Pretty much yes, they pulled the same line with the Venge and the Sl8.

Yup. The advantage of the aero bottles is narrower frontal area and smooths out the transition to the seat tube from the down tube by quite a lot.

Maybe! And probably!

Was nice to meet you guys too! Absolutely. Let me know when you are next heading out Surrey way 🤙

I totally see what you mean by concept bike. It does have that look. I thought the same until I saw the gen 8 in person. I think the shapes seem a bit more balanced. Photos though of the gen 7 looks incredible

I just set out to get a project one gen 7 dura ace only to see they stopped making them, and they’re sold out everywhere. I don’t like the new madone at all and my 2018 Emonda weighs 17lbs flat with mechanical Ultegra.

Yeah, and gen 7 looks good in all version. I mean in sl verion and slr. It looks fast and it is very fast 😊

It’s hard to say isn’t it. I did also think paint but surely that’s only 100-150g? I still reckon you would probably need a sensitive wind tunnel to tell the difference between this and the sl8.

@@cyclingunboxed some of the glossy finished S-Works SL8's come in at damn near the weight of the matte finished 10r Pro SL8's so paint can easily account for 150g. The new Madone is a porker though and, component for component, seems like it will always be nearly a pound heavier than an equally specced SL8. hopefully its ride quality continues to be exemplary.

I do think for most bike, the 54/56/58 are the best looking geometry wise. However if you are larger, the bigger bikes do better with the deeper tubes so I think you have made the right choice from an attractiveness perspective

I feel blessed with my 2020 SL6 Disc, red/black collor. Will ride it forever

My dad has had both the Gen 6 and Gen 7 and preferred the comfort of the Gen 6. I have a review coming out next Sunday on the Gen 7 and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it felt when climbing and the comfort of the bike.

I think it’s probably the most dissatisfying part of the bike. I was also expecting lighter

I think as you get to the larger sizes 58+ this is definitely the case

I assume you are referring to the weight of the bike here?

That, along with all the aero claims. Every year, it's the same nonsense: 'This new bike is X% faster than the previous model.' If we added up all those percentages from previous years, the bike should literally ride itself by now, lol.

Yeah maybe double check those scales I think. Or maybe empty the water bottles?

I think scales variation is probably the main factor here. Water bottles were empty but it is also strange to weight with them on.

@@cyclingunboxed Yeah, I think if you change your scale, the result will change

@@cyclingunboxed official specs say 7.10, the Gen 7 was also closer to 7 than this.

That paint will definitely add weight

I said it on the video but I think it only matches the previous gen because of those water bottles. I will say though that aero isn’t something that we can see and going smaller does reduce the area component of cda. Probably the most important aspect of aero. I think just because the tubes aren’t as deep, doesn’t make it less aero. I’m sure Tour magazine will get this in their wind tunnel and put it to the test! We shall find out then

A lot of people far prefer the gen 7. I personally quite like it in person.