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Trek launch Domane 6.9 Disc (there's a Domane 4.0 Disc too)

Domane now available with disc brakes and bolt-thru axles

Trek have launched a disc-equipped version of the Domane, available at two price points and both borrowing bolt-thru axle technology from their mountain bikes. The Domane 4.0 will cost £1,600 and the Domane 6.9 £6,000, and both will be available this month. 

We speculated on the launch of the Domane Disc earlier this year as Keith Bontrager told us he believed Trek would almost certainly launch a disc-equipped road bike in the near future. His prediction has come true, with Trek taking the obvious decision to use their endurance model, the Domane, rather than the racier Madone, for their first disc-equipped road bike. They've already launched a cyclocross bike with disc brakes this year, the Boone CX.

There’s been much debate about wheel axle design on disc-equipped road bikes, and Trek have opted to move away from traditional 9mm quick release axles and adopt bolt-thru technology from their mountain bike range. Called Closed Convert dropouts, they have a 15mm front axle and a 142x12mm rear axle. They can be easily converted to a traditional quick release axle for increased wheel compatibility.

New axles means new wheels, and they’ve developed a new Bontrager Affinity Elite Disc wheelset with bolt-thru hubs. The rims are tubeless-ready - Bontrager have been doing tubeless for a while already. The wheels use interchangeable axle end caps so they can be used on any bike with just a simple change of the end caps required. The wheels have a claimed weight of 1,655g.

An exciting upside of the switch to disc brakes is that Trek says both will happily take wider tyres (though they don’t say how wide) and mudguards, because the removal of the caliper opens up more clearance.

Trek will offer the Domane 6.9 costing £6,000 and the Domane 4.0 at £1,600. Both bikes will be available this month. 

“The response we’ve seen from riders about the Domane has been unprecedented and adding a disc brake option further opens the door for riders to expand how and where this bike is ridden,” says Trek Road Bike Brand Manager Michael Mayer.

More details to follow

David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes

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goggy replied to Jacob | 9 years ago
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Jacob wrote:

Zip ties are a big NO NO. On a £6,000 bike... Come on. It reminds me when Specialized use to slap on the Di2 battery with zip ties from the water bottle mount when that first launched. Stop rushing things to market and do them properly.

Indeed - my Tarmac has a seatpost battery ... way better than any other place.

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allez neg | 9 years ago
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I'm so stoked to see a nice satin black bike with black glossy graphics - I'm utterly fatigued by seeing all these stylistically-bereft brightly coloured shiny bikes out there so it's good to see someone doing something original.

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andyp | 9 years ago
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That looks ace. Apart from the disc brakes and bolt-through axles.

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parksey | 9 years ago
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Drooling over this.  105

Funnily enough, was just talking to the owner of my LBS last night and he said Trek were about to launch a disc-equipped Domane, couple of models to start but then the full range will be disc-equipped. He reckons they're going for more "durable", UK-road suited bikes with the Domane, whereas the Madone will be a faster and lighter bike.

Be interesting to see what the 4-series bike is like, more my price point, sadly.

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tom_w | 9 years ago
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Cannot recommend discs and wide rims enough; I recorded my second fastest ever descent down from Christmas Common last night.. in biblical rain with water sheeting across the road. The truly gifted may not need discs, but for the rest of us they make a very noticeable difference!

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fukawitribe | 9 years ago
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Looks cracking to me (bar the shitty front cabling). Wonder if they'll still do the 4 series frame-set on Project One ?

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KiwiMike | 9 years ago
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For £6,000 they couldn't be bothered to route the front cable through the fork?

Zip ties? *Really*?

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David Arthur @d... replied to KiwiMike | 9 years ago
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KiwiMike wrote:

For £6,000 they couldn't be bothered to route the front cable through the fork?

Zip ties? *Really*?

Maybe they had their reasons? I'm not a fan of internal cable/hose routing anyway so it doesn't look so bad to me

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ajmarshal1 replied to KiwiMike | 9 years ago
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KiwiMike wrote:

For £6,000 they couldn't be bothered to route the front cable through the fork?

Zip ties? *Really*?

Agreed. Looks terrible.

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mrchrispy | 9 years ago
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yes please.

(this is a Schwag Grab sint it?)
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Cyclosis | 9 years ago
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£6k for the 6.9 apparently.

I'll have to get saving then!

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