Jim@EROsports wrote:
Yeah, if they want to make longer pads, they have to conform to the shape of the hydration as it gets in the way a bit once the front end of the pad moves too far forward. Not tough for them to do, I'm sure. I think Speedbar, Speeco, and others are licking their chops to make custom extensions for this bike (including pedestals), and I do believe there's going to be a growing market for custom front ends moving forward. I don't think that's something a brand like Trek wants to delve into unless it's a sponsored rider. I'm being a little disingenuous and self-serving in this area, though, but I'll talk to you about that offline.
i would agree, with this caveat. i hear 2 things in the industry. i hear that 2022 bikes are getting ready to get dumped on retailers. spitloads of them. so many that the retail landscape is going to be oversaturated with bikes - too many for the market to absorb. the second thing i hear is that parts allocations are getting worse rather than better, and bikes like this speed concept are already, at launch, months out. perhaps both are true at the same time. perhaps it's thousand-dollar bikes getting dumped on retailers but we're still a year out on the upper end bikes we want. i don't know. but what i do wonder is what happens when speedbar makes a product for this bike but is frustrated because there are so few bikes getting made that they can't sell the armrest.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
