Trek Madone Gen 8 (2025)

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unboxing vid from bike shop

https://youtu.be/Q7oUie_BTMs?si=UQl0kenfeZJEZwH5

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Trek didn’t like everybody saying that Specialized had the most ridiculous pricing.

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Since gen 7 is that much more aero then gen8

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Jeez!!! They can keep that!!

To be fair, the lowest priced SLR full build is $8,999. Starts off at a decent price I suppose considering it’s their top of the line frame.

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Trek Madone Gen 8 aerodynamics (trekbikes.com)

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The fact that the Gen 8 needs aero water bottles and a more narrow handlebar to be on par with the Gen 7 is telling. Makes me wish they tested the Gen 7 with these updates. I must admit, the new bike seems like a better all arounder, but all arounders are not exciting to me.

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Is that a custom Project One bike or off the shelf at that price? :melting_face:

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According to Trek website the new bottle cages are also compatible with round bottles. Guess that means you wouldn’t necessarily be locked into a proprietary system.

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Yeah, I just checked to see how they were gonna pull that off…a nice bit of engineering and substantially alters the potential adoption rate for the system.

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The bottles are neat, I wonder how they look on a Gen6-7 Madone? I can’t afford a new bike, but I can maybe buy some expensive bottles lol.

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They’ll likely fit the Gen 6 better. Gen 7 has a much chunkier BB with a flat top and I don’t picture them fitting well

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I’m wondering the exact same thing

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I updated the original post with a bunch of links to the release info.

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I find it interesting how they’re comparing the new Madone to the Emonda and saying it’s faster. I mean, shouldn’t the Madone be faster? What’s next? Are they going to say the new Checkpoint is better because it can fit bigger tires than the Domane and Emonda?

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17k for a f****** Trek? LOL

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Prices for high end road bikes are ridiculous and getting more ridiculous but not sure why you are suggesting Trek shouldn’t price their bikes as high as other bike brands?

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That price is driven by that paint, without it drops to 13,499 (still crazy IMO)

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$3500 more for a bike with the same spec but a different, non custom paint job is wild.

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Because it’s a production bike? Any of the standard bikes priced that high is ridiculous.

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Yeah it’s odd, they’re picking and choosing stats from the Emonda and Madone to provide favorable comparisons without disclosing the unfavorable comparisons. It’s straight out of a politicians handbook.

Really though, it doesn’t matter. At 6k USD for just the frame this bike isn’t marketed to me. I’ll stick with my Gen6.

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What do you mean by “production” bike? Any bike we see in the pro peloton, per the UCI, has to be sold to the general public.

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