They say there aren't but this one is...

[Kano]

.. a really silly question:

I keep wondering this, more and more over time:

Trek Madone bikes. Are they "Mad One" or "Ma done" (as in finished) or "Mad Own" or "Ma doan" (as in roan) or some other pronunciation that I haven't imagined yet?????

Karen in Boise

[indigoiis]

Depends. Do you live in Rhode Island?

Cuz here it's "Mah DOOOOOOOOwneh."

[celerystalksme]

have you ever watched 'The Sopranos'? something like 'mah-dohn' or 'mah-dohn-ay'. the pronunciation of the 'e' at the end is a little uncertain...sorta like the two different ways people pronouce Porsche.

[Aggie_Ama]

I say Ma Doan and no I do not care if I am right. :p

[alpinerabbit]

It's "ma-doh-ney", that's an ascent in Italy.

I too thought it was "mad one" as in "Lance Armstrong", but it ain't.

http://www.climbbybike.com/profile_520/Madone_dUtelle_inizio_salita_profile.jpg

or upon "popular search engine"-ling:
rather Col de la Madone (http://www.psi.edu/~obrien/Bike_Fr/Madone/photoindex.html)? Then it would be more like "ma-dawn"?

hey, here the mad one 's saying it - at :43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulB3EI-pluk

[lph]

I thought it was pronounced Trek IWantOne. :rolleyes:

[Chile Pepper]

I asked this here recently (when I bought mine) and was told that it rhymed with drone (as opposed to sounding more like Madonna). I then assumed it was French rather than Italian. I just googled both options, and the word comes up in both. Plenty of places with names like Serre de la Madone in France (Madone is French for Madonna), and also a town called Madone in Lombardy Italy. So it looks like either pronunciation would be correct--though lord knows what Trek was thinking with that name.

ETA: never mind--alpine rabbit hit it with that video. It really does rhyme with drone, so it's the French pronunciation.

[jillm]

And on a related topic, does the Bianchi Eros Donna translate to "Sexy lady" ???

[wackyjacky1]

Not a silly question, Kano, because I have been wondering the very same thing! :p (Unless that means we're both silly? :D )