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  • Team name takes up a lot of real estate this year

    Team name takes up a lot of real estate this year

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Race Shop engineer Vance McCaw’s Session downhill bike

    Race Shop engineer Vance McCaw’s Session downhill bike

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • 2010 U23 world champion, MatthiasFluckinger, had a back up bike stashed in the Race Shop for 2011; when the shop does a special bike they generally do an extra or two, so they’re ready if something happens to the first.

    2010 U23 world champion, MatthiasFluckinger, had a back up bike stashed in the Race Shop for 2011; when the shop does a special bike they generally do an extra or two, so they’re ready if something happens to the first.

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • The frames are hand assembled in the Race Shop

    The frames are hand assembled in the Race Shop

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • TWR’s Session 9.9 carbon downhiller

    TWR’s Session 9.9 carbon downhiller

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Team name takes up a lot of real estate this year

    Team name takes up a lot of real estate this year

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Quite a range: European bound time-trial bikes on one side, and carbon downhill and alloy dirt jumpers on the other

    Quite a range: European bound time-trial bikes on one side, and carbon downhill and alloy dirt jumpers on the other

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Looking down the barrel of fast

    Looking down the barrel of fast

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  • Each one will be hand finished, packed and air shipped to the team’s service course

    Each one will be hand finished, packed and air shipped to the team’s service course

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Slick scheme for the new team Speed Concept rigs

    Slick scheme for the new team Speed Concept rigs

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Racked RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team Speed Concept TT bikes

    Racked RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team Speed Concept TT bikes

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Roughly half of the TWR team’s 2012 Shimano order

    Roughly half of the TWR team’s 2012 Shimano order

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • TWR will be on Bontrager’s new G4 tire

    TWR will be on Bontrager’s new G4 tire

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Subaru-Trek’s Superfly waiting for a box

    Subaru-Trek’s Superfly waiting for a box

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • 24in wheeled TTX anyone?

    24in wheeled TTX anyone?

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  • Andrews built mini carbon hardtail for his daughters, who have since outgrown it; those cranks are carbon and just 145mm long

    Andrews built mini carbon hardtail for his daughters, who have since outgrown it; those cranks are carbon and just 145mm long

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Andrews’ mini Trek OCLV 9.9 hardtail; a young Travis Brown approves of the color

    Andrews’ mini Trek OCLV 9.9 hardtail; a young Travis Brown approves of the color

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Recognize that clamp? Yep, SRAM’s matchmaker brake lever clamp

    Recognize that clamp? Yep, SRAM’s matchmaker brake lever clamp

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • the hub is a Sturmey Archer pedal adjust two speed

    the hub is a Sturmey Archer pedal adjust two speed

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • The grip rotates forward to pull the brake cable

    The grip rotates forward to pull the brake cable

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  • The front brake is grip actuated…

    The front brake is grip actuated…

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  • Ray Waxham’s custom fixie project bike

    Ray Waxham’s custom fixie project bike

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Subaru-Trek rider Emily Batty will be on a Superfly in South Africa

    Subaru-Trek rider Emily Batty will be on a Superfly in South Africa

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Subaru-Trek’s South Africa shipment

    Subaru-Trek’s South Africa shipment

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  • When BikeRadar visited the Race Shop, Subaru-Trek’s bikes were being packed for the first World Cup in South Africa

    When BikeRadar visited the Race Shop, Subaru-Trek’s bikes were being packed for the first World Cup in South Africa

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Emily Batty’s decal kit

    Emily Batty’s decal kit

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • The shop has 4 work areas for building bikes

    The shop has 4 work areas for building bikes

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • It also has a CNC lathe

    It also has a CNC lathe

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  • The shop has a Bridgeport CNC press and lathe

    The shop has a Bridgeport CNC press and lathe

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Carbide bladed chop saw for carbon steerer tubes

    Carbide bladed chop saw for carbon steerer tubes

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  • Boxes and boxes of small parts on mtb engineer, Waxham’s side

    Boxes and boxes of small parts on mtb engineer, Waxham’s side

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Custom stainless steel Madone derailleur hangers, which are used to fix damaged dropouts or to bump up shift response, Andrews says they’re way stiffer

    Custom stainless steel Madone derailleur hangers, which are used to fix damaged dropouts or to bump up shift response, Andrews says they’re way stiffer

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • All kinds of well organized small parts; this is the Madone shelf

    All kinds of well organized small parts; this is the Madone shelf

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  • The Race Shop’s road and tri engineer, Mark Andrews, digging through the Madone drawer

    The Race Shop’s road and tri engineer, Mark Andrews, digging through the Madone drawer

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  • And there are plenty of mementos kicking around

    And there are plenty of mementos kicking around

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  • The Race Shop has quite the pedigree

    The Race Shop has quite the pedigree

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  • The Schlecks’ custom horizontal Madone dropouts

    The Schlecks’ custom horizontal Madone dropouts

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Trek is changing the Madone 6.9SSL model’s front derailleur braze-on from alloy to carbon, and the shop has plenty on hand for retrofits

    Trek is changing the Madone 6.9SSL model’s front derailleur braze-on from alloy to carbon, and the shop has plenty on hand for retrofits

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • The stainless Madone rear derailleur hanger

    The stainless Madone rear derailleur hanger

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • New 2012 Subaru-Trek decals

    New 2012 Subaru-Trek decals

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • The Cousin Earl rims were capped with carbon down the road at HED

    The Cousin Earl rims were capped with carbon down the road at HED

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  • Standard Cousin Earl hubs

    Standard Cousin Earl hubs

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  • These decals were made for a prototype downhill aero wheelset

    These decals were made for a prototype downhill aero wheelset

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • These decals were made for a prototype downhill aero wheelset

    These decals were made for a prototype downhill aero wheelset

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • The Race Shop has a cataloge of custom decals; these are some of Cancellara’s from 2011

    The Race Shop has a cataloge of custom decals; these are some of Cancellara’s from 2011

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Many of the team bikes get vinyl cut decals, but TWR is running ahead of schedule this year and gets fancy wet-transfer decals

    Many of the team bikes get vinyl cut decals, but TWR is running ahead of schedule this year and gets fancy wet-transfer decals

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Sometimes they need a little extra motivation here in the Race Shop; coffee on the work bench

    Sometimes they need a little extra motivation here in the Race Shop; coffee on the work bench

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • It’s a milled Delrin belt-drive cog

    It’s a milled Delrin belt-drive cog

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • One of Waxham’s custom projects… can you tell what it is?

    One of Waxham’s custom projects… can you tell what it is?

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha

  • Sights like this—racked RadioShack-Nissan-Trek Speed Concepts—are common in Trek’s Race Shop

    Sights like this—racked RadioShack-Nissan-Trek Speed Concepts—are common in Trek’s Race Shop

    Photo credit © Matt Pacocha