Carbon aero road bike Trek Madone SLR 7 Team Replica blue: sportives, Ultegra Di2, 7.52 kg in ML

Trek Madone SLR 7 Team Replica: the weapon for sportives

The Trek Madone SLR 7 Gen 8 combines an OCLV Series 900 carbon frame with Full System Foil shapes, a Shimano Ultegra Di2 2x12 groupset and Aeolus Pro 51 wheels, for 7.52 kg in size ML. In this colourway it is offered from M to XL, for riders from 162 to 199 cm. The Team Replica livery takes its inspiration from Trek team bikes in a deep, glossy blue.

Technical specifications

Who is it for?

For the sportive rider chasing a time on a mountain event or a big amateur classic, who rides regularly in a group and wants a bike that is both light on the climbs and fast on the long flat stretches.

The LVR workshop view

OCLV carbon, Trek's signature. Since 1992, Trek has pressed its fibre sheets under heat and pressure to drive out micro-voids. Each step up the OCLV range reduces the amount of material needed for a given stiffness, and the Series 900 of the Madone SLR 7 is the pinnacle: 3D moulding, fewer sheet overlaps, and strength up to 20% greater than OCLV 800. The result: 796 g for the painted frame in ML and the Trek lifetime warranty.

Put simply: with the same groupset and wheels, the step from the Madone SL 7 to the SLR 7 comes down to the frame and cockpit. You save 350 g on the complete bike in size ML, and the one-piece Aero RSL bar/stem replaces the separate bar and stem, at the cost of less flexible position adjustment.

A sportive alternates climbs, descents and long valleys where you ride in a line: that is exactly the terrain the Gen 8 Madone is designed for. The IsoFlow seat tube, open at the top, provides up to 80% more vertical compliance than the Gen 7 Madone, which you feel after four or five hours in the saddle.

On the climbs of the Espinouse or towards the Somail, the 36x30 lets you keep a decent cadence, but a less trained rider may find it a little tall on the steepest slopes. The Di2 battery needs charging only rarely over a season; we will show you how to check its level.

Which Madone should you choose?

Our take: to save 350 g over the SL 7, the SLR 7 relies on OCLV 900 and the one-piece bar/stem. If you want easier gearing in the mountains and a power meter, the SLR 7 AXS with 48/35 and 10-33 is a better fit.

Your questions

Why buy from LVR Cycles? As a Trek retailer in Béziers, we build and set up every Madone in our workshop, adapt the gearing to your goals and check your bike before each big event.

Please note that the specifications may be changed without prior notice by the manufacturer, based on the availability of components and other factors.