Carbon aero road bike Trek Madone SLR 9 matte deep smoke: Dura-Ace Di2 2x12, RSL 51 wheels, 7.05 kg in ML

Trek Madone SLR 9 matt smoked grey: the weapon for fast group rides

The Trek Madone SLR 9 Gen 8 weighs 7.05 kg in size ML with its OCLV Series 900 frame, Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 2x12 and Aeolus RSL 51 wheels. It is the bike that lets you take strong turns on the front and then keep up when the road rises, without changing machine. The Matte Deep Smoke colourway dresses the frame in a very dark smoked grey, matt and understated.

Technical specifications

Who is it for?

For the club rider who joins fast Sunday rides, the strong rider who likes to close gaps at the front of the group, or the amateur racer looking for one bike for both training and racing.

The LVR workshop view

OCLV carbon, Trek's signature. OCLV is the name of Trek's in-house process since 1992: compacting the carbon sheets at high temperature and under strong pressure so that no voids remain between them. The Madone SLR models get Series 900, the brand's most refined. The higher the number, the more optimised the lay-up and the fewer fibres are needed to reach the target stiffness: the frame and fork of this SLR 9 therefore total 1,146 g. The frame is covered for life by Trek.

Put simply: the OCLV 500 of the Madone SL remains an excellent carbon; it simply needs about 258 g more on the frame for equivalent stiffness. On a 7.05 kg machine like this one, that saving counts directly in the total and in the bike's lively feel out of the saddle.

The famous 77 seconds per hour at 200 W measured by Trek against the Émonda translates, in a group, into less effort to hold your turns. The RSL Aero bottles, with a 595 ml capacity, are part of the equation: we fit them on delivery, and round bottles remain compatible.

For this colourway, Trek lists 165 mm cranks from XS up to 172.5 mm in L and XL. On the fast loops along the Étang de Thau or through the vineyards of Pézenas, it is mainly the compact position offered by the Aero RSL cockpit that gains you speed.

Which Madone should you choose?

Our take: on group rides, this SLR 9 matches the SLR 9 AXS to within 50 g; the choice is between Shimano and SRAM. The 1x, at 6.40 kg, gives up the second chainring that is useful for following changes of pace.

Your questions

Why buy from LVR Cycles? As a Trek retailer in Béziers, we prepare your Madone, fit the aero bottles and offer workshop follow-up throughout the season.

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