Everyone has gotten the new Specialized all tied up with Crowie the Great, I mean that because the dude is awesome, and I don’t like what I am hearing about the new bike so lets start over.
This thing is sweet! That deep down tube is giving me naughty thoughts.
Y’all are a bunch of haters.
Two words. Tri bike.
Brent
Man back in the old days of Slowtwitch it was lust first, criticize later. What happened to the days when we thought with our naughty bits?
If that bike was flat black and sexy looking ‘for a bike’ I would lust after it…as it stands I am not lusting.
Everyone has gotten the new Specialized all tied up with Crowie the Great, I mean that because the dude is awesome, and I don’t like what I am hearing about the new bike so lets start over.
This thing is sweet! That deep down tube is giving me naughty
thoughts.
I’d hit it!!! fap,fap,fap
Very hot bike!! Though I Think the picture would sell better if the bike was shown with aggressive straight extentions. Also I find the paint sheme a bit boring… 
Man back in the old days of Slowtwitch it was lust first, criticize later. What happened to the days when we thought with our naughty bits?
There isn’t much out there that grabs the old gonads these days. Walser / Focus TT frames still have the best ‘visual’ appeal, although the new Canyon is pretty close. This new Triathlon Shiv or Transition is quite interesting as it takes Cervelo’s integrated water bottle idea (which, admittedly was borrowed from someone else) one step further, which is pretty cool. I don’t understand the naysayers wondering if it is fast and aerodynamic given today’s marketplace. Do they really think a top tier bike manufacturer could release something that hasn’t been CFD’d and Wind Tunnel Tested to the Nth degree?
I give this new bike a definite thumbs up, or, in keeping with the intent of this post, a stiff pecker…
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what happens when the hydration system springs a leak?
where will the fluid concoction go?
That will be fun to clean out
I like it
they had the balls to go non-uci with the tubes. I’m curious if they will tell us how much faster (if any) that makes it than the regular shiv
they also had the balls to stick hydration in the frame. will be interesting to see how well that works for people.
and they solve the straw problem!
I like it. I’m impressed that a manufacturer decided to design a dedicated Tri frame and I would certainly look at it (if I could afford it). My only initial disapointment was the vertical dropouts (or lack of horizontal dropouts).
Maybe I should have put it…TRI BIKE 
There is a lot to be excited about, and I guarantee you show up with this rig and people are drooling and oogling, asking to see it and touch it and feel it…
More like that? 
Brent
My only initial disapointment was the vertical dropouts (or lack of horizontal dropouts).
Removing and replacing wheels is much easier with vertical dropout than horizontal ones. Perhaps they were taking that into consideration.
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what happens when the hydration system springs a leak?
where will the fluid concoction go?
That will be fun to clean out
It doubles as a urinal and you then have a trucker bomb for wheel suckers.
True, vertical dropouts are easier to switch wheels with. If this were an entry-level bike, not optimized for aerodynamics, I would not have a problem.
BUT… This is going to be a expensive bike for the aero-weenies. I just doesn’t fit with the principles applied to the rest of the frame.
it would appear that the aero weenie triathletes are incapable of changing a rear wheel wothout getting their hands greases up and then getting the bike dirty, so so they removed that issue.
it seems like there were two groups at the table trying to design this thing and each got half a say
Did you see the thread that the Trek guy started? Seems like they’re heading in that direction as well…
I agree, maybe a bomb proof camelbak reservoir?
I think this is definately a good move. Not necessarily for specialized but for future bikes coming out. This time next year there will probably be 2-3 bike brands with similar integration of either hydration/food/repair storage.
Will be interesting to see how the others answer…
I know for a fact that Trek has big plans for a new improved SC next year… atleast that’s what i heard at Vegas70.3 from a guy at the Trek tent. He wouldn’t tell me any details but he said 2013 model has huge updates from the current model. I’m sure more integration is on its list. Carl from Trek did just start a thread on integrated hydration on the 26th…
Why didn’t they integrate the brakes?
What about the water sloshing around in the frame?
It also seems like a totally different geometry than the old shiv as in it’s not as long as it used to look.
Seems like a short fat guys bike.
Just my opinion.
Damn fat guys!
It looks like it has a gas tank
Honestly…the more I look at it, the more I’m starting to like it. It still looks like a long course specific bike for some reason…I can’t get passed that.