07 P2C or 06 Trek 9.9 TTX

Triathlon Forum
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The bike shop I work for gave me a great opportunity yesterday but I don’t know what to do. Currently I ride a P2C … bought it in Nov so I never got to race it yet.

My shop has a 2006 Trek 9.9 TTX TT frame that one time belonged to Trent Lowe (06 Disco rider) sitting in a box. The shop owners asked me if I wanted to ride it because I work for a Trek store and it doesn’t look good me racing on a P2. Now I don’t know what to do! I love the Disco frame but I really wanted to race my P2.

I would need to strip my bike down and build up the TTX.

Any input? Here is a link to the TTX:
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/2006/archive/ttx

Granted, its Lance, but here is the bike. The frame is exactly like the picture:
http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/LanceTTX.jpg

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If it fits, ride the Trek. You work at a Trek store, it only makes sense.

I’d love to buy a Cervelo, but the shop that sponsors me doesn’t carry them (they carry Cannondale, Serotta, Seven, Parlee, Orbea, Titus, and Felt) so I do have more than enough to choose from!

Anyway, the TTX is obviously at least a pretty good bike, so how much time could it really cost you over the P2c assuming they both fit the same? A few seconds on a 40k TT? That’s not bad to keep good relations at your job.

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I say go with the Trek and then sell me the P2C frameset :slight_smile:
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Right … I have gotten a few PM’s offering the same advice :slight_smile:

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Haha, sorry I had to give it a shot. This is definately a problem you are lucky to have so no matter what you decide you really can’t lose.

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but these 2 bikes are extremely different in geometry

the ttx on this pic is a 73 degres set angle and is a complete different beast from the p2c

even worst, the ttx picture as a seat mass… no set post… the seat height is set around 74cm…and there is minimal adjustement to this.

I highly douth you been offered the same bike as pictures… there is only a few like this in existence…maybe 3 or 4???

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If the shop wants you to ride TREK they are in effect sponsoring you. You should get something out of it, possibly free or discount parts or maybe just friendship if your boss is a good friend of yours.

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I had an '06 TTX, and now have an '08 Equinox TTX 9.9 warranty replacement. The '06 TTX is a different bike than the '07-08 Equinox TTX 9.9. The differences are, the seat post, fork, clearance between the front wheel and down tube, seat tube angle, weight, and others. There is very little info on the technical specifications for the '06 TTX. If you search this forum, there are some posts from someone at Trek that explain the differences.

If you are able, pull the TTK out of the box and look it over. Then decide.

BTW, I still have the seatpost, fork and headset from the '06 TTX if you need parts.

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your ttx was a commercial production with a seat post.

The bike in the picture is a seat mass… no set post, no adjustement,… different beast…

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Yeah, you are right about the seat post/mass. The one offered to me has a post. I took some pictures and will post them once I download them

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My point is that the '06 TTX is a different bike than the '07-'08 Equinox TTX. Everyone seems to assume they are the same. My LBS thought they were the same, my receipt says '07 TTX - Black. It wasn’t until we started through the process of getting some warranty work that we realized the difference.

The question is, does he have to pay for the '06 TTX or is it just the hassle of building up another frame? And, does the TTX fit?

Also, I did some searching in this forum and found the following threads pertaining to the differences between the '06 TTX and the current Equinox TTX’s…

09/06/07 - '06 TTX vs '07 Equinox 9.9

Compleately different bike.
Go with the 2007 or even newer one. 2006 which was a limited production had a TT geometry. You can still flip the seatpost and adjust it but another thing is the frame material. They have changed the material, the difference is more than just $500
if you call trek directly they will give you more detailed info between those two but 2006 model is pretty much of a dead meat and most shops try to get rid of it. Don’t get me wrong it is a great bike I had the early version but it is NOT even comparable to the new one.

10/10/07 - Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C

part of the confusion (here and in numerous other threads) is the generic use of “TTX”. There are three basic model families, across a couple years of production:

TTX - the original, roadie geometry, 1-size only

Equinox TTX - inspired by the above, steeper geometry, several other diffferences (1.125 steertube fork, some tube shape deltas both subtle and obvious, etc)

Equinox TTX SSL - lightweight version of the above

I claim no knowledge of head-to-head aero differences between the first one and the following two. But absence of evidence is not evidence of absence :slight_smile:

Carl
(yeah, I work at Trek…it’s not a crime)

12/1/07 - Damon - Equinox vs. TTX. Drag differences?

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IIRC, all Equinoxes (carbon and aluminum, new and old) share the same airfoil section for the down tube. Only the “plain” TTXes (no Equinox name, direct copy of Lance’s) had a slightly different section that we tried but abandoned (the production version is better overall, considering performance in all wind conditions). All have true airfoil head tubes.

Old aluminum Equinoxes share the same 1" Trek TT fork as the OCLV carbon Team TT model and “plain” TTX. (BTW, this is a fast fork, and we’ve never found a faster UCI legal fork.)

The new aluminum Equinox has butted tubing to save some weight, but still retains the same airfoil shape. The head tube is still an airfoil, but wider to accommodate the new 1 1/8" TTX fork, shared with the OCLV carbon Equinox TTX. This fork uses the same tips and blades as before, but the crown is shaped to match up with the down tube.
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