Trek 2008 Madone
Posted June 2nd, 2007 in Industry, Tech
The images and info for the 2008 Trek Madone’s are out in the wilds. Up the Road has the inside story.
Here is a bit of tech on what makes the new Madone different to it’s predecessors and other current brands.
Nearly all other frame designs on the road are restricted by the need to stay within the industry standard 68mm bottom bracket shell width. Not so with the all-new Madone, which uses Net Molding carbon technology and Precision Fit Sockets™ to place the bottom bracket bearings directly in the frame itself. The result is an exclusive 90mm wide bottom bracket that provides a 48% increase in lateral down tube stiffness at the bottom bracket. Designed to accept most two-piece crank designs from Shimano®, Bontrager®, SRAM®, FSA®, and Campagnolo® without affecting the q-factor, the integrated bottom bracket design saves 40 grams compared to traditional designs.
Also, via James at Bicycle Design, there are these additional images and words on the launch from Neil Brown of Road Magazine.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, trel, madone, 2008
What others have to say…
Don’t forget your woolen shorts and jersey Timboy.
[…] I am writing Ruby code today and all of a sudden I need a fix for bike porn so I do my usual search for Time bikes, this time the Time VXS which is supposed to be a comfort bike. I end up at VeloGoGo and read about a special VXS built for Tom Boonen. Then I notice 2008 Trek Madone: The Un-BILF and think I have to read this. About an hour later I have made my way through the latest news on the 2008Trek Madone and my lust is off the charts. Here’s the official site and a blog by Ben Coates, the Discovery Team Liaison for Trek Bicycles. […]
I gotta love it when now we suddenly are told we need a 90mm wide BB for a frame to be adequately stiff. These guys could sell ice to an eskimo. LOL
It’s an improvement over the older design, you might not need it but it’s still an improvement. Technology and design marches on and it has to be marketed.
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