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Tech feature: 2008 Trek Madone, June 7, 2007

Trek incorporates a sloping top tube
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This is not your father's Trek Madone!
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The new Trek Madone strikes a purposeful pose.
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Aggressive tube profiles are a stark contrast
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Bold graphics are the result
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The integrated seat mast is engineered
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Swoopier stays grace the rear end.
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Bottom bracket bearings are integrated
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The bottom bracket shell measures 90mm across
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Sadly, the rear dropout still isn't replaceable…
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A bowed top tube likely contributes
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Oversized head tube houses a giant
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A cosmetic cap smooths the transition
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The carbon fiber 'cap' incorporates more overlap
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Stainless steel guards on the down tube and chainstay
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Simple down tube cable stops
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Internal brake cable routing is used
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Smaller frames use a short stainless steel tube
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Rear brake cable stop is removable
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The new face of Trek.
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Trek has simplified its carbon fiber hierarchy
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Cutaway of the Bontrager Race XXX Lite E2 fork
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The wider bottom bracket shell
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Bold and bright new graphics packages
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A little bit of color goes a long way…
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A freshly-bonded Madone frame
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Excess glue will be wiped away
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New Precision Fit Socket molding techniques
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A new Trek Madone frame section
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Trek reduced the number of bond joints
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A rack of Madone frame parts
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The moderately extended integrated seat mast
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Tom Rose has been one of Trek's top frame technicians
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Even the Madone frame jigs are made mostly of carbon fiber
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Frame production is already underway
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The new Trek Madone underwent several design iterations
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Hmm… what's this at the lower left we see?
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Trek's new Madone was unveiled
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The standard 68mm wide bottom bracket shell width
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The frame that Lance won his last Tour de France on
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Trek engineers didn’t forget the shop mechanics, either…
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… a new Madone-specific tool wraps around the seatpost cap
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A new Bontrager Race X Lite Blade carbon fiber handlebar
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The new Bontrager Race XXX Lite carbon posts
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The new Bontrager Speed Limit brake
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… but a cleverly engineered linkage system
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Widely-braced main pivots
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The Race Lite fork includes an integrated pocket
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Anyone else remember this motto?
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Lance Armstrong joins Trek head John Burke
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Somehow we get the feeling that Lance
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