onkey

Madone 5.2 w/ Ultegra and SL wheels. Very smooth ride.

operator

Wow the top tube is horizontal...!

cmcenroe

Trek doesn't really do compact

onkey

Totally! You don't like the "horizontal style" ?

onkey

no one else has a trek madone or what??

Mariner Fan

They are probably riding their bikes!

thewalrus

GuitarWizard

I only have a lowly 5200.

cydewaze

For some reason that looks like a 5000/5200 frame. Don't the Madones have a flared out top tube and the "sharkfin" on the seat tube?

AzureDrpTp

That's what I was thinking, not that it had to have a sharkfin, but the seatstay is different for sure. But I'm new, so I wasn't completely sure.

7rider

last year at least, the Madone's had the funky tubing with the sharkfin while the Madone SLs had the more traditional tubing.

jamlo21

That includes you. That picture is of a 2004 Trek 5200. God I hope you didnt pay a madone price!!

craign04

french wheels on a trek... that just looks goofy

onkey

the 5200 is the exact same as the madone 5.2. same group set, same wheels, bars, stem, etc....

in 2005, they renamed the 5200 to the madone 5.2

onkey

u ride a soft track, and now your saying sl wheels shouldnt be on an american bike? think again

dgaddes

Looks like a Madone 5.2 SL to me (no shark fin). SL is the high end 5.2 - light, stiff, fast! Hot bike! Like someone else said, I have to be satisfied with my 5200, but I sure do admire your bike.

Enjoy!

cydewaze

According to Trek's website, there's no Madone SL in 04, and the 05 has the tapered top tube.



I hate to say it, but to me it looks like a 5000 series OCLV.

Edit: I think you're right about the 04 5200. Here's a pic of one:

EventServices

I'm not going to post a picture of my 5.9.
Aside from a new saddle, it doesn't look any different than the catalog. And I don't take pictures of my bikes, anyway.

But I have to say that it is a marked difference from my $3000 Salsa Campeon.
The 5.9 handles as if it already knows the route.

yellowjeep

Does the top tube slope down towards the head tube? That is kind of cool if it does.

kahn

Here's mine - no shark fin. 2005 Madone 5.2 SL:

Pico

Flip up!!!

kahn

There'll be no flippin' flipping. I did expect comments. As you might have noticed, not only is is "flipped" but it is also EXTENDED. Neck problems and not appearance dictate the setup. I've got a custom steel with extended QUILL stem, too.

jamlo21

completley untrue--the madone 5.2SL is made of OCLV 110. The 5200 was made using OCLV 120. The madone, while some are made from the same material, are a different bike. Its not the same as the 5200. The 5.2 replaced the 5200 (i think they just reintroduced the 5200 this year after scrapping it for a bit), but thats not the same as saying they're identical.

Here's how you can tell your bike is a 5200.

1) Look at trek's website. Go to the archives and look at the 5200 from 2004. The bike that shows up is in nude carbon, but you can click on "nude pearl/baja blue" and TA-DA! Thats your bike! Its the exact same bike as your picture. The only way your bike is not a 04 5200 is if you had it repainted. And no, trek doesnt recycle colors.

2) Your bike is an OCLV 120 without a fin. The madone SL series are the only madones without a fin. However, they are made of OCLV 110. Thus, either your OCLV 120 sticker is a lie or you have a 5200.

3) Your bike is the same bike lance rode in the final stage of the tour de france in 2003. [you can find a pic anywhere on the web] 2003 was the first year of the madone and at that time, it was just the 5.9 WITH FIN. Other than that the 5.9, it was just the 5900 and 5200. lance's bike on that stage is your exact bike (plus DA, which made it a 5500) and is finless--so unless he was riding the prototype of a 5.2SL, which wasnt introduced until two years later in 05, id say you both are riding 5200's.

Face it--your bike is a 5200. Take it to a dealer and ask him if you dont believe me.

ShinyBaldy

that is not even a Madone 5.2..... 5.2 has fairings... and 5.2SL is made from OCLV 110 - and your frame says 120.

the seatstay is not a A-frame... the top tube is just a regular rounded tube... you got duped.

operator

Au contraire. I hate the compact style.