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Just because it only has one gear doesn’t mean that the District isn’t good on the hills. Above is a picture sent in by Chris. He snapped it during his 3.3 mile climb up a 7% grade road.  

I got this question from a reader a couple of weeks ago.

I am a proud owner of a “district” and I love it! I’ve had it for almost a month. and the newness is starting to wear off, and i find that i need to learn how to maintain my bike. Does any one have any leads for a fourm dedicated to the district.. The problem im facing is the tape on the bars, its starting to loosen up and looks sloppy…

I figured there might be enough interest to start up a forum here. District owners check on in over at http://trekdistrict.com/forum and sign up today.

I put my order in for a District mid-August 2008. It finally arrived at the end of April this year. The bike was good as is but I was set on making it perfect for me from day one. First up was changing the stem and water bottle cage hardware – the orange didn’t do it for me on the stem bolts and since I didn’t install cages I wanted lower profile button head bolts there. I know, very minor details. Next, the stock bar was swapped for a Trek flat bar trimmed to 510mm. Since the headtube is so long on these bikes the stem is run with negative rise and the steerer tube trimmed 10mm shorter. A pair of big double sided platforms for Odyssey are a must for me. I like smaller brake levers so the stock ones had to go and some Dia Compe were installed. Oh yeah, I also added the Trek Time analog watch to the bar. That was all done before taking it home for the first time. Later, I realized I’m not a laid back seat tube and offset post kind of guy so I had a Thomson with zero offset installed to get my seat far enough over the BB. My most recent change is the crank and BB. I really wanted shorter crankarms than what came stock. Since a new set was needed I figured it would be a good time to get a 2 piece Shimano design with outboard bearing placement. The new set up is so much stiffer in addition to be being a better fit. Overall I am now super stoked on my bike. The only thing I can think of changing at this point is possibly going to a 20T rear cog.
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It’s funny that Trek bills the District as a commuter bike. Although I intend on using mine as such (as soon as the get 54 cm’s in stock) it isn’t really set up for commuting, at least not yet. Dave from the UK shows us that the District really can be set up as a serious commuter bike. Here are his thoughts.

Just picked up my new Trek District. I was a little apprehensive of the gearing to start with, and thought the gearing might be a little on the low side.. but my fears have been mislaid. I like the idea of adding the narrow straight bar, the curved standard bar just doesn’t do it justice. I lowered the bar slightly by putting the spacers above, but think that turning the stem over is a better option after some play. I added a slim carrier for the rear (unfortunately need to spoil aesthetics with panniers from time to time), and Ultegra SPD pedals from my road bike. Flats just don’t cut it.

Thanks Dave!

Here are a couple more pictures Mark sent of his District. I think these may be some of the first ones I have seen with out the belt guard. Needless to say, I’m loving it. The orange goretex cables and the set of Duraace brakes are a nice touch too. Looking sweet!

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This picture comes from Mark T and are the first pictures I have seen of a District with anything other than OEM parts on it. Mark added some cut down straight bars and toe clips with leather straps. Personally I think it looks brilliant!

Thanks Mark! Send more pics!

Anyone else changed things up on the District?