Tech feature: Leopard-Trek finds its spots

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The mad 11th hour scra💦mble to craft the Team Leopard-Trek i🧸mage

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Actual team bikes will also wear matching graphics on the wheels and are also equipped with Schwalbe tubular tires and Speedplay Zeros instead of the Bontrager treads and Shimano pedals shown here - this was just a loaner provided to media for test rides during the presentation

Actual team bikes will also wear matching graphics on the wheels and are also equipped with Schwalbe tubular tires a🤡nd Speedplay Zeros instead of the Bontrager treads and Shimano pedals shown here - this was just a loaner provided to media for test rides during the presentation (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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Trek contends that it couldn't have met the incredibly short delivery deadlines created by the late team name announcement were it not for its in-house production and finishing facilities.

Trek contends that it couldn't have met the incredibly short delivery deadlines created by the late team name announcement were it not for its i🌳n-house production and finishing facilities. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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Likewise, the 'Shimano' logo on the chain stay is a little thicker than it'll be on later iterations of the Team Leopard-Trek Madones.

Likewise, the 'Shimano' logo o🃏n the chain stay is a little thicker than it'll be on later iterations of the Team Leopard-Trek Madones. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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Team Leopard-Trek's image is intentionally simple, owing to its creed that it's really all about the racing.

Team Leopard-Trek's image is intentionally simple, owing to its creed th🌄at it's really all about the෴ racing. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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The Mercedes-Benz logo is discretely applied to the seat stay wishbone.

The Mercedes-Benz loꦍgo is discretely applied to the seat stay wꦏishbone. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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The big, tapered head tube leaves plenty of room for logos but Trek has kept things relatively quiet up front.

🦩The big, tapered head tube leaves plenty of room for logos but Trek has kept things relatively quiet up front. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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Team Leopard-Trek's Trek Madone 6.9 SSL bikes were produced under an amazingly accelerated timeline.

Team Leopard-Trek's Trek Madone 6.💃9 SSL bikes w🐟ere produced under an amazingly accelerated timeline. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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Trek says each of the first batch of team frames required about 10 hours of labour just for paint.

Trek saysꦐ each of the first batch of tea🍸m frames required about 10 hours of labour just for paint. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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The front end of the bike is mostly finished in an attractive silver.

The✤ front end of the bike is mostly finished🅘 in an attractive silver. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)
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If you look carefully, you'll see that the 'Madone' decal is a little thick beneath the clear coat. Later team bikes will have thinner water transfer decals that will sit flatter on the tube surface.

If you look carefully, you'll see that the 'Madone' dec𝓰al is a little thick beneath the clear coat. Later team bikes will have thinner water transfer decals that will sit flatter on the tube surface. (Image credit: Jonny Irick)

The Leopard-Trek team wa🌳s officially presented to the world in grand fashion ﷽on January 6th and to casual observers, everything was in place just as it needed to be. In addition to the riders themselves, team officials also unveiled their tasteful-looking black, white, and sky blue road and time trial bikes plus the similarly elegant kits they would be wearing in competition starting with the Tour Down Under later this month.