Well, since I cannot get my Tinypic photo to load (Can’t get the Image option to work on Slowtwitch for some reason) I thought I would direct you to my work in progress with the Trek Speed Concept. Check out www.ianstanford.blogspot.com to see where I am at with the bike. Yes, I am riding Hed Corsairs since a finalized cockpit is still in progress plus I love the Hed bars. I love the bike though. I will try to get the bike posted on here whenever I figure out why “done, but with error on page” always pops up when I go to slowtwitch regardless of the computer I am on. Enjoy the photo. Di2 shifting and will have the Di2 brake lever/shifter as soon as Hed introduces the Corsairs without the built in brake lever (coming soon). Enough cannot be said about the Di2. I am “hush” on the frame however. Ciao -Ian
Here’s your pic. Nice ride, but before anyone else points it out, you’re in the small chainring! 
I am SO ready for this bike to come out. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if Trek will include the hardware to mount a standard stem, or if you’ll have to know your position going in.
Is that your battery under the BB? If not, where is the battery?
Ah yes, the small ring. My excuse is I am just not ready for the 55T just yet. Thanks for the photo bump though. No idea why I couldn’t get a photo on. Never had that problem before.
Yes, the bike shall be worth the wait. I can guarantee you that. Di2 Battery is mounted on the bottom bracket (look closely behind chainring) which is actually a pretty good place for it unless you are crossing logs 
I will finally get to hit the paces with this bike this week at a local TT. More to come!
I feel like the stem/head tube area of your bike looks very odd. Can’t put my finger on it. Probably due to the unique way the front end on these newer bikes look.
Other than that oddity, the bike is sick looking and I love how clean and uncluttered it looks. Congrats.
Where the stem cap thingy that covers the cables? Or is that how the retail version looks?
Yes, I am riding Hed Corsairs since a finalized cockpit is still in progress
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You put Di2 on there but used a 7800 crank? Come on. Thats like wearing an $8,000 dollar suit with shoes from payless.
I’ve see the battery put a variety of places. On the chain stays, beneath the bottom bracket, and on the new Felts, the seat post. Is there no way to hide it in the cockpit. People shove computers, water bottles up there regularly. I’m surprised I haven’t seen someone try this. My guess is wiring is too difficult?
C’mon, it can’t be that bad. Probably more close to a $6,000 suit with shoes from Target. :>)
At Rev3 Knoxville, I was able to get an up close look and Andrew Yoder’s Speec Concept. That was the first thing that stuck out was a standard stem and exposed cables entering the top tube behind the stem (like the P4, Specialized, Felts, etc.). Compare that to Leito’s Speed Concept, where his cables are completely hidden, and a more integrated stem.
I don’t know, but I would assume the retail version will just have a normal stem and exposed cables. If that’s the case that’s too bad, because for me, the bike seems to lose some of the cutting-edge-ness (if that’s a word?) by not having an integrated stem and fully hidden cables.
Every single time a Trek employee has talked about that bike, they’ve confirmed that the standard stem setup is only for pros, for purposes of dialing in fit, and that a sleeker solution will be on the production bikes.
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Cool, Thanks for clarifying.
So Trek is telling us that we’re supposed to get a bike that looks great but doesn’t fit properly? I’ve certainly bought things based on aesthetics, but that doesn’t sound appealing to me. Why do pros have more need for their fit to be dialed in than the masses?
You aren’t supposed to get a bike … that doesn’t fit properly.
- You don’t have to buy it
- You may or may not fit it (like the Shiv, which is another example of an extreme and limited geometry)
- Maybe the pros are being used as guinea pigs to help dial in the range of the finalised stem(s)
- How do you know that you won’t be able to use a standard stem?
- How do you know that the finalised stem arrangement won’t be adjustable?
- Is it all about aesthetics, or is it about aerodynamics as well?
If anything, that seems intuitively bass ackwards, since I’d think a pro would have an easier time getting a customized cockpit to account for any fit issues beyond the integrated steerer/stem arrangement, compared to a much larger pool of Joe Schmoes trying to dial in their fits with off-the-shelf bars, etc.
I’ve see the battery put a variety of places. On the chain stays, beneath the bottom bracket, and on the new Felts, the seat post. Is there no way to hide it in the cockpit. People shove computers, water bottles up there regularly. I’m surprised I haven’t seen someone try this. My guess is wiring is too difficult?
You can hide it in the seatpost
That would be pretty cool, but I imagine a pain to take apart every time to recharge. I guess we just have to wait a year or two or five, for the bikes to integrate.
I’d like to know if there is anything to the idea of trying to get the weight as low as possible?
Like engineers do with race cars…having the lowest possible center of gravity is a good thing. Keeping the battery under the BB seems like it has some advantages in that regard…