Found this link to some of the new Treks and Lemonds.
http://freewheelbike.com/site/page.cfm?PageID=146
Lemond actually has a tri bike that at least looks cool. Actually, 2 of em. And the P-51 scheme looks real nice. It’d be cooler on the TTX though.
The bottle launcher i must have…
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Definition of “useless”:
Yeah, that rear-wheel cutout is doing a LOT of good…
I’m just glad to see that someone was able to get some good photos in that room. I sure didn’t have much luck.
Agreed, with all the resources Trek and Lemond have at their disposal, a weak offering such as this should not even be made. If you are going to enter the triathlon market, do it right and offer a competitive design. Admittidly, I know little about tri-bike design. But any bike with an ‘aero’ seat tube cut that is inches from the back wheel and aero-bar pads that high is a weak offering.
…talk about product manager asleep at the wheels.
First of all what’s with the 45 cm (or thereabout) chainstay (or am I viewing a 650 bike with a 42 cm chainstay). There is no aero benefit in the rear end. This results in a really poor rear cutout. may as well just go with round tubes with that much spacing in the rear end.
And the front end component selection…sure… put a small headtube on and then spec it with a stem and aerobars that automatically add 12 cm of stack !!!
Fix these two mistakes, and the bike looks good to go.
I like the two single speeds, My next bike will be a fixed gear so I’m starting to daydream.
Dave in VA
"Yeah, that rear-wheel cutout is doing a LOT of good… "
I love my steel/oclv Lemond road bike and a lot of roadies really love Lemonds, but when it comes to making a tri/TT bike, you’d think these guys would be a bit more clued in.
Agree with all the comments on their tri offerings – what was the point of that.
But that T-1 track bike is very svelte. Sexy.
And the Bontrager brake levers.
Someone asked why there was no love for Trek tri bikes. The pictures say it all…
" …talk about product manager asleep at the wheels.
First of all what’s with the 45 cm (or thereabout) chainstay (or am I viewing a 650 bike with a 42 cm chainstay). There is no aero benefit in the rear end. This results in a really poor rear cutout. may as well just go with round tubes with that much spacing in the rear end.
And the front end component selection…sure… put a small headtube on and then spec it with a stem and aerobars that automatically add 12 cm of stack !!!
Fix these two mistakes, and the bike looks good to go."
Dev, you fix those two mistakes and you have a P2K…