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Speed Concept (2010): Worth buying?

 Never in 20 years of bike businessing have I ever seen a tri model so anticipated, and so artfully debuted by its maker. But how do you know if and when a Speed Concept is the right bike for you?
Triathlon

For 2010 the majors are all in

 Prior to this year, the major bike brands, in particular those selling more than $150 million a year, were asea in the tri market, because of ambivalence and indecisiveness. Now, they're focused. But can they compete?
Cycling

Speed Concept (2010) Geometry

 The Speed Concept is Trek's new triathlon superbike. How does it measure up, literally, in terms of geometry? Is this bike long and low, narrow and tall, and is it sufficiently adjustable?
Triathlon

Scott Plasma 30 (2010)

 This Plasma is the longest in the tooth of the three Plasma framesets. It's still got plenty of life and relevance. Even so, it would benefit from a couple of design and spec upgrades.
Triathlon

Trek Equinox TTX 9.0 (2010)

 Is this bike the last of an era? The bike aboard which Levi, Lance and Alberto won so many grand tour TTs prepares, perhaps, to slide off into history. The Equinox TTX 9.0 is part of that lineage.
Cycling

Transition Comp for 2010

 After 20 years of ambivalence toward tri bikes and the tri market, Specialized has finally made a world class timed race bike. The Transition is, with some exceptions, a bike worthy of its headbadge.
Triathlon

Felt B14 (2010)

 Cervelo's juggernaut P2 moved out of the $2500 neighborhood, selling this year for $280. Felt's B14 nicely slotted into the P2's hand-me-down $2500 category; it's a great value for the money.
Triathlon

Felt B12 (2010)

 The Felt B12 is a worthy competitor to C'dale's Slice 4 and Cervelo's category killing P2, as well as the entry level Equinox TTX and Specialized Transition. But the closest rivel to the B12 isn't Cervelo, it's Felt's own B14.
Triathlon

Cervelo P2 (2010)

 Over the past decade Cervelo simplified cable routing, added a chain stay adjustment screw, then came the move to carbon. Since then it's been pretty clear sailing.
Cycling

Scott Plasma 10 for 2010

 This bike is a case study in: Not only power, not only handling, not only comfort, but superior aerodynamics is largely tied to choosing a bike that properly fits you.
Cycling

Ridley Dean

 The Dean is a tri bike, made by a Belgian company, that inhabits a niche all it's own - or, almost its own. Wonder what that niche is? Click and read.