OCLV HexSL

Trek is one of the last bike manufacturers to still manufacture bikes in the USA.  So what's the big deal?  What does it matter if your bike is made in the US or in China?  Quality!  Now the proof:  Trek's new 6-Series SSL is made up of the latest carbon fiber milestone:  OCLV HexSL.  The US government has designated raw HexSL fiber as a defense grade material, making it illegal to ship outside the NATO alliance. As the largest domestic manufacturer of bicycles, Trek is well equipped to manufacturer its new SSL in the States, and has already declared the new Madone 6 Series SSL platform will be built exclusively at Trek’s Waterloo, Wisconsin production facility.  “OCLV HexSL is really a game-changing material.  Before this material’s culmination we had to use two, sometimes three different layers of carbon to get the same strength and performance that we get from just one layer of OCLV HexSL.” (Chris Pomering - Trek Road Product Engineer)  OCLV HexSL exhibits the same stiffness as High Modulus carbon fiber, but provides over four times the strength and twice the elongation properties.  This allowed Trek to drop more than 100 grams from the previous 6-Series frame without compromising ride characteristics.  All I can say is I want one.