike. I travelled to Spain to ride the bike for the first time and to get under the skin of all these changes, the technical challenge and the wider reasoning behind producing a single race bike.

Here's the route I rode the new Madone https://www.komoot.com/tour/1673664251

Content
00:00 Intro
00:55 Madone history
1:38 Why merge Madone and Emonda?
2:51 The lightweight aerodynamic challenge
4:49 What has changed then?
7:01 IsoFlow isn’t a gimmick?
7:44 How light is it then?
10:17 Is it more aero?
12:11 New standards
12:31 New sizing range
12:58 How much does it cost?
14:25 Ride and handling impressions
17:11 Descending performance
18:08 Trek Madone vs Specialized Tarmac SL8
20:09 Conclusion
21:22 Is the Emonda really dead???

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