Unboxing the New Trek Madone Gen 8 SLR 9 AXS | Ultimate Road Bike Build

[@danielkennedy6330]

Owner of a Gen7 and I like the look of the Gen7 more. This one isn’t bad but I prefer the more dedicated aero look of the Gen7. I’m curious about how these bottles and cages might look on the Gen7

[@DanEscapes]

It’s definitely worth a try, will give it a go on my friends GEN 7. How you liking your madone?

[@danielkennedy6330]

@@DanEscapes I love my gen7. It’s crazy how well it holds speed once you’re moving. Mine is an SLR7 and I’m running RSL62 wheels.

[@LAURENTMARTORELL]

cannot agree more ! i do also have a gen7 Madone and i like sturdy bike !

[@markmeredith685]

I also own a Gen7 in the original quick silver color and much prefer the aero styling over this new bike. I understand the logic, but I’m partially a looks queen when it comes to my bikes. Got the Pinarello Grevil for gravel for much of the same reason.

[@michaelsbowers]

My Gen 8 SLR 9 AXS is scheduled to be delivered in mid to late October!!

[@DanEscapes]

Amazing!! Talked to others who have got their gen 8 SLR and they love it!

[@DanBirasi]

Fanatastic bike. Love the look

[@DanEscapes]

Looks good!!

[@i20010]

At this price I prefer a Mazda 3. Crazy.

[@MrHallTV]

Mazda is definitely faster 😂

[@stevos64]

Does the bike come with a Garmin/Wahoo mount or do I have to buy one separately?

[@DanEscapes]

With the slr model it comes with a mount, and has a garmin and wahoo puck mount you can choose between

[@TheCdM1981]

Damn Trek bikes are so nice.

[@DanEscapes]

👍🏼

[@cyclingunboxed]

I prefer the way this one looks to the gen 7 🙌🏼

[@DanEscapes]

Really liking the way this one looks! Am a big fan of emonda.

[@JohnKleman1]

I agree as well. However I’m still not a fan of the hole under the seat post

[@saaaleeeh]

@@JohnKleman1hey, I have the choice between a madone SL 6 AXS gen 8 or a emonda SLR 7 AXS which one would you choose ? Due to one would be the SL therefore the new model and the other a great emonda and therefore the SLR.. Thank you very much, i am a bit of overwhelmed…

[@JohnKleman1]

@@saaaleeeh To be honest I'm not sure. I would say it depends on your needs and riding style. If you have a way to test ride both of them I would do that, and then see which you prefer before making a purchase because of the price they're at. I have ridden several emondas over the years and have always personally preferred how they felt over the madone. I haven't ridden the latest generation of madone yet so I can't say anything to that one. But definitely if you have a way to test ride both of them do that first.

[@giesseyou]

non è leggerissima considerato che è stata pesata in assenza dei pedali ( da calcolare in più circa 300gr ? )

[@carlk16]

What an amazing bike and review . Great video Dan... Love your videos ❤

[@DanEscapes]

Thank you!!

[@cheec8548]

Nice bike but I still prefer aero bikes with the wide fork and wide down tube..

[@DanEscapes]

The gen 7 does look good!

[@hugoal9987]

How do you think is the weight of sl7 ultegra di2 ?

[@BoomsRiddico4868]

16.2 Ounces????!! wow that's light 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bpisan]

Damn chrome looks 🔥 on a road bike.

[@DanEscapes]

Even better in person

[@alexhudson3574]

i used to have a madone 2014 7 series with mechanical dura ace groupset and mavic cosmic carbone wheels whick were not paticulary light it weighed 6.8 kg it was discontinued when the emonda was introduced , strangely the emonda morphed into the madone that i had in its last iteration

[@douglasbooth6836]

Half the weight saved is from the group set. What weight do you gain from the stupid bottles? GEN 7 def looked better with the bigger downturn.

[@theincakid6379]

What a nice building! Your rock it again! Bravo!

[@DanEscapes]

Thanks Inca, need to take it for some Richmond laps!!

[@SsenogaSharif-j9j]

How much is it

[@DanEscapes]

Too much

[@emmabarredo5814]

How much is the price though 🙏

[@DanEscapes]

Rather expensive, usually the base model in the UK is £12,500 for this particular paint scheme it is like £16,000

[@ClockworkD0rk]

I have a 2022 Domane. Maybe this as a 2nd bike ;)

[@DanEscapes]

Will be a great 2nd bike!! I tried one out briefly and felt smooth and fast and if you like the wide tires on the domane can add them to this bike.

[@realekm]

I'm 5.7 and I’m getting Small with longer stem.

[@DanEscapes]

Yeah that seems like a good option, what about seat post? They got the tall and short options

[@realekm]

@@DanEscapes yeah they do. I always go for the long one. Somehow short has never worked for me.

[@DanEscapes]

@@realekm that’s good to know! Which bike you going for?

[@realekm]

@@DanEscapes SLR ultegra build with RSL wheelset

[@DanEscapes]

@@realekm that will be a great build, make sure you upgrade to ceramic speed bb!

[@txcolnago]

Very nice. At 17K I will have to wait

[@DanEscapes]

Yeah, price tag is too high. The SL 6 looks pretty good though.

[@Justjust007]

I really like this video . I ride a Domane cause I find it more comfortable. I love endurance bikes.Will Trek have a new Domane ???

[@DanEscapes]

Thank you!!! I feel they will update especially as trek are moving to UDH. The domane AL has it, this new madone, images I saw at unbound the checkpoint has a UDH.

[@HeyWattsUpCycling]

This new frameset would make a great urban blaster/winter/beater/loaner bike if it can squeeze 33c WAM CX tires and a cheap di2 105 1x drivetrain

[@DanEscapes]

Definitely fit some 33c cx tires. Have it set up with sram transmission mtb derailleur.

[@bebopman5]

@@DanEscapesthis bike would pair up perfectly with the upcoming 13 speed red xplr transmission

[@jimimavs1]

That colour way is divisive but I really dig it! Great round up of the bike man!

[@DanEscapes]

The colour is great, thanks for watching!

[@martinmartin400]

WHO WANTS: disc brakes, electric shifting, non changeable seat post and so on...does this make me any faster? NO,,,So many wanna be pro tour rider thinking they can ride like pogacar getting a super expensive bike!

[@djh9769]

I'm sorry, but disc/electronic is basically non negotiable these days. I'm certainly not riding with someone on rim brakes with vastly different stopping distance to everyone else.

[@martinmartin400]

@@djh9769 WHAT!!!! SO you are riding together with you pal, he hits the brake really hard...have you time to react if you are behind??? If you are riding in a group you need to brake slowly. So there is no need for discbrakes. And in my whole life i have never wanted or wished i could brake any harder. Downhill you can with ease make you backwheel lift with rimbrakes. What have happened in peleton. Lots of crashed and lifted backwheel because these discbrakes. I rather change my puncture with a ordinary wheel, so much faster. YOU REALLY ARE DUMB :)

[@markj.a351]

Not why people buy expensive bikes. Just like people buy sports cars to sit in traffic. You can afford it and want it. Don’t be so salty.

[@JK-yi9gk]

I love riding my expensive light bike

[@user-d32658]

Most people, because the performance is superior over the old tech.

[@daddydobermann]

I’d still take my Tarmac SL8 s-works over this. However I get why Trek made a “one bike” competitor and I think it’s a cool bike.

[@sebeteam]

We have seen this new "Madone" and in our honest opinion It seems totally an Émonda with the Isoflow system.😢

[@johnli8831]

beautiful bike but a little disappointed on how much it weighs considering this is suppose to replace the Emonda, we're looking at a over 7.5kg bike (even with DA pedals) when competitors are looking at just UCI legal weights is just a little disappointing coming from a massive company like trek where ik for a fact they don't skimp out on R&D

[@DanTuber]

Atleast the logo went down in size. Previous one was obnoxiously big. Not a fan of the silver calipers.

[@j6810]

Damn 17k!

[@DanEscapes]

Pretty cheap right…

[@adamc547]

They messed up with size reduction. I’m in between. The small was to small and medium was to big - it felt ok but on a longer ride it wouldn’t be fun. My gen7 madone in the proper exact size is much better -

[@81antiloop]

Why clamping at the seat mast? 😢.

[@murcielago188]

I think the Gen 7 Madone is much better looking than this one!

[@DanEscapes]

Does look good the Gen 7

[@Mikekhoh]

Shimano dura ace di2 12 speed will be lighter

[@jengardiner6561]

That is a pretty bike! Want!

[@DanEscapes]

It is super nice! Especially the colour!

[@adihartono]

Awesome bike, happy for you man!

[@Chris._P._Bacon]

Does sram own trek? Lately I don't think I've seen Shimano with a Trek bike......

[@DanEscapes]

I know they are partnered for their race teams. You can get all the madone gen 8 models with shimano, and you can only get sram with the SL 6, SLR 7 and SLR 9. That is here in the UK not sure about the rest of the world.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Looks better than the predecessor, but the window in the seat tube is still silly and ugly despite having become smaller. The proprietary seat post is just impractical, and speaking of which: "ho came up with those stupid bottles that look they were made to contain detergent and can't even stand up for easy filling? The shit-ugly new Red group with its swastika-shaped crankset and toenail-clipping shaped brake levers compliment this design very well, and whoever pays the asking price for this wreck of a spaceship simply does not pay enough taxes! The paintjob is a true looker, though!

[@HatRock]

Well, I like it! A lot!

[@Tarmaccyclocross]

Another expensive tank is it a new dumbbell

[@jauxed]

Beautiful bike, but too expensive!!!

[@fabianmolyneux2308]

700 grms heavier than Emonda and not much lighter than Gen 7. Back to the drawing board I say!

[@Lockeness86]

I thought it was the same weight the Emonda

[@HatRock]

That's totally false. 56 Frames Both: SL Émonda Gen 3 Frame/Fork = 1,629gr SL Madone Gen 8 Frame/Fork = 1,417gr Madone Gen 8 SL is 212gr lighter. SLR Émonda Gen 3 Frame/Fork = 1,141gr SLR Madone Gen 8 Frame/Fork = 1,146gr Madone Gen 8 SLR is 5gr heavier. With the SL you get a bike lighter than the Émonda with the same Aero capabilities of Gen 7. With the SLR you get a bike with the the same Aero capabilities of Gen 7 and as light as an Émonda.

[@fabianmolyneux2308]

@@HatRock thanks for this clarification. I love my Trek Emonda and am contemplating getting a new bike, which would likely be the new Madone, but was getting put off by claims it was not light enough. I will recheck on this. Again thanks

[@HatRock]

@@fabianmolyneux2308 you're welcome 😁

[@masterfan0]

Previous gen looks way better. This should've been Emonda not Madone

[@HatRock]

It started as the Émonda Gen 4, then they noticed that the aero was too similar to the Madone and decided to mix and match. At the end it does have much more from the Émonda than the Madone. I definitely would have chosen a complete new name and throw away the old naming.

[@markj.a351]

If there was any bike to not clamp by the seat post…

[@vitapumpkin4732]

gen 7 looks alot better to me. kinda ugly :(

[@DanEscapes]

I knew it was going to divide opinions, lots of people still like the emonda and now that’s going 😩

[@csarcpab]

Not light some aero, hard pass.

[@Pedalea]

🚀🚀

[@DanEscapes]

Speedy!

[@gansalizrus973]

Пленку с логотипа TREK должен снимать новый владелец! Только!

[@JAEagan2429]

This is more of the EMONDA the 7 looks better

[@steve33rocklynch]

RIP eMonda

[@DanEscapes]

I know 😢

[@steve33rocklynch]

@@DanEscapes I got one just in time 🙏

[@DanEscapes]

@@steve33rocklynch they stopped doing P1 on the emondas a while back

[@geoffreyfaltot1006]

The bike is not that light all things considered. It's just another great race bike with super cool aero features. Weight is not the draw here. Got to be the DUMBEST thing to throw on consumers is the shape of those bottles and cages. COMPLETELY useless. Racing and sponsored - all day sure give em to me. To go rip it with my buddies and race on weekends - Functionally ridiculous.

[@DanEscapes]

The bottles are definitely not practical, would be interesting to see tests vs ordinary bottles. You can use the cages with normal bottles though so you don’t have to use the aero ones all the time.

[@BornInArona]

Overpriced, but there will be always fools buying it 😅

[@seanism2011]

16 pounds 2 ounces.

[@stevegriffiths605]

yes, NOT 16 ounces. That's a bit under UCi weight limits at 16 ounces.

[@BrianAndTheBike]

Mid life Lycra boys at the minnimal change a bike brand makes to a bike they completely lose their shit, pretty wild how marketing works

[@enotracoon9244]

madone was great all out aero bike, now trek has discontinued aero model and have madonda instead. another all around bike. Shame on you, trek

[@vladvultur3347]

Horrible bike bloody save 10w with aero bottle cage .180 mm rotor what is mtb? 😅

[@suminshizzles6951]

That, is one ugly bike. But the real crime is the price. You know what they say about fools. Fools are easily parted of thei rmoney. 22k CAD. 12.500 pounds sterling. Research and developement you say is responsible for the high price? Really? How many nice new cars or motorcycle's can i get for that 12 grand? Some people have more money than sense.

[@STUNNAG-bj8hf]

as long as someone is buying these 10x price markup the companies wont lower the price, i mean put the right price!

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... motorcycles* (same as "pounds" and "cars" plural, no apostrophe). Otherwise mostly agreed. The new Trek frame though is far from being as ugly as the melted turds knowns as Pinarello

[@suminshizzles6951]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 Thank you for the grammar lesson but when i write on the internet i neither care for spelling nor grammar, much. I do but not gonna go nuts proof reading it. English is also my second language. Sad thing is that people buy these bikes and all its does is make the bikes go even higher in price. Some"high" end bikes now are pushing into the 20k range. But you are not even getting the 20k's worth of value as they are still being thrown out of the factories with oval BB holes. And for 20k i expect a perfectly round hole with the correct tolerances. Hambini tears people apart that produce oval holes yet charge 20k.

[@supermitendo9654]

You know what’s ironic? People who complains because they don’t have enough money calling people who have extra money to afford this kind of luxury fools. Bro how about you spend your time doing better things so you can make more money.

[@suminshizzles6951]

@@supermitendo9654 Couple of issues with your post. The first is obvious, i think. English is not your first language. If it is, you need to go back to school and demand your money back. Second issue is don't make assumptions about people. If i have issues with a bike's price this does not mean i cant afford it. It means i do not think it is good value for money. Chances are that the bottom brackets are not even round and within tolerances of an interference fit. Meaning it is oval. If you want to see how often expensive bikes are actual junk, then go to hambini's page here on youtube. He is a chartered aerospace engineer here in the UK. He on a regular basis gets bikes that are very expensive indeed and are pure junk if not bordering on the dangerous. Oval bottom brackets are as common as dog's pissing on tree's. Expensive bikes are not immune from his findings. Once again. When it comes to the high prices of bikes, all anybody can ever come up with to justify the price, is research and developement. So, please tell me how much research and developement goes into a motorcycle of equivalent price and do you think it is more, or less, research than a piece of slapped together carbon fiber? Carbon fiber is carbon fiber. There is no more research to be done on that. It is strands of thin carbon drawn into threads. You can only weave it so many ways. Once cut into shape and laid out in the mold it gets baked. There is not much labour involved in prepping and filling a mold that gets baked. The sanding also does not take long. And for that little work they want to charge me 12.500 pounds? Which in the UK is a down payment for a house in certain areas.

[@Flashback_Jack]

A step backward.

[@loeffelm]

Heavy and ugly, good job ...