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First look: Trek’s 2016 road bike range

Currently, all of the Madones are high-end, the most affordable (it’s all relative!) model being the £4,500 Madone 9.2 (above) with Bontrager Paradigm Elite tubeless ready wheels and a Shimano Ultegra groupset. 

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The 9.5 is £6,000. The extra money gets you Shimano’s flagship Dura-Ace groupset and Bontrager’s Aura wheels.

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Go to £9,000 and you can have the Madone 9.9 (above) with Bontrager’s very fast Aeolus 5 D3 wheels and the electronic Di2 version of Shimano’s Dura-Ace groupset. 

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The super-high-end Madone Race Shop Limited (above) tops the range. It comes with the same components as the Madone 9.9 but the Race Shop Limited is built around a 700 Series frame rather than 600 Series – the same version used by the Trek Factory Racing professional riders.

If none of those builds or finishes is exactly what you want, you can use Trek’s Project One system and have a Madone in your dream build. Prices start at £5,450, depending on your spec. We had one made for review and it was a fabulous ride, but it costs! 

Trek boasts that the Emonda has been “the lightest production road line ever” since its introduction in mid-2014.

The Emonda range covers three different carbon-fibre frames – the S, the SL and the SLR – and an aluminium model (see below). Each of those frames comes in various different builds, and some come in women’s specific versions.

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The most affordable carbon-fibre Emonda is the S 4 (£1,100, above), made from Trek’s 300 Series OCLV carbon. It gets a tapered head tube and an oversized bottom bracket for stiffness and is compatible with Trek’s DuoTrap computer sensor that integrates into one of the chainstays. It’s built up with a Shimano Tiagra groupset.

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The S 5 (£1,300, above) looks a really attractive options. It’s built around the same frame and fork but its groupset is the next level up in Shimano’s hierarchy, 105 – and we’re big fans of Shimano 105 here at road.cc .

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The £1,600 S 6 (above) gets a higher level again: Shimano Ultegra.

The Emonda SLs are made from a higher level of carbon fibre – Trek’s OCLV 500 Series – have wide BB90 bottom brackets and full-carbon forks. They also have seatmasts rather than standard seatposts to save weight and improve comfort.

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The most accessible of the Emonda SLs is the 5, available in both men’s and women’s models (above), equipped with a Shimano 105 groupset and Bontrager Race tubeless ready wheels. 

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We very much like the look of the £2,100 Emonda SL 6 which comes in a Shimano Ultegra build while the top-level SL 8 (£2,900) is available in either Dura-Ace or Red – each the top level offerings from Shimano and SRAM respectively.

The SLR Emondas are the lightest of the bunch. Trek claims that the 700 Series OCLV carbon-fibre frame weighs just 690g. That’s astonishingly light. 

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The Shimano Ultegra-equipped SLR 6 (£4,300, above) is available in either an H1 or and H2 fit (see above), so you can pick the setup that works best for you.

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The same is true of the SLR 8 (above, £5,800) which comes with Shimano Dura-Ace components.

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If you want electronic shifting, the £8,000 SLR 9 (above) is a real stunner with Dura-Ace Di2 and Aeolus 3 D3 TLR wheels from Trek’s in-house Bontrager brand. 

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Trek claims that the top level Emonda SLR 10 (above) weighs an incredible 10.25lb (4.6kg) in a 56cm frame and H1 fit. The boutique build includes superlight wheels and a carbon saddle from Tune and an integrated bar and stem from Bontrager. How much? Um, sadly it’s £11,000!

A year after the introduction of the carbon-fibre Emondas, Trek introduced an aluminium version. It’s not quite as lightweight as the carbon ones but it’s still pretty darn light and fast, and the ride quality is very good.

The alu Emonda features a tapered head tube for accurate cornering and it comes in Trek’s H2 fit – performance-orientated but not extreme. The welds are almost invisible to the point that you’d be hard pressed to see that this is an aluminium bike at first glance.

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The Emonda ALR 4 (above, £900) is fitted with a Shimano Tiagra 10-speed groupset but we think that the £1,100 ALR 5 (below) is the pick of the bunch.

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It has a full Shimano 105 groupset, a full carbon fork and a very good Bontrager Paradigm Race saddle. 

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The ALR 6 (above), which we have reviewed here on road.cc , comes equipped with Shimano Ultegra and it’s another aggressively priced model at £1,400.

Like most bikes at this price point, all of the Emonda ALR models come with compact gearing (smaller than standard chainrings) to help you get up the hills. 

The Domane is Trek’s endurance race bike that sits alongside the Madone and the Emonda (above). This is the bike you’ll see most of Trek’s professional riders aboard on the cobbled classics like Paris-Roubaix because of the way it copes with lumps and bumps. 

The frame features an IsoSpeed decoupler (see above) that allows the seat tube to move independently of the top tube and the seatstays. It can pivot back and forth to soak up vibrations and cancel out bigger hits from the road surface. 

The Domanes also come with IsoSpeed forks that are designed to add more comfort to the ride, and they’re built to an endurance geometry, meaning that the position is a little more upright than normal to put less strain on your back.

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The Domane range opens with the £900 2.0 (above) that centres on a 200 Series Alpha Aluminium frame and a carbon fork. The 10-speed Shimano Tiagra groupset includes a compact chainset and an 11-32-tooth cassette, giving you some small gears for climbing long, steep hills.

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Pay £1,100 for the Domane 2.3 (above) and you can upgrade to a Shimano 105 groupset.

All the other Domanes are carbon-fibre. The 4 Series bikes get oversized BB90 bottom brackets and tapered head tubes for stiffness, along with almost invisible mudguard mounts. As well as standard rim brake models, this series includes disc brake bikes for more stopping control in all weather conditions.

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The cheapest of these is the £1,400 Trek Domane 4.0 Disc (above) which is built with a 9-speed Shimano Sora groupset and TRP’s HY/RD cable-operated hydraulic disc brakes. 

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The 4.3 (above) looks like a winner to us. With a reliable Shimano 105 groupset, it’s priced at £1,500. 

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The 4.5 is available in both rim brake and disc brake versions (above). The bikes’ Shimano Ultegra components are the same whichever model you choose but the 4.5 Disc (£2,200) has Shimano RS685 hydraulic disc brakes that operate on 160mm rotors rather than the  Shimano 105 rim brakes of the standard Domane 4.5 (£1,800).

The 5 Series Domanes are made from a higher grade of carbon-fibre and feature seatmasts rather than seatposts, the idea being to add comfort and save a little weight. 

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The £2,200 Domane 5.2 (above) is a Shimano Ultegra model that looks like good value for money while you can have the £3,000 5.9 in either top-level Shimano Dura-Ace or with electronic shifting courtesy of Shimano’s second tier Ultegra Di2. The choice is yours.

Go up to the Domane 6 Series and you shift from 500 Series OCLV carbon to 600 Series which is a little lighter and stiffer.

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The 6.2 is available in rim brake and disc brake (above) versions – £2,900 and £3,200 respectively – the disc brakes in question being Shimano RS685 hydraulics. These are Ultegra-level, matching most of the rest of the spec.

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The £3,900 Domane 6.5 (above) has a full Shimano Dura-Ace group along with a lightweight Bontrager Paradigm Elite TLR wheelset, while the 6.9 Disc (below, £6000) gets Shimano’s Dura-Ace Di2 electronic shifting, RS785 hydraulic brakes, and Bontrager Affinity Elite wheels.

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The rim brake version of the 6.9 (below, £7,200) gets that same Di2 shifting, the higher price being down to Bontrager’s aero Aeolus 3 D3 wheels that we’re reviewed here on road.cc . They’re fast and they handle well whatever the conditions.

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You can choose your own spec and finish for both the Domane 4 Series and 6 Series through Trek’s Project One scheme.

The 1 Series contains Trek’s entry-level road bikes. They’re made from Trek’s 100 Series aluminium (the Emonda ALRs are 300 Series) and they have eyelets for fitting mudguards and a rear rack. That’ll come in handy if you intend to commute by bike year-round.

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Like the Emonda ALRs and many other Emonda and Madone models, the 1 Series bikes are built to Trek’s H2 geometry. This is a setup that’s designed for efficiency and speed, but it’s not quite as low and stretched as Trek’s H1 fit.

There are just two models in the range. The £575 1.1 (above) gets an 8-speed Shimano Claris groupset while the £650 1.2 (below) is built up with 9-speed Shimano Sora.

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The Silque is a women’s carbon-fibre bike that, like the Domane and now the Madone, has an IsoSpeed decoupler to add comfort and control. 

Trek doesn’t just change the colour and a few components when putting a women’s bike together, the frame geometry is altered too.

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There are six different Silque bikes in the lineup ranging from the £1,500 Shimano Tiagra-equipped Silque (above) right up to the £3,800 Silque SSL (below) with Shimano Ultegra Di2 electronic shifting.

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We think that the Silque SL (£2,200, below) looks like a great bike that’ll prove popular. With a full Shimano Ultegra drivetrain, Bontrager Race tubeless ready wheelset, and women’s specific Bontrager Anja Comp WSD saddle, you’re getting a lot for your money here.

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The Silque SL and SSL are available through Trek’s Project One service from £2,700 and £3,970 respectively. 

The Lexa is Trek’s aluminium road bike range that’s built to a WSD (women’s specific design) geometry.

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Three of the four bikes in the range are based around frames made from 100 Series Alpha Aluminium, the same as the 1 Series bikes (above), while the fourth, the £1,000 Lexa SLX (above), uses slightly higher level 200 Series. All the bikes are mudguard and rack compatible.

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The cheapest bike in the range is the straight Lexa (above) at £575 but the one that takes our eye is the £650 Lexa S (below). This one has a 9-speed Shimano Sora groupset and tubeless ready tyres from Bontrager.

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For more info go to  www.trekbikes.com .

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Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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Isn't there a Domane 4.3 with disc brakes as well? Hope so, I was going to buy one.

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you can get a 2016 Giant Defy 1 disc for £999 with TRP Spyre mech discs and 105 groupset, aluminium alloy frame and carbon fibre leg/ alloy steerer fork. Not a bad deal...

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So entry level for Trek with *Sora* & HyRd discs is £1,400 - TBH they could have gone for Spyres and added Tiagra under-bar shifting.

Disappointing that one of the world's largest can't bring a disc bike in closer to a grand - When Merida have the amazing Ride 5000 Disc 2016 with 105/Ultegra & full Hydro for only £550 more. Yes, I say 'only' as the RRP jumps for Sora-> 105/Ultegra & HyRd-RS785 must be close to a grand RRP.

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KiwiMike wrote: So entry level for Trek with *Sora* & HyRd discs is £1,400 - TBH they could have gone for Spyres and added Tiagra under-bar shifting. Disappointing that one of the world's largest can't bring a disc bike in closer to a grand - When Merida have the amazing Ride 5000 Disc 2016 with 105/Ultegra & full Hydro for only £550 more. Yes, I say 'only' as the RRP jumps for Sora-> 105/Ultegra & HyRd-RS785 must be close to a grand RRP. 

Merida are a pretty monstrously large operation - their wholesale buying power from Shimano, etc. must be almost unparalleled. I'm not that surpried they can offer these specs at that price. Around where I live in NZ, there are an awful lot of people on high end Merida bikes with Di2 and so on who wouldn't have spent what an "equivalent" Specialized (made in the same factory) would have cost. Merida's largest failing in many ways appears to be their rather slack approach to marketing.

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A superb offering from the lightest range of road bikes, the Trek Emonda ALR 4 Road Bike 2016 comes in Ultralight 300 Series Alpha Aluminium with a carbon fork to save weight and you effort.

Complimented by the fuss-free and reliable Shimano Tiagra 10-speed groupset this bike is ready for anything with H2 geometry.

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Saving weight saves you effort and enables you to ride further faster, as well as enjoy your cycling more. So when Trek set out to produce the lightest road range, you know that bike such as this Trek Emonda ALR 4 Road Bike 2016 is going to be a phenomenal performer.

Perfectly balanced and ultra-responsive, the Trek Emonda ALR 4 Road Bike 2016 has great specs and an Ultralight 300 Series Alpha Aluminium frame that rivals the specs of many of its more expensive carbon brethren.

The frame is constructed using Trek's revolutionary Invisible Weld technology. This enhances the geometrical flex of the bike while also ensuring a superb level of strength and shock resilience across the entire frame. The H2 geometry is perfect for all-round riding and is the preferred geometry of many of Trek's World Tour pro riders because of its versatility.

Shimano's Tiagra 10-speed groupset has improved greatly over the years so that it now rivals more expensive options. Trek have made excellent selections for the gear ranges to ensure you always have one to get you over the toughest terrain. Trek's sister company Bontrager supply the hubs and the light and sturdy rims, which are tubeless ready, as well as the seatpost and the Paradigm 1 saddle.

The weight savings and great groupset make this bike a perfect first road bike or noble winter stead. It would be equally at home on your commute, the start line of a triathlon or race as well as a reliable bike for racking up some serious miles.

  • From the lightest range of production road bikes thanks to its 300 Series Alpha Aluminium
  • Perfectly balanced and responsive for a perfect ride, especially with the H2 geometry
  • Shimano Tiagra ten speed gears keep shifting fuss free and highly reliable
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FRAME: Ultralight 300 Series Alpha Aluminium, Invisible Weld Technology, DuoTrap S compatible, E2 tapered head tube, BB86.5

FORK Trek Émonda full carbon, carbon E2 steerer

FRAME FIT: H2

FRONT HUB: Bontrager alloy

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RIMS: Bontrager Tubeless Ready

TYRES: Bontrager R1 Hard-Case Lite, 700 x 23c

SHIFTERS: Shimano Tiagra 4700, 10-speed

FRONT DERAILLEUR: Shimano Tiagra 4700, braze-on

REAR DERAILLEUR: Shimano Tiagra 4700, 10-speed

CRANKSET: Shimano Tiagra 4700, 50/34 (compact)

CASSETTE: Shimano Tiagra 4700, 11-28, 10-speed

CHAIN: Shimano Tiagra 4700, 10-speed

SADDLE: Bontrager Paradigm 1

SEATPOST: Bontrager alloy, 2-bolt head, 27.2 mm, 8 mm offset

HANDLEBAR: Bontrager Race, VR-C, 31.8 mm

STEM: Bontrager Elite, 31.8 mm, 7-degree, with Blendr computer & light mounts

HEADSET: FSA Integrated, sealed cartridge bearings, 1-1/8" top, 1.5" bottom

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Trek Emonda ALR long-term review

Matthew’s dream alloy eTap build

Matthew Allen / Immediate Media

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Stunning finish, light and lively feel, low weight, intuitive eTap shifting

Disappointing SRAM brakes (later upgraded to Shimano Dura-Ace), firmer than expected front end

Trek’s Emonda ALR is the affordable aluminium version of its lightweight climber’s bike, a dainty alternative to the aero dreadnought that is the Madone .

Trek kindly lent me a frameset and I built it up with SRAM RED eTap and some choice finishing kit from Ritchey. Read on for full details of the build, my thoughts on how it turned out, and video of the bike in action.

  • I want to build the world’s nicest Trek Emonda ALR
  • Trek’s new Emonda ALR Disc is lighter than its SL carbon counterpart

Trek Emonda ALR long-term review update #2 — final conclusions

I chose the Emonda because I wanted to prove that alloy bikes can be beautiful, desirable things . I think I’ve succeeded.

The ALR passes the look-back test: when I’m walking away from it, I glance back over my shoulder, because it’s downright handsome and its svelte lines give me that fizzy feeling I look for in a bike.

It’s a bike that turns heads and one that people seem to assume is carbon thanks to its luxurious finish.

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I’ve enjoyed using SRAM eTap too. While it’s now the ‘old’ version, it remains a very elegant design. I love the minimalism of a bike without gear cables and I really like the simplicity of the shifting arrangement — SRAM deserves kudos for taking a clean-sheet approach to the design rather than simply grafting electronic switches onto DoubleTap shifters.

I appreciate how easy it is to change gear from different hand positions too. In the drops, it’s possible to shift using your knuckles, which is handy on fast descents when you want to maintain a safe grip.

From the hoods, I sometimes click the shifters using my ring or little fingers when I’m climbing out of the saddle.

Incidentally, I’ve now had the opportunity to ride the latest RED eTap AXS groupset too (on a 1×-equipped bike, so I could only assess rear shifting) and, while there is a noticeable improvement to the overall smoothness of the shifting, it’s not night and day. The original eTap remains a bloody good groupset, one I’d happily have on my own bike.

Overall I’ve been very happy with my final build, but I’ve been mulling what I could have done differently.

I think if I were starting from scratch I’d choose a skinny round bar for a bit more front-end flex, and also because that way I could have fitted SRAM’s Blip remote switches, giving me an extra set of shift buttons on the tops.

Inertia meant I didn’t end up switching wheels, but a wider set of rims for more tyre volume would have made sense, and might have been a better match for the 28mm Veloflex rubber.

I didn’t have any particular issue with these tyres — and they look lovely — but I prefer lower pressures (60 to 70psi) and the supple ‘open tubular’ construction seems to favour old-school, tub-like high pressures.

At lower pressures the Veloflexes' soft sidewalls were a bit floppier than I’d like, something that’s noticeable with quick changes of direction.

I can’t really fault the Emonda for the money. It isn’t as good as a £3,000 superbike frameset but it punches way above its weight, and looks stunning to boot.

If I were changing one thing about it, I’d prefer a threaded bottom bracket for long-term ease of maintenance, but I didn’t have any problems with the BB86 press-fit. (As it happens, Trek has been making moves back towards threaded bottom brackets , although it remains to be seen if bikes such as the ALR will make the switch.)

I’m going to miss the Emonda ALR — it’s been an absolute pleasure riding a bike that so perfectly embodies the best qualities of aluminium as a frame material.

Trek Emonda ALR — the highs

The Emonda is born for climbing and that’s really where it shines. Heading uphill there’s little to distinguish it from a much more expensive (or carbon) bike. It’s lovely and stiff and, in this build, super light too.

I know I keep banging on about the looks, but that really is a major selling point for the ALR as far as I’m concerned.

The purple-flip frame is gorgeous and a sympathetic build lets it shine. I love the aesthetics of minimalist climbers’ bikes so that’s what I was aiming for when I chose a wireless groupset and low-profile wheels.

How your bike makes you feel is hugely important, and the Emonda feels special to me because I chose everything on it and built it exactly how I wanted.

Trek Emonda ALR — the lows

SRAM releasing a brand new version of my groupset in the spring cut me deep but, once I’d pulled myself together, I remembered that first-gen eTap is still great.

From a riding perspective, my lowest point was likely the 100km ride I did in March. It came after I’d been off the bike for months for family reasons and, as a result, I was woefully unprepared for the 1,700m of climbing.

Not even the Emonda’s ultra-low gearing could save me, and I fell apart like cardboard in the rain.

The bike itself hasn’t suffered any real problems. A minor shifting issue was easily resolved, while a spot of creaking under load was cured by a judicious application of grease at the rear dropouts.

Previous updates continue below.

Trek Emonda ALR long-term review update #1

It’s been a quiet month for the Emonda between time away and unpleasantly damp weather, but I’ve taken steps to address my one real concern with the bike: the brakes.

The rather generic looking S-900s, SRAM’s sole direct-mount offering, have proved to be a disappointment. That they’re a non-series option perhaps reflects the fact that even SRAM doesn’t consider them groupset-worthy — I certainly don’t think they’re RED-equivalent and I’ve been wanting to replace them since my first ride on the ALR.

My disregard for brand purism should be pretty clear by this point, so I’ve doubled down with it and fitted a set of Dura-Ace R9100 brakes in place of the S-900s. Yes, I’m trolling you. Shall I get some Campagnolo wheels to complete the effect?

Direct rim brake mounts on rear of road bike

The Dura-Ace brakes (product codes BR-R9110-RS and BR-R9110-F if you’re geeky about that sort of thing) are near enough exactly the same weight as the S-900s at 300g, but it’s not mass I care about here.

I haven’t had the chance to test them out properly on the road yet, but even on the workstand it’s obvious that they’re much stiffer, with a more defined bite when you pull the levers gently and less visible flex when you squeeze them hard.

From a pure vanity standpoint, they’re also much nicer looking than the SRAMs, even if they do clash horribly from a brand perspective.

Direct mount rim brake on road bike

Brakes aside, I’ve not changed much on the Emonda, and while I’m still vaguely mulling wheel options, I don’t feel compelled to make any more big upgrades for the time being.

My most memorable ride on the bike so far was a hilly 56km in the wonderful and aptly-named Peak District. Not far, I hear you cry! But somehow that distance took in almost 1,100m of climbing, vindicating my decision to choose very low gearing.

I’m looking forward to putting more miles on the lovely purple ALR, watch this space.

Trek Emonda ALR build and spec — original post

Purple aluminium road bike with SRAM RED eTap groupset

I’ve already taken a detailed first look at the Emonda ALR’s frameset which you can read here . Suffice to say, it’s made of metal and it’s a very lovely looking thing. At 1,203g including its hanger, cable guides, bottle-cage bolts and seat collar, it’s also reasonably light.

I chose to build the ALR with SRAM RED eTap because I’ve long wanted to get to know the groupset properly. I love the clean-sheet approach SRAM took when it went wireless and I was hugely impressed when I first tried eTap, but I wanted to spend more time actually using it day-to-day.

I opted for super-low gearing by road standards because experience tells me that I wouldn’t regret it — I’m no gear masher.

Of course, since building this bike, SRAM has launched its updated RED and Force eTap AXS 12-speed groupsets. When the news broke I immediately started feeding the Trek into the nearest woodchipper but then I remembered that the bike industry launching new products doesn’t actually render my current kit unrideable .

Emonda ALR SRAM RED eTap drivetrain

Incidentally, SRAM doesn’t make a RED direct-mount rim brake, instead it offers the non-series S-900, so that’s what I went with. More on those later…

Finishing kit: Ritchey riches and a hot mess of other things

I chose Ritchey finishing kit because it’s consistently impressed me with its feel and finish.

Trek Emonda ALR Ritchey WCS cockpit

The WCS Carbon Streem bar is particularly nice (and expensive), with slightly swept wing-profile tops that are very comfortable.

The one issue it presented is that I couldn’t figure out a neat way to mount eTap Blip shifters on the tops as I’d originally intended, so I ended up not using them.

The FlexLogic seatpost is similarly attractive and has a flippable head which gives you a wider-than-normal range of setback adjustment.

Saddle and seatpost fitted to purple road bike

The rest of the build is a bit of a parts bin special, using components I had lying around.

The low-profile Shimano Dura-Ace C24 clinchers are an old favourite, albeit ones that are looking a bit dated with a narrow rim profile. I’ve also mislaid the matching skewers, so the bike is currently wearing a set of FFWD QRs.

Close up of road bike front wheel showing quick-release skewer

The saddle is a Specialized Power which, after many, many miles, I still can’t decide if I prefer over my old love, the Romin. Oh, and I had to have tan-wall tyres, because of course I did .

So yes, it’s a SRAM-equipped bike with Shimano wheels and mismatched accessories. Purists, avert your gaze.

Trek Emonda ALR full specification

  • Sizes (*tested): 50, 52, 54*, 56, 58 60, 62, 64
  • Weight: 7.0kg (including pedals, two bottle cages, Garmin out-front mount)
  • Frame: Emonda ALR Ultralight 300 Series Alpha aluminium, Invisible Weld Technology
  • Fork: Emonda full carbon
  • Shifters: SRAM RED eTap
  • Derailleurs: SRAM RED eTAP
  • Cranks: SRAM RED 50/34t
  • Wheelset: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 C24 clincher
  • Tyres: Veloflex Master 28mm
  • Brakes: SRAM S-900 direct-mount
  • Bar: Ritchey WCS Carbon Streem 40cm
  • Bar tape: WCS Race
  • Stem: Ritchey WCS C220 100mm (later changed for 120mm)
  • Seatpost: WCS Link Carbon FlexLogic seatpost 27.2×350mm
  • Saddle: Specialized Power
  • Pedals: Speedplay Zero Stainless
  • Accessories: Arundel Stainless bottle cages

Trek Emonda ALR geometry

  • Head angle: 73.0 degrees
  • Seat angle: 73.7 degrees
  • Chainstay length: 410mm
  • Seat tube: 540mm
  • Top tube: 543mm
  • Head tube: 155mm
  • Bottom bracket drop: 70mm
  • Wheelbase: 981mm
  • Stack: 555mm
  • Reach: 381mm

Why did I choose this bike?

Front view of road bike with aero drop handlebars

I’ve been boring people about how good aluminium bikes are for a while now, so it felt like it was time to put my (hypothetical) money where my mouth is.

I really liked the Emonda ALR when I reviewed the first generation model a couple of years ago so the news that there was an updated model designed for my beloved direct-mount brakes got me all in a lather.

I cleave naturally to spindly climber’s bikes rather than rolling billboard aero machines. I’m not built for speed on the flat and my weight means I get blown around on deep section rims anyway.

The fact that the Emonda is sold as a frameset (as well as complete bikes) and comes in a gorgeous purple-flip paint option was very much the cherry on top.

Trek Emonda ALR initial setup

Building a bike with eTap was a welcome novelty. With the derailleurs and shifters bolted on, it’s a process that’s more akin to pairing a Bluetooth speaker with your phone than conventional cable routing. Only the rear brake cable needed to be fed through the frame.

Blanking plate in place of cable stop on bike frame

I did manage to break the tiny support shim that sits behind the front derailleur with what I thought was minimal force, but otherwise it was largely trouble free.

I cut the fork to allow for 30mm of headset spacers and with 20mm under the stem, I haven’t seen fit to move it up or down so far.

My intention was always to take advantage of the clearance the Emonda’s direct-mount brakes offer to fit decent sized tyres, and I’ve been running those lovely 28mm Veloflex Masters at around 60psi front / 70psi rear.

I actually set the bike up with latex tubes initially, but immediately destroyed one through incompetence and latex’s preternatural ability to get trapped by a tyre bead. That leaves me with a butyl tube at the back and latex one up front, a sort of rubbery mullet setup that probably won’t ever catch on.

Emonda ALR ride impressions so far

Purple Trek Emonda ALR road bike with SRAM RED eTap groupset

The new ALR is the same taut, lightweight machine I remember and with this dream spec, it’s properly lively. Climbing on a bike as light and stiff as this is a delight and my choice of gearing means I can winch up the nastiest of inclines.

I don’t know if it’s my memory playing tricks or the fact that I now live somewhere with pretty awful roads, but the ride quality isn’t exactly what I was expecting.

The Emonda ALR’s back end is delightfully smooth but the front is firmer than I recall, enough so that on fast descents with a bit of broken tarmac I’ve found myself holding back ever so slightly to maintain composure.

I’m honestly not sure why this is. Was my choice of super-stiff aero bars a mistake? Am I going soft? I need more time to work this out.

I also need to check my hanger alignment because my shifting seems to be very slightly out, but overall the eTap groupset has been a delight so far. The two-paddle shifting is very intuitive and I get on well with the shape of the hoods.

I’m genuinely disappointed with the brakes however. My experience with Shimano and Campagnolo direct-mount calipers has been nothing but positive, but the S-900s feel like a phoned-in afterthought.

Front brake of road bike

Even leaving aside the generic looking finish, a squeeze of the lever produces visible caliper flex and they just don’t have the solidity and modulation of, say, Ultegra direct-mount brakes. I expected better, SRAM.

If it sounds like I'm feeling negative towards the Emonda, don't get me wrong. It's a delightful thing and I'm very much looking forward to putting more miles on it.

Trek Emonda ALR upgrades

Close-up of road bike front wheel showing hub

While I’m very fond of the Dura-Ace clinchers, a wider, more modern set of wheels would be an obvious upgrade and could add a smidge more comfort. If I do upgrade, I’ll stick with something fairly low profile as I feel it suits the aesthetic of the bike.

The biggest surprise with my build has been those S-900 brakes. They’re remarkably bad and, in keeping with the parts bin theme, I’m very tempted to swap them for Shimanos, although I’m not certain if the lever pull would be optimal.

Should I mix groupsets? Should I seek out some ridiculous weight weenie specials instead? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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Trek did not skimp on parts for the $2,199 Émonda ALR 6: The Ultegra 6800 group, with a compact (50/34) crankset and 11-speed, 11-28 cassette performed superbly. The Émonda ALR 6 also comes ready to accept the new DuoTrap S sensor—an optional speed and cadence sensor that mounts directly into the left chainstay, and is now both Bluetooth and ANT+ compatible. For some weight savings and vibration damping, Trek equipped the Émonda with its Bontrager carbon seatpost, and a carbon fork mounted to a carbon steerer tube. The tubeless-ready Bontrager Race wheels are tough, and withstood gravel rides , cobbles, and potholed city streets. My only niggling objection with the Émonda ALR 6 was the compact drivetrain . Since I was treating it as a race bike, I found myself wanting bigger, more race-ready gears, especially on descents and flats. 

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Trek Emonda Alr 4 2016

Bike summary

Bike components.

Ultralight 300 Series Alpha Aluminum, Invisible Weld Technology, DuoTrap S compatible, E2 tapered head tube, BB86.5

Suspension Fork

Émonda carbon, E2

Rear Derailleur

Shimano Tiagra

Front Derailleur

Shimano Tiagra, braze-on

Shift Levers

Shimano Tiagra, 10 speed

Shimano Tiagra, 12-28, 10 speed

Shimano Tiagra, 50/34 (compact)

Bottom Bracket

BB86/BB92, 86.5mm, press-fit

Bontrager alloy hubs, Bontrager Tubeless Ready rims

Bontrager R1 Hard-Case Lite, 700x23c

Bontrager Elite, 31.8mm, 7 degree, w/Blendr computer & light mounts

Bontrager Race, VR-C, 31.8mm

FSA Integrated, sealed cartridge bearings, 1-1/8" top, 1.5" bottom

Bontrager Paradigm 1

Bontrager alloy, 2-bolt head, 27.2mm, 8mm offset

Bike geometry

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Fork material.

Émonda ALR 4 has a carbon fork, so, it is super light and stiff. In conclusion, a carbon fork gives you great control when steering, and is also more forgiving.

The Émonda ALR 4 2016 bike is equipped with 700c aluminum wheels when leaving the factory. These are the most popular wheels for road, aero, gravel, cyclocross, race, and gravel bikes. However, these wheels don’t perform so well when passing over obstacles.

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There are more than 20 towns in America called Moscow. Why is that?

  • By Alina Simone Jared Goyette

A railroad track in Moscow, Arkansas.

A railroad track in Moscow, Arkansas. 

Photo courtesy of Erjan Aisabay.

When Jack Spaulding was growing up in Moscow, Tennessee, he always wondered how the town, a small, rural community of about 80 residents, got its name. It didn’t seem to have any obvious connection with Russia, but could any of the local tales he’d heard actually be true?

“I would ask all the old folks here in town if anybody knew how the town got its name. Well, I got all these hokey answers like, ‘Well, it's because of the moss and... they used to send the cows down there to graze on the moss. Moss cow. And then after that Ma's cow — like, belonging to your mother's. ... Nobody really had any idea where the name came about,” Spaulding says.

A mailbox in Moscow, Kentucky.

A mailbox in Moscow, Kentucky. 

Photo courtesy of Erjan Aisabay. 

Spaulding eventually dug deeper, and his research turned up an unexpected finding: The area had been known as something like “Moscow” since before the town was founded in the early 1800s. That clue led him in a new direction.  

“I went through the dictionary looking for any type of word that would sound similar to Moscow or would be spoken by Europeans like 'Moscow' and I believe as I recall, the word closest to that was Mashetow," he says.

According to Spaulding, Mashetow was a Native American word meaning "to go" or "the place to where we're going."

"I think Moscow was the place to where the Native Americans would go for the watering ground. ... What is this place? Mashetow! This is the place we're going.”

Spaulding’s conclusion wasn’t definitive, but it was a worthy effort. He isn’t the only person to set out trying to figure out why a small town in the middle of America acquired the same name as the capital of Russia. There are more than 20 identically named cities scattered across the country. There’s a Moscow in Idaho near the border with Washington, another up north in Maine and one down south in Texas.

When Ren Vasilyev, now a professor of geography at the State University of New York Geneseo, was a graduate student, she decided to tackle the riddle of America’s many Moscows. It was 1986, the height of the Cold War battle with the Moscow-capitaled Soviet Union, and in those misty pre-Internet days, a project like this required a lot of analog legwork.

She poured through old county history books, and found that just as with Spaulding's hometown, most of the Moscows in America didn’t have anything to do with Russia or its capital.

One was the result of a misunderstanding: Moscow, Kansas. Town officials had tried to name their city after Luis de Moscoso, a Spanish conquistador, but they decided to shorten the name to M-O-S-C-O. When they submitted an application to create a post office, it came back with the extra letter.

“The guy in DC thought that these little silly people in Kansas didn't know what they were doing and had spelled the name wrong. So he had added that W on it,” Vasilyev says.

But, the most common reason people named their community Moscow, she learned, was more straightforward.

“Things like Spring Valley or Springfield or Blossom Hill, or you know, those kind of pretty generic names were already taken. And so people started using what were considered exotic names, hoping that no one had already used them,” she says.

The fire department in Moscow, Michigan.

The fire department in Moscow, Michigan. 

The mystery of the Moscows of America also intrigued Erjan Aisabay, who set out to visit all of them and write a book about his experience. Aisabay, who was born in Kazakhstan but attended college in the original Moscow, launched his project hoping that America’s shared love of Russia’s capital city might help bring the two countries together.

But as Aisabay drove from state to state, his dream of finding a Russian connection dwindled. And some of America’s Muscovites turned out to be less than supportive. Like in Moscow, Texas, where his attempt to strike up a conversation didn’t turn out as planned.

“I say, 'Hi my name is so and so, you know I'm writing a book about Moscows' and then you know she looks at me like completely mistrust and she's like 'You should leave.' ... And I saw something that looked like a gun. ... This was my last Moscow and I'm like, 'I don't want to die in my last Moscow!'”

The post office in Moscow, Texas.

A road sign in Moscow, Ohio in 1987. 

Photo courtsey of Ren Vasilyev.

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1:30 Introducing the Nametag series.  We are digging up the stories behind place names in a series we’re calling Nametag

3:00 Patrick’s obsession with Wasilla, Alaska

5:18 Reporter Alina Simone has always been curious about the origins of all the Moscows in the United States. There are 26 Moscows

6:39 Ren Vasilyev decided to tackle the riddle of America’s many Moscows as a graduate student in 1986

7:01 Most Moscows didn’t have much to do with Moscow. In fact, they weren’t even pronounced Moscow

7:31 Jack Spaulding of Moscow, Indiana has also always about the name

8:27 Drawing inspiration from fanciful sources like, Napoleon

9:05 Moscow, Kansas became Moscow by mistake

9:43 The biggest reason to name your community Moscow, everything else was taken

10:03 Only one, lonely Moscow — Moscow, Pennsylvania — was allegedly named by actual Russia people

10:46 Meet Erjan Aisabay.  He has visited all 26 Moscows

11:20 Not all American Muscovites were friendly. In fact some were downright hostile like one woman in Moscow, Texas

12:04 Erjan visited Moscow, PA to look for any evidence of the supposed Slavic connection

13:27 Professor Vasilyev’s research shows that only one Moscow, the town of Lester in New York, cast the name aside for political reasons

15:14 There are many more Russian names in the United States like Saint Petersburg, FL, Sebastopol, CA, Odessa, TX

15:49 The issue of place names was very sensitive in Russia especially under the Soviet Union

18:14 Nina subjects Patrick to “ Arab, Alabama ” an offensive song (and video) by the country comedy duo Pinkard and Bowden 

20:06  Submit YOUR Nametag story idea. Have you always had a question about a place name? Be it a street name or the name of a town or a mountain?  Let us know.  Email [email protected] or tweet at us @lingopod

20:45 Finally, finally the answer to the NEH accent quiz from last week

Moscow

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The Trek Émonda ALR 6 is the highest-quality aluminium racer in Trek’s portfolio, but can the performance keep up with the superb looks?

May 2018 · Matt Wikstrom

Trek recently updated its lightweight racing chassis, the Émonda, with a variety of refinements for 2018, including the addition of a disc-brake version. We had a look at the Émonda SLR Disc when it was launched last year, so for this review, we follow that up with a closer look at the more affordable mid-range […]

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Feb 2018 · Mat Brett

Quick and lively aluminium road bike with a good ride quality and excellent Shimano Ultegra components

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Forged for the top step Émonda ALR is a strikingly light, fast, and fun aluminum road bike that sprints and climbs like a true race bike. This affordable alloy speed machine boasts a race-specific geometry, aerodynamic tube shaping, and budget-friendly price tag that leaves you with enough cash to spend on sweet new kits, race registrations, and post-ride beers.

“Best aluminum road bike for weight weenies” What the world is saying about the all-new Émonda ALR

"As good as aluminum road bikes get."

"Premium performance at a great price […] an appealing mix of classic looks and modern tech."

“Its responsiveness when I’m out of the saddle, sprinting, or cornering, mirrors its carbon siblings."

“Émonda ALR is one of those bikes that show alloy bikes don't have to be uncomfortable, and for the price, the performance is hard to beat."

"Brings sleek, carbon-like looks and a very lightweight frame to crit racers looking for a top-level frame on (a bit of) a budget."

The ultimate featherweight Our lightest aluminum road bike, Émonda ALR climbs like a dream and is durable enough to take on even your roughest race days. The only thing you’ll have to worry about breaking is the speed limit.

No frills, just fast

Our fastest aluminum road bike leaves the bells and whistles behind and focuses on free speed with quick and clean Kammtail aeryodynamic tube shaping.

Ready to race

This alloy race bike boasts the same geometry our pros ride to cut through the wind and put you in the right position for power.

Quick and clean integration Newly integrated cables and housing offer a cleaner cockpit and aerodynamic boost that looks cool and rides fast as hell.

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Our lightest and fastest aluminum road bike handles like its pricier carbon cousins, with a strikingly light and aerodynamic aluminum frame that’s fast, fun, and affordable.

Enjoy balanced ride quality, superior handling, and the added benefit of free speed thanks to aero tube shaping wrought from our ultralight 500 Series OCLV Carbon.

Our lightest road bike and fastest Émonda, this bike delivers incredible ride quality and aerodynamic advantage. Its frame is made of 800 Series OCLV Carbon and weighs less than 700 grams.

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