The head tube, for instance, is tapered with a standard 1 1/8in bearing at the top and a 1 1/2in bearing at the bottom, that extra material in the frame and fork helping to provide a good level of front-end stiffness. That's not to say that the 2.1 is deficient when it comes to high-quality features. They're all sporty to some degree or another and they share some design cues, but they're sometimes distant cousins rather than siblings. The point is, though, that Trek use the Madone name to cover a range of bikes that are significantly different from one another. That isn't really surprising given that the bike is five grand cheaper and the frame is made of aluminium.
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Trek make extensive use of KVF tubing on the 6 Series Madone that we reviewed a few months back, whereas the KVF on the 2 Series is limited to the down tube and the fork legs. Essentially, they've designed a deep, aerodynamically efficient tube profile and chopped off the trailing edge to reduce weight and improve handling while retaining the aero performance. The 2 Series models are made from Trek's 200 Series Alpha Aluminium, and some of the top-end features have had to be sacrificed.įrame: Carbon Madone's kissing cousin from Bauxite Countyįor example, Trek make a big noise about their KVF tube shaping, KVF standing for Kammtail Virtual Foil. This is the first model year that Trek have offered the Madone with an aluminium frame it has been wall-to-wall carbon fibre up until now (they've introduced aluminium Domanes for the first time too). Madones have changed lots over the years and there are loads of different variants in the current line up. Trek introduced the Madone several years ago, named after the climb outside Nice where He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named used to gauge how his training was going. You'd be hard pressed to point out any particular aspect of this bike that's stunning, but it's remarkably consistent across the board. Trek's Madone 2.1 is a solid, dependable £1,000 road bike that can turn its hand to everything from commuting to sportives.
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