With the increasing traffic in cities and traffic congestions, purchasing a bike seems like the only solution, if you want to get to work, back home faster, that is. Nowadays, it is quite hard to find a nice-looking bike. Design is mostly absent in the majority of such vehicles, there's no visual identity among them. I, for one, would like a bike to be minimalist in design (yes, I like minimalism, as you might have noticed by now), lightweight and preferably quiet.

That is exactly how the District Carbon from Trek seems to be. It comes in five sizes - 50, 54, 56, 58 and 60cm - and has the frame made of OCLV Black Carbon with Pro geometry.

The included wheels are the Bontrager Race Lite Aero, fitted with Bontrager Race, All Weather 700x23c. The crank is FSA Energy, 55T Carbon Drive belt sprocket, the cassette a Carbon Drive 22T alloy belt sprocket, while the pedals you push in are VP Track, alloy body/cage.

I must admit that I have no idea about these and the only thing I can relate to by now are the frame, the wheels and tires. I can see it has 31.8mm handlebars, model Bontrager Race VR, some Carbon seatmast cap and a Bontrager Race saddle.

The stem is a Bontrager, just like the others, Race X Lite model, 7 degree and 31.8mm in diameter (I think). Out of the last two components, I only know what the brakeset is (I'm really not familiar with English terminology regarding mechanics / bicycles), but I can tell you the brakeset is a Bontrager Speed Limit with Tektro road levers and the headset a Cane Creek IS-2 Integrated with sealed bearings.

All of the above (which got me staring cross-eyed) comes at a price, $3,359 MSRP, to be precise.


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