Trek Émonda SLR 9
The message from bike manufacturers has always been fairly clear. If you want to go super-fast, choose our aero bike. If you want a forgiving ride then over here, sir/madam, we have the endurance bike. If you want to go up hills like a startled squirrel up a tree then you need our lightweight bike. But things are changing. The lines between models are becoming blurred as frame shapes converge on the same space, and this, the third generation of the Émonda, is a case in point.
When Trek launched the Émonda in 2014 the focus was entirely on weight, or
