I was at the Cyclologic event last night.

First off the bikes are beautiful in person. Trek still has the best in paint design. They are obviously well thought out.

The RSL75 was amazing. Optimized for 26-28mm. I couldn’t believe how wide it felt.

People were talking about IsoSpeed. The comments from the pros were that us was instantly noticeable from riding gen2. That it was really amazing. They did have 2 local guys ride the bike to get some real world testing. I was talking to one of them before the event and he said the day he test rode it, he sold his other TT bike. He took it out on the Beeline and could hardly feel the normal bumps. 2nd guy said the same thing. He rode it, called a guy who wanted to buy his TT already, and sold it.

They had a Di2 ultegra 12sp build on display. Wow that is a nice group set. The FD is almost gone it’s so small. They hydro brake levers are as well.

The one thing I did ask is about swapping rotor size. 160 is standard but you can go 140.

Last thing…. Ben and TO are both jealous of Holly’s Crome blue bike. Lol

You mean a part time job at a bike shop that sells trek… lol

Hey Mitch,

My closest shop is working on my order for me, but I haven’t been asked about pursuit bar or pedestal configurations. Is that something I should call and clarify?

Thanks!

Mitch, I don't think I have seen it. Are there built-in options for an upfront garmin mount? I'd imagine tri-bar mounts designed for round bars won't work on the bike.

Also, I haven't been up to date on P1 paint options. Is Vapor Coat no longer available?

Hey Mitch,
Thanks for all the insight here on the Forum. I put my order in this morning with the LBS. Once they got the order in they are being told over a year our (450-500 days). Is this accurate? IS there a possibility the timeline would shrink? Not holding you to any promises just curious.

I’m still not feeling ready to pay more for a TT bike than for a Ducati.

I bought a scrambler for 10k. I just ordered a madone for 13k LOL.... priorities?

Good question. Right now we don't have cheaper models available (I guess, aside from the bare-bones TT model we'll have later). However, we'll evaluate the slope of the tri landscape and maybe far down the road there could be another variant - but I wouldn't hold out for it.

I'm tempted to get a part time job on Saturdays and ask how long I'd have to work to get the bike, and quit. I'd be upfront that would be my intent. But, then I lose my family time and training time.

Look at treks model lines. There is always an SL model. That being said, biggest mistake trek made was making the 7.5 gen2 so close to the 9 series. It wasn’t worth it. So they killed the 9

I don’t care about 500 vs 800 carbon. I just want the bike.