Trek Speed Concept unveiling

After a year of rumors, speculations, and anticipation, Trek finally released the Speed Concept. According to Trek, this wasn't a bike built to Pro Tour standards and adapted to triathletes. Rather, this bike was born and bred for multisport, and Pro Tour riders are the ones who have to adjust to it. When Lance Armstrong received his prototype bikes last year, he had to use a custom seat post with massive offset to overcome the bike's native seat tube angle of 78 degrees.

Trek conducted its product launch at the grandiose Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, to a room packed with journalists. John Burke introduced the bike with Triathlon product manager Tyler Pilger and Advanced Concept Director Doug Cusack. Trek pointed out that the bike's design goals are threefold: superlative aerodynamics, unparalleled integration, and above all, dynamic bike fit. The bike sports a number of features aimed at achieving all three goals, discussed in more detail in the image captions.
After going through the bike's main features over power point, they invited journalists to view the entire production line of bikes, all the way from a top-of-the-line 9-series frame outfitted with Shimano Di2, all the way down to an Ultegra-level 2-series aluminum version.

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Chris Lieto's bike equipped with the Speed Concept aerobar, S-bend extensions, and R2C shifters.

The top tube features bottle cage bosses, which can accept a standard bottle or Trek's new bento box.

The seat post features a kammtail shape, and two different heads, which can each be flipped, offering four positions.

Trek's new Draft Box sits behind the seat tube for aerodynamic storage.

A Bontrager DuoTrap computer tracks speed and cadence — no zip ties required.

Lieto's front end looks particularly clean with his extensions stacked low on the bars.

Extensions can be raised or lowered with spacers, and moved fore and aft.

Trek offers six unique stem units to place the base bar in a variety of positions.

Project One paint schemes are already available for sale.

The Draft Box is available in a few colors to match the bikes.

No matter which stem is selected, they all feature the same clean routing.

Trek's Speed Box is not yet available, but will provide an integrated storage solution.

The bars can be tilted up and down or rolled in/out, a feature many of the new super bikes lack.

The 2-series aluminum version of the bike still features the same kammtail tube shapes.

Trek unveiled the bikes at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, a setting as unique as the bike itself.

UCI athletes will have to use Trek's stem stub to mount standard bars, since the included bars aren't UCI legal.

Leipheimer's prototype bike has only subtle differences from the production version.

Leipheimer received a one-off custom stem to mount a standard bar but still maintains the bike's sleek appearance.