Trek-Segafredo Team Emonda Disc
Trek-Segafredo Team Emonda disc
This was Kiel Reijnen’s team issue Trek Emonda for the 2018 racing season.
Kiel was utilized by the team as a lead out guy and a second-string sprinter for the spring classics. Throughout the season you’d see him working the front of the race, managing the time gaps to the early breakaways and pulling the team leader through the peloton. All of those jobs suggest that he’d spend most of the racing season on his Madone aero bike or the team issue Domane for races that feature cobblestones and/or miles of gravel.
So why would a rider like Kiel need a superlight bike that is designed for climbers and more mountainous races? Good question.
Two reasons.
First, Kiel happens to be a sprinter who can climb pretty well, so he got thrown into a lot of hilly stage races (Tour de Suisse, Volta Cataluña, Tour of Spain) with the hope that he’ll survive the big climbs to fight out a sprint finish.
Kiel’s team issue bike
All of the wires and hoses travel inside the frame
Seat mast area, number plate holder
Dura-Ace 9000 electronic
Dura-Ace 9000 crankset
The latest in electronic shifting
Second, the UCI imposed a strict minimum weight limit for racing bikes. This Emonda could be equipped with disc brakes and power meters and still slide in right at the legal limit. Riding this bike gave Kiel better control on descents than on his Madone (the aerodynamic brakes on that bike work like hell), and Trek got the pro team advertising that they really wanted. Most of the road bikes that Trek sold in those days had disc brakes on them, so it was important for the budding bike racer to be able to identify with the pros and be able to buy and ride a similar bike.