I pitched the bicycle-testing treadmill, gained leadership approval and established the Woodway relationship to define specifications and develop the custom machine. I also presented the system to dealers.
My role connected the proposal, the specialist manufacturer and the equipment specifications. The road-molding work is also part of the project history documented in Trek’s published account.
The development team’s sequence as Trek published it. Team work, not a list of Reggie’s individual tasks.
Capture roads used in ride testing.
Reproducing the surface still left variation in riding line, speed and conditions.
Laser scans supplied digital geometry for consistent line selection.
A drum proposal was judged insufficiently realistic; Woodway’s rigid slats offered another route.
Trek and Woodway collaborated on the bicycle-specific machine.
Road testing supplied realistic terrain. Laboratory testing supplied more consistent comparisons. Each had limitations.
The custom treadmill added terrain replication under controlled conditions, with high-speed imaging available. Conventional lab and road testing continued.
A change in available capability, not a measured improvement.
Separate limits published by Trek, not a simultaneous operating condition.