TREK Madone 2011

Trek Bicycle, the world's leading brand in technology and innovation Bike, has officially presented the new top-of-the-range Madone model for 2011 at the prologue stage of the Tour de France. The imposing Madone 6 Series SSL was the star of the afternoon. It is made with a revolutionary new type of carbon called OCLV HexSL that makes it a new benchmark for carbon frame bikes. It is the lightest road frame ever made by the company that has won the Tour de France nine times.

For 2011 we have perfected the design and our manufacturing process even more. The result is such a light frame that we decided to re-use our SSL designation reserved exclusively for bicycles that offer outstanding performance and lightness. "

The key to the new Madone 6 Series SSL is Trek's latest discovery in the field of carbon fiber, the OCLV HexSL. "The OCLV HexSL is a material that completely changes the rules of the game," said Trek road products engineer Chris Pomering. "Before culminating the production of this material we had to use two or even three different layers of carbon to achieve the same level of robustness and performance that we achieved with a single layer of OCLV HexSL."

Although Trek is the first cycling company to use the technological advantages of OCLV HexSL carbon, it is unlikely that other bike manufacturers will try it any time soon. The US Government has classified untreated HexSL fiber as an aerospace material, therefore its transport beyond the borders of NATO countries is illegal.

More information about the 2011 Trek Madone range in www.trekbikes.com/madone