The white one makes me feel some type of way. Everythings better in white
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video be gone 
Joe
If a bike performs well, Iām generally indifferent to bike styling unless something is blatantly ugly. The current and new madone is in that territory for me. Never a fan of the weird seat portal and Iād say the Gen 8 is a step backwards overall in styling.
My road bike is a ~2016 aero madone, before disk brakes and the one that has those crazy little doors/flaps over the front brakes. I havenāt done a road race in years, but itās still a crazy capable bike and Iāve got no plans to replace it. Probably my favorite bike Iāve owned and much better looking than the new ones (in my opinion).
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I have an ongoing warranty claim for my Gen 7 SL. Two weeks ago, I received a call informing me that they can provide me with a Gen 8 SLR because they are discontinuing the Gen 7. I am a little bummed out as I agree that the Gen 7 has a much nicer frame. I canāt complain though, an upgrade to an SLR is more than welcomed. 
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What happened with your SL? I was upgraded to a Gen 7 SLR with mine, glad I got it when I did
Paint issuesā¦ I got to see the whole catalog early at my LBS. I chose the SLR ācarbon red smokeā colour. I also own an emonda so it makes me question its existence in my roster now haha
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Yea paint problems here as well. I did pay to step up to the SLR so youāre getting a better deal, but I wouldnāt be very happy if they tried to stick me with a Gen 8 even for free
The Gen 8 is growing on me + a new carbon layout sounds great. The lower spec versions look horrible though. I had to pay a difference too, but nothing crazy (esp when seeing these new prices lol)
Mine was $800 which was the difference between the SL and SLR frameset. I snagged all the SLR cockpit bits for $350 and upgraded out of my Pro51 wheels to RSL for another 350. All in Iām under $7,500 for an $11k spec Gen7 SLR in an amazing color (no dura ace bling) What color are you going with?
I donāt think the Gen 8 is bad by any means itās just not as striking as a Gen 7. Still prefer it over the SL8 by far, and the SSE looks better but I still donāt like dropped stays
Theyāve been selling already ahead of the announcement for weeks. You can order one. My LBS mechanic has already sold 3 of the SLās.
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Nice! Iām getting this bad boy. I prefer a two-piece cockpit so Iām content with the stock build.
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I like the 8, but really love the look of the 7. Iām biased though. If you donāt have a 7, the 8 looks to be a great all arounder.
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This guy also has a Madone Gen 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2HJ-Vq1hD0
The stupid bike is stupid heavy. Itās supposed to replace the climber Emonda whilst possibly being less aero than the current Gen 7 Madone?
Try opening this link to Trek Switzerland in incognito:
This nice redditor compiled specs and weight:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrekBikes/comments/1dpmfrz/madone_gen8_details/
I predict an embargo lift in the morning as Iāve seen many people post the new bike online today
Thatās the Rival version though. Iām not a Madone fan, so donāt take this as me being overprotective, but that could explain a lot of the weight. Is it a lot heavier than the Rival Madone or Emonda?
So is this bike heavier than the Emonda and less aero than the current Madone?
They claim 77 seconds faster than emonda and 320g lighter than Madone. Meh sounds like a bad compromise
I wouldnāt be surprised if most of the aero gain over the current Emonda is coming from the new handlebars and bottle cages. Realistically itās probably a great bike, but it just seems like if you owned either the current generation Emonda or Madone you wouldnāt be rushing out to pick up this new model.
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unboxing vid from bike shop
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Since gen 7 is that much more aero then gen8
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