Trek give Jens Voigt new bike for California

Trek have come up with a new paint scheme for the bike of everyone’s favourite peloton hardnut, Jens Voigt, that is getting its first airing at the current Amgen Tour of California.

The bike features the German rider’s famous “Shut up legs” quote prominently along the top of the top tube, along with a wolf’s head emblazoned on the seat tube and head tube. Why a wolf’s head? It’s a reference to the Voigt’s ability to lead the pack.

The design also includes statistics from Voigt’s long career as a pro cyclist – he’s 40 years old now – with the numbers hidden inside the fork legs and the down tube logo.

I was thrilled when Trek said they wanted to do a bike for me,” said Voigt. “We went back and forth about the theme and I talked a lot about the way I approach racing and going for the attack and we came up with this really cool wolf theme. It’s pretty aggressive but I feel like it fits.”

“We wanted to incorporate some of the accomplishments of his huge career so we asked Jens to talk about his career and to list some interesting statistics from his years on a bike,” said Trek VP Joe Vadeboncoeur. “He came back with the standard stuff, ‘64 pro wins, 15 years as a pro, 35 wins as an amateur’. But what was really unique – and this just speaks to who Jens is – was that he included things like ‘100 crashes, 11 broken bones, 25 screws or pins, 1300 kg of pasta eaten’. It was an amazing list that he had kept and we've incorporated all of it into the details of the bike.”

Voigt’s bike is the latest edition in a line of rider-inspired paint schemes crafted by Trek’s in-house Creative Design Studio. During last year’s Tour de France, Trek unveiled limited-edition paint schemes for Frank and Andy Schleck, as well as the popular ‘Spartacus’ bike for Fabian Cancellara.