Trek advises Emonda and SpeedConcept SLR owners to stop use immediately amid Aelous RSL VR-C bar recall

Elisa Balsamo's world-champs edition Trek Emonda SLR
(Image credit: Trek Segafredo)

Trek Bicycle announced yesterday afternoon an immediate recall of all 2022 Speed Concept SLR bicycles, 2021-2022 Emonda SLR bicycles, and aftermarket Bontrager Aeolus RSL VR-C handlebars/stems.

These top-tier models are among those used by the Trek-Segafredo racing team. Women's road World Champion Elisa Balsamo rides a bespoke Emonda SLR with rainbow detail, while the men's team, including Mads Pedersen and Toms Skujiņš, used SpeedConcept bikes for the individual time trials at this year's Tour de France

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Katy is a freelance writer and journalist. She has published interviews, features, and previews in Cycling News, Rouleur, Cyclist Magazine and the British Continental. She also writes opinion pieces on her own website writebikerepeat.com and is a frequent contributor to the Quicklink podcast. 


She is obsessed with the narrative element of bike racing, from the bigger picture to the individual stories. She is a cyclocross nut who is 5% Belgian and wonders if this entitles her to citizenship. Her favourite races are Ronde van Vlaanderen and La Vuelta.


In her spare time Katy is a published short fiction and non-fiction author.