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Trek Factory Racing in the red for 2015

Black is out, red is in for newly painted team bikes for next season

The 2015 professional racing season is nudging ever closer and it’s that time of year when new kit and bikes are being rolled out at training camps across Europe. Trek Factory Racing have unveiled the bikes they’ll be racing next season, and in a shock move they’ve ditched the black and white paint jobs of the last couple of seasons for a bold new red colour scheme.

Trek Bikes have also complemented the red painted frames with colour matched stems and clean white decals, with white panels on the inside of the fork blades and chainstays, a treatment we’ve seen on a handful of other bikes in the past. They’re certainly smart looking bikes, provided you like red bikes, and will be sure to standout in the peloton. 

From the photos showing the team getting together for the first time, it’s clear that the new Emonda model is being used by a fair few of the team, but there are still many Madones to be spotted - which will appeal because of it's greater presumed aerodynamic performance over the Emonda, which is built purely to be as light as possible. Teams are already well up against the UCI's 6.8kg minimum weight limit as it is, they've likely had to add ballast to the Emonda to keep the suits happy.

Fabian Cancellara sticks with his favoured Domane of course, the bike he helped developed and has used so devastatingly in the Spring Classics over the years. Cancellara has been riding a custom painted Domane with a Spartacus paint job for the past couple of years, we wonder if he’ll bet getting another custom painted bike come the start of the season, or sticking with the team edition?

Something else we’ve spotted in this photo, Fabian Cancellara has long been a proponent of Speedplay pedals (in fact he was part of the reason I first started using them many years ago, and have never looked back since) but in this photo he’s clearly not using Speedplay, instead he looks to be using Shimano SPD-SL pedals. It’s not clear what has prompted the change of pedal.

From the photos we can see that Trek Factory Racing haven’t made any significant equipment changes. Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets still feature (well apart from Cancellara who sticks with a mechanical groupset), with Bontrager Aeolus wheels (with all-new, slightly retro looking decals) and Bontrager handlebars, saddles and stems. They also stick with SRM Powermeters.

The red painted bikes are all the work of Trek’s own Project One customisation programme, a fact proudly declared on the top tube of each frame. The bikes are also finished with white saddles and bar tape, naturally, but also white seat masts and cable housings. It’s all in the attention to detail.

More at www.trekfactoryracing.com/multimedia/2015-team-bikes

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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Municipal Waste | 9 years ago
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Good looking bikes!

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RobD | 9 years ago
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I like it, especially the matching stem, I think more bikes should come with them, they look much nicer than black ones.
Also liking the much simpler design on this compared to some other bikes.

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Must be Mad | 9 years ago
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Nice looking bike

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Nice. I am intrigued to know why Cancellara has dropped the Speedplays though....

Might just be a publicity shot and not his actual bike?

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Al__S replied to Must be Mad | 9 years ago
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Must be Mad wrote:

Nice looking bike

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Nice. I am intrigued to know why Cancellara has dropped the Speedplays though....

Might just be a publicity shot and not his actual bike?

I can just about make out SPD-SL cleats on his shoes- but again, this may just be for the publicity shots. I'm going to predict that come the cobbles he'll be on a Spartacus bike using speedplays...

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fukawitribe replied to Al__S | 9 years ago
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Al__S wrote:
Must be Mad wrote:

Nice looking bike

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Nice. I am intrigued to know why Cancellara has dropped the Speedplays though....

Might just be a publicity shot and not his actual bike?

I can just about make out SPD-SL cleats on his shoes- but again, this may just be for the publicity shots. I'm going to predict that come the cobbles he'll be on a Spartacus bike using speedplays...

He switched to Shimano at the end of 2013 as far as I remember, e.g. here's his 2014 Domane 6

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/first-look-fabian-cancellaras-2014-t...

...and here's him at Paris Roubaix 2014

http://d4nuk0dd6nrma.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CORVOS_00...

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stenmeister replied to Must be Mad | 9 years ago
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Must be Mad wrote:

Nice looking bike

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Nice. I am intrigued to know why Cancellara has dropped the Speedplays though....

Might just be a publicity shot and not his actual bike?

Although it's got his name on it, I'm pretty sure Cancellara will not be riding the bike in this photo and will have a bespoke bike with it's own unique graphics or colour scheme.

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truffy | 9 years ago
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Very impressive. Beautiful even, and it's been a while since I associated Trek with that adjective.

It would look much better with SR though!  4

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jhamlin38 | 9 years ago
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I think the red is awesome. Along with the retro wheel logos and the natural sidewalls.... Outstanding.
I'd like to see a full side image of the version with the white seat post topper.
It reminds me of the red specialized bikes they used within the past couple years.
So glad they're staying away from all black.

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J90 | 9 years ago
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Nice. I am intrigued to know why Cancellara has dropped the Speedplays though....

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boardmanrider replied to J90 | 9 years ago
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J90 wrote:

Nice. I am intrigued to know why Cancellara has dropped the Speedplays though....

Almost cetainly because Shimano said so

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HalfWheeler | 9 years ago
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Lovely colour. Hideous chainset though...

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sneakerfrfeak | 9 years ago
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I'd like to think that bike manufacturers are finally realising that when it comes to graphics/colour schemes less is definitely more.

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fukawitribe replied to sneakerfrfeak | 9 years ago
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sneakerfrfeak wrote:

I'd like to think that bike manufacturers are finally realising that when it comes to graphics/colour schemes less is definitely more.

..as long as that 'less' doesn't always mean 'matt black'.

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Abbie | 9 years ago
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I knew eventually I'd be back in Fashion.

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hampstead_bandit | 9 years ago
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Very nice! Good luck to all their riders for the 2015 season.

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