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Sneak peek at Team RadioShack's 2010 bikes

By James Huang, technical editor

Team Radio Shack bicycle sponsor Trek is planning on releasing detailed information on the squad's new race machines for the coming season but we've obtained some sneak preview images in the meantime.

We'll post additional specifications once they become available but several aspects are immediately apparent.  In essence, the RadioShack bikes will differ little from the ones Trek supplied to Astana last year. They will use the latest Madone 6-Series framesets with their more aggressive tube shaping, extra-wide BB90 bottom brackets with drop-in cartridge bearings, tapered and asymmetrical steerer tubes on the all-carbon forks, trick internal cable routing and sleeker integrated seatmasts.

Build kits will be a mostly two-company affair with SRAM providing Lance Armstrong and company with its top-end Red component groups and Trek house brand Bontrager to supply wheels and cockpit components.

The level of intricacy on the new team paint schemes approaches that of some of armstrong's custom rigs used last year.: the level of intricacy on the new team paint schemes approaches that of some of armstrong's custom rigs used last year.

The level of intricacy on the new team paint schemes approaches that of some of Armstrong's custom rigs used last year

Even the backside of the seat stay wishbone leaves room for another logo.: even the backside of the seat stay wishbone leaves room for another logo.

Even the backside of the seat stay wishbone leaves room for another logo

Unlike the more simplistic jersey designs previewed earlier, the frames will feature elaborate paint jobs with countless repeats of the Radio Shack icon logo – no mistaking who the title sponsor is here.   The Nissan logo is also prominently displayed on the chain stays – suggesting a not-insignificant level of support – and Armstrong's trademark 'Livestrong' yellow embellishes the seat stays. 

We've no word on complete bike weights just yet but based on Alberto Contador's similar build from this year, the new RadioShack machines will be just barely UCI-legal.

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  • Team RadioShack's 2010 bikes BEAUTIFUL!

    Just bought a Project One my second Trek, and this bike makes me want a third one!

  • creased sticker on the rear wheel in bottom pic....tsk tsk. I'd hope project one were a little more fastidious than that

  • First impressions are that i don't like it - i like the colours but the frame looks a bit too busy and has too many contrasting fonts and graphic touches - might look better on the tv/real life once moving though...! I don't think it's helped by Radio Shack's logo which isn't exactly what American's might call 'awesome'

  • As his previous ride for the 09 tour, a mish mash of colours and graphics. Yuk!

  • mish mash of colours? its not that bad come on!

  • Over badged and over cluttered. I'd love to have a pop at designing this for Lance & co.

    Less would definitely have been more in this case!

    POOR.

    Team Sky will hopefully make up for this hash in the peleton,

  • The word you're looking for in the headline is "peek".

  • you could nt expect yanks to have TASTE could you

  • looks like a graphic designer threw up on it

  • that looks beautiful!

  • WOW! A GRAFITTI BIKE!!! COOL ART! I LIKE!

    IT'S OKAY...AT LEAST IT'S DIFFERENT IN SOME WAY, NOT YOUR NORMAL PINA OR CERVELO DESIGN!

  • Not a fan of LA and not a fan of Trek, gladly this keeps all my dislikes in one tidy basket!

  • Treks new site where it lets you build your (custom paint and components) Madone is fantastic. Just need to save up

  • Aha! So Trek used the Random Projectile Vomit filter in Photoshop to design this one. They've been using that filter a lot on Mr. Gundersons bikes since his return.

  • So if someone from Trek asked 'you want this Tour de France standard road bike?', you'd all reply 'no thanks the paint job is shit?'!!!

  • I'd just say no thanks...

  • Good answer!!

  • Well, I mean, there's no need to be rude is there, especially if someone was offering you something for free.

  • And another!

  • Kind words indeed.

  • At the end of the day - would you actually spend money own an ugly bike. Besides, don't think I'd enjoy the stigma of being viewed as an Lancy-boy by eight year old Belgians, I'd rather ride a dud old bike than be thought of as naïve.

  • Well no, and if you're spending that sort of dosh you'll no doubt go for a custom paint job yourself. But with the team bikes, I suppose the goal as much as anything is to make them stand out in the peleton and get noticed. Which this technicolour yawn jobby certainly will achieve.

  • Mind you. You could always scrape the stickers off and do a DIY pain-job, I mean if it was free anyway... ;-)

    Better still flog it to a Lance-victim, buy yourself a decent bike with the proceeds and give the left-over money to OXFAM, or even all the money and keep your self-esteem.

    Somehow after these posts I don't think I'll be offered one.

  • You'll win them over with your charm. You'll see.

  • "Better still flog it to a Lance-victim, buy yourself a decent bike with the proceeds"

    One would hope you're only refering to your choice of paint job when suggesting that this isn't a 'decent' bike.

    Otherwise I suggest you ride one :)

  • Jeez igamogam, its only a bike. Go ride one instead of crying like a girl.

  • You might see this bike in a cat 4 race :-0

  • Way too busy for my taste.

    Having said that, it's still a vast improvement on their team jersey.

    Strange that the bike graphics are so OTT while the jersey looks like an under-designed, DIY effort.

  • beatsystem - $uck it.

    The anti-american comments, from a group that , if it weren't for the US, would be speaking German is a bit revolting.

    At least it is an American team riding American bikes...what are Sky riding? Right, Pinarellos. I guess the Brit engineering isn't up to snuff. pity.

  • I'm with Noclue on this. Trek/Armstrong deserve each other. Good luck to them!

    What a mess of a paintjob. Quite why people actually want to pay big bucks to ride a team advertising hoarding is beyond me. I prefer riding machines which aren't spec'd to a pro team. That way you don't feel miffed when someone in that team gets booted out for doping and you have to carry on riding around in their "disgraced" colours. The same applies to team kit.

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