Trek District Unboxing Photos
The good folks over at thecyclistsite.com were lucky enough to get a new Trek District in today. They are currently unboxing the beauty and building it up. Make sure you follow their site for first impressions and lots more full sized photos of the unboxing process.
UPDATE: Lots more great photos here.
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April 17th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Righteous! Can we get some reviews of the bike now? Anybody @ Cyclistsite ride this bike?
April 19th, 2009 at 11:41 am
I can’t actually believe it suddenly started shipping. I was near to pulling my order. Fingers crossed it’ll be in London soon at Evan’s Cycles
April 20th, 2009 at 2:20 am
do not get your hopes up. My LBS said that Trek still had ZERO in inventory as of 4/19/09 and I talked to someone who is close to trek and they said the reps got emails telling them that the district eta was still unknown and they had no explanation. I am going to pull my order tomorrow and get a madone or just a 2.1 and flatbar it.
April 20th, 2009 at 8:16 am
The official Trek site now states that the District will be “available in summer 2009″…
April 21st, 2009 at 7:08 am
I live less than a mile from a Trek concept store in Jacksonville, Fla. I’ve been visiting this website for months as I’ve eagerly awaited the District to arrive. Anyhow, I rode it this weekend. I have a Soho S and love that bike. After spending a good 30 minutes on the District I got back on my Soho S and forgot about the District.
The District isn’t a bad bake, but there were a couple of things I didn’t like. My main concern was that my heels kept hitting the frame as I peddled. It seems to be much wider in the back.
Other little things I didn’t like were looking at the bright orange rim in the front; even as i looked straight ahead I was still picking up flashes of orange in my peripherals. Also, and this is probably just me, I’ve gotten used to the wide handlebar of the Soho S or maybe I just have wide shoulders, but I simply felt as if my hands were too close together on the District.
I like the idea of a belt driven bike, however, I felt absolutely no difference between riding with belt or a chain. Plus, I keep my bike well maintained and already enjoy a silent riding experience. I think I’ll wait until the next generation of belt driven bikes come along before I put my money down.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:12 pm
I got word from Evans in the UK and I’ve been given “early next week” as an ETA for my bike. I’ll be interested in checking out the geometry and I’ll post my comments should I receive it and get to ride around in the spring time weather.
If it turns up it’ll be nice timing, it’s just starting to turn warmer here.
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I heard from a source deep inside Trek that there has been MAJOR production issues that has been delaying the release of the District. They’re still trying to fix the problem and are shooting for June at this point. He says less than 10 has been shipped out so far.
What the actual problem is, he did not say.
Is the delay adding to the mystique of this bike, or is it just annoying at this point?
Had I known it was going to take this long, I would have built a custom belt driven bike with SPOT instead.
Trek, get your act together.
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:53 am
ya, I’ve had one order from Trek Toronto for a while, I’m being told mid to late June.
I agree with the Doc: Trek, get your act together.
All I can say is there better not be another delay or I will lose all hope.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:19 am
Have faith guys – only just got back from the bike shop on mine. I placed the order early December, a long wait but worth it. 1st ride was about 14 miles – absolutely loved it! Still buzzing, I’ll take a few pics and post to this site soon