Photos: Linsey Corbin’s Trek Speed Concept
- By Aaron Hersh
- Published Oct 10, 2012

Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept.
Corbin sits on her own logo. She rides an ISM Adamo Race with a custom decal.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Zipp 808 Firecrest front and rear.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Corbin's SRAM Red 2012 rear derailleur.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Her front R2C shifter has new internals. The new Red front derailleur doesn't need to be trimmed, it just has two positions. The original R2C tri shifter had intermediate positions to trim the derailleur, but this updates version is designed to match Red 2012 and just has two positions.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Corbin's SRAM Red 2012 front derailleur and chain spotter.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Her bikes is painted in the red, white and blue, Corbin has a good chance to be the top American in Ironman Hawaii.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
She is racing with two round bottles on her frame.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
And of course, a homage to her home state.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Despite getting attention from SRAM's race team mechanics before the race, Corbin sports a chain spotter to ensure her chain doesn't drop to the inside.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Replaceable valve core-style extensions.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Corbin uses the flat profile stem instead of one with a big riser.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
The custom paint job on Corbin's bike is outstanding, the colors look really sharp.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Bontrager XXX Tubular tires. 23mm across.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Corbin's bike is ready with a big gear--she has a 55-tooth big ring.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Cow skulls.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Her CycleOps Power Tap power meter is mounted to a bridge between her two aerobar extensions.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
A barrel adjuster in line with the front derailleurs helps Corbin and her mechanics dial-in her front shifting. Since the rear derailleur has one built it, that housing isn't spliced with one.
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Linsey Corbin's Trek Speed Concept
Bontrager's RXXXL Aero brakes. They have an in-line barrel adjuster, like a rear derailleur, to allow the mechanic to adjust brake pad width for different wheels, a major advantage on a bike like the Speed Concept with integrated calipers.
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FILED UNDER: Gear & Tech / Ironman / Photos TAGS: Ironman World Championship / Kona2012 / Linsey Corbin
Aaron Hersh
Aaron Hersh is the Senior Tech Editor of Triathlete magazine. To submit a question, write Aaron at Ahersh@competitorgroup.com.






































