Bicycling Australia

Trek Speed Concept SLR9

WHO LIKES TO GO FAST? I HAVE both hands firmly in the air. There aren’t too many things that feel better than propelling yourself along at significant speed on a bicycle. Whilst I normally exist purely in road bike land, I occasionally dabble in time trials (I do own an older Cannondale Slice). So it was hugely fun to get to ride around the top of the line Trek Speed Concept SLR 9; a machine dedicated to compromising nothing on the way to achieving high velocity. I do feel at this point I need to acknowledge that this bike is marketed towards triathletes, which I am not. In fact, I often take much enjoyment in giving my triathlete mates a hard time about (insert standard tri-hard cliche here). But in terms of Trek’s marketing/

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