Trek SC SpeedBox - History Doesn't Bode Well For It In *Triathlon*

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I love the bike, I want one, but it looks like a lunch box on the rear. I can see why it makes it more aero, but gezz!

I can stuff a tubular, CO2 and a blade under my seat!

Unless I want to get into the drug trafficing biz, I’d have no use for this stow-away compartment.

I’m going to hold on to my P3 until next years bikes come out.

I can’t wait to hear the reviews at you all get them!

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That’s the new R4 Aero Bontrager tire with a bit of overkill on the valve extender length which is hopefully attached to a latex tube valve. You can see that the wings are missing making the tire much easier to install.

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IMO a good rule would be to let the bike be as aero as you want it; the key restriction is that the bike cannot be built to shield the rider (ex. no nosecones, no tailcones), but can be designed to shield other parts of the bike (ex. curved seat tubes around the rear wheel).

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Too bad this great idea doesnt carry over to any other bikes!

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Too bad this great idea doesnt carry over to any other bikes!

I’ll give it a matter of months another accessories (Rocket Science, Profile Design, Vision) company will have something similiar to this…

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What other bikes are meant for something like this on the back? I doubt they will come out with something similar because there is not a way to mount it. The P3 is narrow in that spot and the rear brake gets in the way. The P4 is narrow as well so no way to mount it there. Seems to me that the SC was built with this attachment in mind IMO…

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Dude, if they let Tollakson use THIS crazy thing, then I think the Speed Concept box is fair game.

http://whidbeycleaning.com/rost/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/TTop1.jpg

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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ihr663XXw9g/SO_54cc_aRI/AAAAAAAAAiI/IyJtySw_E4w/s400/IMG_1196.jpg

takes inspiration from

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/10300/00TRIK.jpg
.

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Bottle instead of the lunch box? They already came up with that! I would think we would be able to mount it as well.

In this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73zKmPg2_0w

Pic of the bottle:
http://i50.tinypic.com/358uefl.jpg

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THANK YOU !!!
i was pouring thru the search engine trying to find this pic. this is Mike Lavery’s bike. he works for TREK and is / was on that TIMEX team.

if this new speed concept lunch box is made illegal, everyone will immediately replace it with this setup, so why bother?

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The “BULLET BAR” was made by Profile. It was deemed illegal by USAT because it was a fairing first and a hydration system second. It will be interesting to see what becomes of this “New” product by Vision.

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I’d say that thing has ban written all over it. Mainly I say this because it continues to follow the curvature of the wheel. If it had a more horizontal bottom, cutting across where the radius begins, it’d have no trouble at all.

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Agreed but only on the speed concept. I just don’t see other companies coming out with products for one bike, which is between 7.5K-10K, if I saw the price tag right. But I like the idea, just wish the bike I have had an option for it :wink:

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What other bikes are meant for something like this on the back? I doubt they will come out with something similar because there is not a way to mount it.
I’ve been looking at my Plasma LTD since seeing this setup, and I’m fairly confident that a similar system could be developed without too much difficulty. It’s a rare case in which a seat mast might make things easier.

If I get a chance, I’ll mock up something in Photoshop this week. Maybe a more motivated ST member will actually make it… :wink:

//Edward