Madone SLR Ride by Treknology

Treknology Multisport Sdn. Bhd. organized a (marketing) fellowship ride yesterday in conjunction with launching of Trek Madone SLR 6 Disc and SLR 8 2019 model (Trek's aerodynamic range road bike). Despite that it was a public holidays, event participants were few, probably some were still coming back from vacation or calling back to workplace to fulfill their duties.
Nevertheless, after we were greeted and briefed by the shop attendant, Mr Kamaruzaman about event flow and ride info, 10 cyclists rolled on with planned route, as showed below,


There were 2 routes version:
short one: Treknology - Bayan Lepas - Teluk Kumbar - Bukit Genting - Treknology
long one: Treknology - Bayan Lepas - Teluk Kumbar - Bukit Genting - Balik Pulau - Pulau Betong - Treknology

Most of the riders opted for the long route even though we actually started our ride with cloudy day. All went well as we were rolling nicely under single file, led by Treknology rider to Bukit Genting peak, and the rain started to cool us down. Mr Kama had to prepare for the bike launching so he descended down from where we came from and led 2 riders who chose to finish the ride early before heavy stom overwhelmed us. The remaining 8 riders (including me) pressed on with long route until somewhere in Balik Pulau where we decided to turn back to shop and the storm was dangerous for us to continue (thus the U-turn you see in my Relive clip).

I guess Treknology would wish to showcase the power of disc brake under such challenging weather as we were descending from Bukit Genting for second time. That's is the reason I choose disc brake system for my current bike given that Audax Randonneur does not have the privilege to choose weather to complete his/her BRM.

Everyone made it back to bicycles shop safely and I am gonna said I had a fortunate maiden marketing ride as Mr Kama had prepared very delicious (and spicy) Nasi Lemak and special lime cocktail (not alcohol, of course!) for those who attended the ride or launching ceremony. Thanks, brother and team (pardon me for not taking photo of that meal because we were too hungry for more Nasi Lemak)!

After everyone's tummy were happily filled, it was time to unveiled the new bike!

As Kama was presenting these bikes with all their awesomeness, you can tell that not everyone was paying attention because you know, road bike junkies tend to see and touch the real thing.
Ok, to be fair, there were serious and patient riders who were paying attention...
lightweight 700 Series OCLV Carbon frame with Kammtail Virtual Foil, H1.5 Fit, aerodynamic tube shaping and road-smoothing, Adjustable Top Tube IsoSpeed, KVF full carbon fork, an adjustable aero bar and stem...these are some of the features shared by both of the new bikes besides their group set (Ultegra R8000 vs Dura-Ace R9100) and brake system (disc vs caliper) difference. Full specification of these bikes were ready on official website, so do check them out.

We didn't manage to test ride the bikes because they were the only display bike in the showroom for the time being, however, Kama's colleagues were friendly enough to allow us to ride his last year model (Madone). Few rounds around the showroom and I can tell why it was so good. I could feel the stiffness of an aerodynamic bike but surprisingly I didn't feel that hardness of riding it (if you have ridden an aero bike before, you know what I meant). It is as if I were riding an endurance bike even though my physically I was on an aero bike (side note: I managed to ride a Giant Proper on the same day because there was a friend of mine who was kind enough to allow me to test ride his bike so that I can make a comparison). It was a good weather to try out cornering air turbulence since it was windy and rainy day. I didn't have to worry about it because it was handled perfectly by Trek specialized fork and crown design and let me remind you that I was riding a 2017 version! Can't wait for the opportunity to test ride the latest one! (>∀<)

Kama was mentioning that those who attended this launching would receive special privilege which turned out to be a 10% pre-order special discount (voucher), hurray!
It happened to be my team mate, Kenneth's birthday yesterday so he decided to grab it!
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Sorry, this is what he dreamed for the whole night after he kept bugging us about how good the bike was in our chat group.

On the serious note, those who decided to drop his/her order would be able to receive the new bike probably around end of October or early November 2018 in this exact showroom. If you are interested to touch, see or smell the new bike, feel free to drop by Treknology (Penang) as below,

69D-G Persiaran Bayan Indah,
Sungai Nibong 11900
Pulau Pinang

E-mail: penang@treknology3.com
Tuesday to Saturday: 11:00am – 7:30pm
Sundays & Public Holidays: 11:30am – 5:30pm

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