The 2009 Trek Madone Series
The Trek Madone road bicycle has been in the spotlight since it was called up for duty as the steed of the Astana-Trek ProTour squad. Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer, Chris Horner, Yaroslav Popovych and, as of September 25th, Lance Armstrong will ride the Madone in the toughest events in cycling. Victories in the Tour de France, Tour of Italy, Tour of Spain, Tour of California, Tour of Georgia and Paris-Nice demonstrate the quality Trek has put into each Madone bicycle. These state-of-the-art bicycles are not custom creations, but simply off-the-rack stock machines. Made by hand in Waterloo, Wisconsin, the 6- and 5-series Madone bicycles provide a wide range of component choices and frame for riders ranging from the ambitious recreational rider to the seasoned professional racer. Features that give a professional racer an edge can be helpful to a recreational rider as well. All Madone 5- and 6-series bikes feature a “mast” instead of a classic seatpost reducing weight and improving ride quality to keep the rider fresher on long days. It also doesn’t need to be sawed for fitting purposes either like some European brands. The crankset’s cartridge-style bearings are simply inserted directly into the Trek-exclusive “net-molded” bottom bracket frame. It is lighter, stiffer, and easier to install and mechanically maintain. All Madone bicycles have a new fork that have a 1-1/2” bearing at the top of the fork’s crown. This will allow the bike to track around high-speed corners with much less flex. Faster corners are made safer and more predicable for the racer, or the recreational rider.
If you want your Madone even more unique, Trek’s Project One program will allow you to choose paint schemes right down to the look of the lettering on the frame’s down tube. Lightning bolts, hot rod flames, “criterium” panels, a fighter-plane pattern that would make Chuck Yeager proud, and even the Astana team colors are options. Components from Shimano, SRAM and Campagnolo are just a few of the choices you have to produce a bicycle that no one else at the weekly ride will have.