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Trek Madone

Since the advent of the aero road bike, tradition has dictated that speed and comfort are acrimoniously opposed. Either you had an unyielding bike shaped like a blade that rattled along the tarmac, or you had a comfortable cruiser with thin tubes that flexed and bounced with every ripple in the road. Take your pick. Then in 2015 Trek revealed its new Madone, and it blew my mind.

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