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Trek Speed Concept 7.5 Triathlon Bike: So Good Our Tester Bought It

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The Left Turn comes more suddenly than you expect it to. It’s midway through a gradual descent whose first half bends lazily, like a child’s drawing of a river on a map. You’re not flying, exactly, but doing at least 25mph if you’re down in the aero bars, as I was. It feels really good, cruising down that stretch, with the arduous climbs and time-trial stretches behind you, and the finish line a few minutes away. And then, as the road’s unhurried curve veers more sharply to the left, your reverie is shattered.

It was a few years ago when I first encountered The Left Turn. I was riding a different tri bike at the time, and I tried to make the turn but quickly recognized it wasn’t going to happen. I had probably reacted a bit late and not quite aggressively enough, but that bike felt stubborn, even unwilling. It was as though I was riding an extremely expensive carbon-fiber mule. Instead of holding my line and arcing to the left with my fellow almost-finished triathletes, I leaked off the right side of the road and into some bushes. It was sheer luck that I didn’t hit a tree. I un-white-knuckled the brakes, gathered myself, dismounted, walked the bike back to the road, and set out again. But I rode the final stretch with my hands hovering over the brake levers and my tail between my legs.

That colored my perceptions of tri bikes for good. I raced on them grudgingly, but doubted their value in sprint-distance tris that weren’t as flat as Kansas. Sure, they were great for going fast in a straight line, but not much else. They were uncomfortable to ride—herky-jerky, and so stiff that you took every speedbump and crack in the road like body blows. And their fit and geometry made getting out of the saddle difficult, rendering them almost as bad at climbing as they were at cornering.

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My opinion began to evolve during my first few rides on the Speed Concept 7.5. I wasn’t surprised that it was fast—but it felt especially so. Trek bills the Speed Concept line as the fastest on the planet, with aerodynamically shaped tubes that the company says reduce drag at all crosswind angles. The carbon-fiber frame is 19 pounds—respectable for a sub-$4,000 tri bike—but surprisingly responsive to even subtle cues. The fit was the most comfortable of any tri bike I’d ever ridden. Its base bar is positioned a bit closer to the rider (which I liked), but it’s easy to slide it out to fine-tune the fit. The pads and aerobars are also highly adjustable, offering a range of possible variations. The version I tested came equipped with Ultegra 6800 Series components, which offered clean, crisp shifting up and down the 11-speed drivetrain, whether I was hammering the flats or climbing and descending the Pennsylvania rollers I spend most of my time riding. My one quibble was the feel of the Bontrager brake calipers and levers, which had a little too much give and a disconcerting (to me, anyway) lack of crispness. I prefer brakes that announce themselves with military precision, especially on a bike this fast. But the Speed Concept 7.5 seemed to prefer soft diplomacy.

So my hands instinctively brushed the brake levers this past August when I once again approached The Left Turn in the final descent of that Olympic tri. Yes, this time I knew it was coming, but the Speed Concept 7.5 was so smooth and responsive that I didn’t need the brakes. The bike—which was fast enough on the rest of the course to help me shed four minutes from my prior year’s ride—simply did what I wanted it to do: corner sharply but cleanly, delivering me to an exhilarating finish.

The Speed Concept 7.5 surprised me again a few weeks later during a sprint tri featuring a four-mile-long ascent that climbs almost 1,000 feet. It wasn’t easy—I was still riding a tri bike, after all—but I downshifted all the way and cruised to the top, past other riders serpentining or walking their bikes. A few days later, the Speed Concept 7.5 earned some style points. “That is a beautiful bike,” a diehard roadie said, after seeing it on my roof rack . “Most tri bikes look kinda alien. That almost looks like a road bike.”

And so after test-riding this remarkably versatile tri bike all summer, I paid it the highest compliment of all: I bought it.

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Reviewed: The Gen 3 2022 Trek Speed Concept SLR 7

We give you the nitty gritty details and ride impressions on the 2022 trek speed concept—a simplistic-but-necessary update to trek's well-loved (and well-worn) speed concept line., review rating.

Trek has finally added disc brakes, simple build/breakdown for travel, and a minimal suspension system to its Speed Concept line—all while trimming weight and improving aerodynamics, handling, and acceleration.

Simple fit adjustments/build/breakdown Fantastic handling/acceleration Shockingly light weight Improved aerodynamics More options with disc wheels

Surprisingly rough ride despite suspension system No truly integrated hydration Aerobar extensions cannot be swapped Very wide, very stiff stock saddle 51mm wheels are a little shallow to come stock

19 pounds 12 ounces

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2022 Trek Speed Concept SLR 7: The Basics

We dig much (much) deeper into each of the features on the 2022 Trek Speed Concept SLR 7 in our extended review here , but let’s take a look at the basics you need to know about this bike. For our review, we rode the baseline SLR 7 Ultegra Di2 version, but the framesets are the same from the SLR 7 to the SLR 9 Dura-Ace. First, Trek has finally upgraded their slightly long-in-the-tooth Speed Concept line with disc brakes—which were a long time coming. They’ve also ditched the monopost aerobar riser for a two-post system and much-simplified front end that’s incredibly easy to work on (for travel, fit, or even general maintenance).

The new Speed Concept also has the fascinating IsoSpeed suspension system that’s meant to remove vibrations from the road into the rider—reducing fatigue for the bike and run. Trek has also improved aerodynamics by a claimed 16 minutes over 112 miles (or 16 watts at a Kona-winning 26mph average pace— here your mileage may vary, a lot) and somehow kept the weight below 20 pounds for a size medium with all hydration and storage removed. This is no small feat, by the way.

2022 Trek Speed Concept SLR 7: What We Liked

Trek did a great job with this big Speed Concept update by simplifying where they needed to (the front end, assembly, etc.) and making some pretty interesting improvements elsewhere (the IsoSpeed suspension, the integrated tool kit cleverly housed in the downtube, monstrous, organized storage in the top tube, etc.).

As such, Trek rides the fine line very well between features and real-world usability. But the thing that truly stands out on this bike is the ride itself. It’s rare to find a bike that handles intuitively—even on the first ride—cuts corners tightly, without being twitchy, and actually jumps when you stand up. Sure, killer sprinting isn’t going to win your next Ironman, but it does make riding it much more fun than some wobbly noodle. This is a bike that’s not only a blast to ride, but it’s light weight, and solid feeling—things won’t be rattling off this bike, nor do you need 100 allen wrenches of varying types from microscopic to star-shaped.

2022 Trek Speed Concept SLR 7: What Could Have Been Better

One of the biggest flashy features I was excited to try on this bike was the otherwise omnipresent IsoSpeed that Trek has been using on its various road lines for years. It all makes sense for triathletes—less vibrations mean less fatigue, less fatigue means a better ride and run, especially over long-course distances. Sadly, the unadjutable IsoSpeed only handles high-frequency road chatter as good as most well-tuned double-diamond bikes, but medium- to low-frequency bumps and jolts still hit. Technically beam bikes like the Dimond, Ventum, or Cervelo PX-Series have been using suspension, but the new Speed Concept is singular in the double-diamond world. Make it adjustable (like many other Trek bikes), and maybe it’ll be better, but otherwise the Speed Concept was a little jarring, even when compared to something like the Scott Plasma 6 or the new Quintana Roo V-PR.

There are a few other nitpicky things potential buyers should probably know, but I’ve covered that in more detail in this extended review .

Conclusions

This is a great bike on a long-needed upgrade to a well-loved line. As a gear editor who has to assemble, adjust, ride, readjust, ride again lots and lots of supercomplicated superbikes, it’s a joy to quickly assemble and adjust a new bike that’s actually fast and (mostly) does what it says it will. I can’t oversell how much fun this bike is to ride—as a quick, tight-handling setup that draws similarities to most people’s (and brands’) benchmark favorite tri bike, the Cervelo P5. Both bikes are UCI-legal, still have tri-specific details, are simple in their design, but well thought out, and extremely effective in their execution. I expect most of my big complaints (above) and little complaints (this review) can easily be ironed out in future iterations, so I’d still recommend this upgrade to anyone—particularly those Trek owners who have been toiling with rim brakes, brake-caliper cowlings, and wacky front ends.

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Trek Speed Concept 7.5 (2011)

So you want a Speed Concept? So say 44 percent of you, if you are one of those indicating you'll be buying a so-called "superbike" during the 2011 season. Why has Trek done so well in the superbike poll? One reason is that Trek masterfully rolled out its Speed Concept launch. Another is that a complete bike "Speed Concept" can be bought from $9000 all the way down to $2000, and the carbon version down to $2500. Another reason is, well, Trek did a nice job with the bike. The model featured here is in the middle of that price run. Well, a little toward the lower end, but, at $3670 it's right in that sweet spot where you get a lot of bike for a fairly reasonable price. A lot of companies are fighting it out tooth and nail in this circa-$3500 price region, Trek among them. Back to our poll. When we ask why it is you're buying a Speed Concept, 22 percent said it was because of "integrated brakes." The same percentage said it was the Speed Box that convinced you. 17 percent said "hidden cables." Another 6 percent said "Bayonet style forks," 4 percent said "Duo Trap sensor," and so forth. Frame When we asked whether "Kamm-tail airfoils" is the reason for your interest in a Speed Concept, 19 percent of you checked this box. Bingo. At least, if it's the Speed Concept 7.5 your interested in. This, because none of the other features come stock, or at all, on the 7.5 (though you can add some of these features back as accessories, we'll get to that). What's different about this bike is the Speed Concept's frame aerodynamics and, in particular, its reliance on Kamm tail shapes. That's the case Trek makes in its Speed Concept white paper . I'll not go into the details of the Kamm tail concept, I'll simply refer you to the white paper for that. Still, here's what you need to consider, if the aerodynamics are what are driving you to the 7.5. It's very likely that much about what makes this bike fast are the first, and the last, things the wind sees. The first thing the wind will see when it hits a Speed Concept 9.5 is a fork, a stem, and a set of front brake calipers you won't get on the 7.5. The last thing you see on a 9.5 is the trailing edge that the Speed Box grants this frame. The last thing you'll see on the 7.5 is not the Kamm Tail, rather whatever it is you put behind the saddle to carry your spare stuff, unless, of course, you invest in the Speed Box (highly recommended). It's best you understand, when you read Trek's white paper, that some of the features on which the white paper rests its case for its superior aerodynamics are found in the 9 series, not all these features are found in the 7 series.

Front end config This does not mean that the 7.5 is necessarily inferior to the 9.5. You'll spend an extra $2100 to upgrade to the 9.5 and, remember, some people are going to end up not using the original equipment Bontrager Speed Concept aerobar. So, they're going to have to place a "spud" on the 9.5's steerer and stick a standard stem on the bike, so they can use the aerobar of their choice. This, then, reduces the value of the 9.5, both aerodynamically, and, in terms of what you get for what you pay. The bottom line: Most of the value you get when upgrading to the 9.5 is in the fork and what attaches to it. But the fork requires the use of the Bontrager bar. Before anyone should get too hepped up over the 9.5, he should find out for certain whether the Bontrager bar is going to work for him. After all, it is a contact point , and this ups the ante—this, and the saddle, are the most important elements of your bike. Make sure this bar is what you want. If it isn't, it would be silly to spend the money for a 9.5, when a 7.5 carries most of the same parts, and the same frame, for $2000 less. Geometry The Equinox TTX was a bit of a geometric chameleon. Depending on the frame size, the geometric personality of the bike changed. Not so with the Speed Concept. It's graded straight and true—each size strikes the same geometric pose as the next. As you can see from the data accompanying the graph below, which I've plagiarized from Trek after they plagiarized it from me (with permission), Trek's Speed Concept is designed purposefully to be two things: a tri bike rather than a TT bike; and politically ambivalent. The Speed Concept is neither conservative nor liberal. It is a moderate. In fact, in honor of the 7.5's color, you might call it a geometric Blue Dog. Because it plays it right down the geometric middle, you have some wiggle room as a user. If you need a taller/narrower bike, or a lower/longer bike, you can do this via a combo of headset spacers, stem pitch, and aerobar geometry. But I'll say what I always say: get as much Speed Concept underneath you as you can. Buy the shorter, flatter stem, and the bigger frame size.

The Bontrager bar spec'd on this bike is of a taller style than the Bontrager that'll go on the higher end Speed Concepts. Still, I wouldn't demand a change to a lower-profile aerobar until I got myself fitted, and saw whether this bar was a good match for me. First things first: Get rid of all but 25mm or less (15mm is close to ideal) of total distance (headset top cap plus spacers) between the head tube top and the bottom of the stem, and, get yourself a flat (-17°) stem on your prospective bike. Make that stem be 100mm if you're riding a 58cm or 60cm bike) or 70mm (if you're riding a 52cm bike or smaller) or something in between in the other sizes. Then decide whether that Bontrager aerobar geometrically works for you. Just remember, aerobars are like the wheels and tires, and the radio, on a new car you buy. All that stuff is changeable. Make sure that your new Speed Concept 7.5 is how you want it to be spec'd and built when you roll if off the showroom floor—Lord knows these superbikes don't cost you that much less than a car these days; you should be as certain as you can of its final config when you take it away from the shop. Before I leave the topic of geometry, Trek did something that warms my cockles. It built a small Speed Concept with 650c wheels. Great guys, these Trek engineers. Now those under 5'6" can ride a Speed Concept that fits and handles. Modularity This is what makes the 7.5 a really elegant option: you have the ability to get much of the "good" of a Speed Concept without getting boxed into a specific aerobar that may, or may not, be to your liking. Not that there's anything wrong with the Bontrager aerobar. Just, aerobars and saddles are very personal, and the 7.5 is the last bike in the Speed Concept series that gives you the ability to swap bars out without some sort of monetary or aerodynamic penalty being paid if you want to change (i.e., I can think of few good uses for an original equipment Bontrager Speed Concept aerobar if it gets pulled off a Speed Concept in favor of a replacement bar—so you're not going to get much trade-in value for it). The flip side is also true: if, both geometrically and comfort-wise, Bontrager's Speed Concept aerobars appeal to you—that's a slightly different bar, remember, than what comes on the 7.5–you might think of girding your loins and up-spending to the 9.5. This, because it's hard to find your ideal aerobar, and if you find it aboard the Speed Concept 9.5, here's a bona fide reason to spend the extra money and reach up to the 9.5.

Handling Trek does something opposite of Cervelo. And it's striking. While Cervelo raises its bottom bracket versus the industry standard, Trek drops its bottom bracket. What this means, on paper, is that Treks are going to handle slightly better around corners, on descents, and the like. But you can pedal around corners on your Cervelo, while you might be very reticent to do so on your Trek. It's just a case of what feature appeals to you more. In all other respects Trek has done a nice job of making no geometric mistakes with the Speed Concept. It's designed everything correctly in terms of not only the fit, but the handling. Each Speed Concept size has 60mm or 61mm of trail; each size has about the right amount of front/center and wheelbase; your weight displacement will be correct. This bike will be a better handler than Trek's Equinox TTX line, and vastly better than its Team Time Trial bike. I cannot think of a thing I would have done differently if I were to be tasked with the job of designing a bike exhibiting both good handling, and good fit characteristics. Except that bottom bracket drop. I'm an agnostic on that—8cm is a lot of drop. Of course, the trend is to go shorter with cranks these days on timed race bikes, so, that largely normalizes for the increase in drop. That's the calculus here when guesstimating cornering clearance while pedaling. Gruppo It seems to be the case that most of the major bike manufacturers are spec'ing Shimano Ultegra for their circa-$3500 bikes. Cannondale, Cervelo and Scott are all spec'ing Ultegra along with Trek (Felt bucks the trend, and chooses to go with a SRAM Red mix on its B12). The Speed Concept 7.5 is outfitted with Ultegra cranks, Ultegra front and rear derailleurs and brake calipers. Only on consumables, such as the cassette, does the spec dip to 105. Wheels are Bontrager Race Lites and tires are Bontrager R3. I've become a fan of Bontrager wheels/tires. I've claimed before these wheels are bomb-proof and, in my experience, they are in fact bomb-proven. But I must add that my Bontrager experience has been with paired spoke wheels. Now Bontrager has gone back to alternating spokes, because the axial load generated by paired spokes is negated by the recent trend of Bontragers toward wider (hence axially stiffer) rims. Fine. I always thought alternating spokes were better. Less sexy, true, but more reliable. Here's a tip for you young bucks: the older you get, the more appealing reliability becomes. Speaking of sexy, it remains true that you don't get the Speed Box and the Duo-trap sensor standard on the 7.5. But, the bike is "ready" for these add-ons. For less (probably) than $200 total you can get these two features, and, if you're a good haggler, perhaps you can get them for less yet. All these detail-type features add up to grant the Speed Concept its full aerodynamic advantage. Nobody ever wind tunnel tests bikes the way they're actually raced, with spare tires behind the saddle, gels taped on the top tube, computer cables everywhere, do they? This is where the Speed Concept separates itself from its competitors. The Speed Concept series is an exciting line of bikes. It's the best single step forward since Felt's 2007 tri bike introduction. The Speed Concept 7.5 is Trek's implementation of moderation in all things: price; modularity; aerodynamics; geometry; spec. Trek gives you a bike that offers many of its best aerodynamic features; a lot of wiggle room on front-end options; a highly functional but not ridiculously sexy gruppo; at a very fair price.

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Beat the wind and dominate your competition with the Trek Speed Concept Trek Speed Concept 7.5 Triathlon Bike 2017. Complete with several upgrades over the Speed Concept 7.0 model, this bike utilises years of wind tunnel and real-world testing to provide you with an aerodynamic advantage out on the road.

The incredibly fast frame is formed with a Kammtail Virtual Foil (KVF) design, which is the most aerodynamic tube shape ever designed for a bicycle. Trek have made KVF even more aerodynamic by reducing the frontal area of the bike and reducing drag at all yaw angles.

In addition to the KVF modelled frame, Trek also integrate the Speed Fin underneath the bottom bracket. This fin works with the integrated rear brake to enhance rear wheel braking and stability while also acting as a rear-wheel fairing for greater aerodynamic performance.

SRAM's Force 22 groupset provides a benchmark in exemplary mechanical gearing with smooth and reliable shifting while the Quarq semi-compact crankset provides a gear ratio that will allow you to power over hilly courses while still maintaining a high-speed on the flat.

Bontrager's Integrated Speed Limit brakes not only enhance the aerodynamic performance of the bike, they also combine with the Bontrager Tubeless Ready wheelset to provide confidence-inspiring braking performance in both the wet and the dry.

One area that is often overlooked with triathlon and time trial bikes is comfort, but not with the Trek Speed Concept 7.5 Triathlon Bike 2017. Bontrager's RXL Hilo saddle with hollow titanium rails alleviates pressure build up and numbness while also supporting your sit bones through the entire circumference of the pedal stroke.

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• Top-tier Aerodynamics - The Speed Concept SLR 7's aerodynamics are second to none. Trek claims the new 2023 Speed Concept is 6 minutes faster at the Kona than the last generation bike.
• The bike's aggressive geometry and design elements aim to minimize wind resistance at every opportunity. The integrated cockpit and sleek Kammtail Virtual Foil tube shaping create an aerodynamic profile that slices through the air.
• Exceptional Power Transfer - The bottom bracket of the Speed Concept SLR 7 is stiffer than many other TT bikes I've ridden. This stiffness makes for exceptional power transfer. Every watt you pump into the pedals feels like it's directly propelling you forward. No energy wasted.
• Fit Customization Options - One of the surprising aspects is the bike's adjustable fit. Triathlon bikes often sacrifice customization for the sake of aerodynamics, but Trek has managed to offer both with its Speed Concept. The integrated cockpit and seatpost provide a range of adjustment options that cater to a broad spectrum of riders.
• Premium Price Tag - The Speed Concept SLR 7 doesn't come cheap. The advanced aerodynamic features and high-end components contribute to a price tag that could give the budget-conscious cyclist a moment of hesitation. ($10,199)
• Not Versatile - This is a bike built for a purpose - it's a time-trial machine. If you're looking for a bike for group rides, casual spins, or any form of off-road or mixed-terrain cycling, this probably isn't the bike for you.
• Complex Maintenance - With all its integrated systems and internal cabling, the Speed Concept SLR 7 can be a pain to work on. Regular maintenance and any necessary repairs might require a trip to a professional mechanic more often than not.

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Spend some time in one of Moscow’s finest museums.

Subterranean commuting might not be anyone’s idea of a good time, but even in a city packing the war-games treasures and priceless bejeweled eggs of the Kremlin Armoury and the colossal Soviet pavilions of the VDNKh , the Metro holds up as one of Moscow’s finest museums. Just avoid rush hour.

The Metro is stunning and provides an unrivaled insight into the city’s psyche, past and present, but it also happens to be the best way to get around. Moscow has Uber, and the Russian version called Yandex Taxi , but also some nasty traffic. Metro trains come around every 90 seconds or so, at a more than 99 percent on-time rate. It’s also reasonably priced, with a single ride at 55 cents (and cheaper in bulk). From history to tickets to rules — official and not — here’s what you need to know to get started.

A Brief Introduction Buying Tickets Know Before You Go (Down) Rules An Easy Tour

A Brief Introduction

Moscow’s Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city’s beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. The first lines and tunnels were constructed with help from engineers from the London Underground, although Stalin’s secret police decided that they had learned too much about Moscow’s layout and had them arrested on espionage charges and deported.

The beauty of its stations (if not its trains) is well-documented, and certainly no accident. In its illustrious first phases and particularly after the Second World War, the greatest architects of Soviet era were recruited to create gleaming temples celebrating the Revolution, the USSR, and the war triumph. No two stations are exactly alike, and each of the classic showpieces has a theme. There are world-famous shrines to Futurist architecture, a celebration of electricity, tributes to individuals and regions of the former Soviet Union. Each marble slab, mosaic tile, or light fixture was placed with intent, all in service to a station’s aesthetic; each element, f rom the smallest brass ear of corn to a large blood-spattered sword on a World War II mural, is an essential part of the whole.

The Metro is a monument to the Soviet propaganda project it was intended to be when it opened in 1935 with the slogan “Building a Palace for the People”. It brought the grand interiors of Imperial Russia to ordinary Muscovites, celebrated the Soviet Union’s past achievements while promising its citizens a bright Soviet future, and of course, it was a show-piece for the world to witness the might and sophistication of life in the Soviet Union.

It may be a museum, but it’s no relic. U p to nine million people use it daily, more than the London Underground and New York Subway combined. (Along with, at one time, about 20 stray dogs that learned to commute on the Metro.)

In its 80+ year history, the Metro has expanded in phases and fits and starts, in step with the fortunes of Moscow and Russia. Now, partly in preparation for the World Cup 2018, it’s also modernizing. New trains allow passengers to walk the entire length of the train without having to change carriages. The system is becoming more visitor-friendly. (There are helpful stickers on the floor marking out the best selfie spots .) But there’s a price to modernity: it’s phasing out one of its beloved institutions, the escalator attendants. Often they are middle-aged or elderly women—“ escalator grandmas ” in news accounts—who have held the post for decades, sitting in their tiny kiosks, scolding commuters for bad escalator etiquette or even bad posture, or telling jokes . They are slated to be replaced, when at all, by members of the escalator maintenance staff.

For all its achievements, the Metro lags behind Moscow’s above-ground growth, as Russia’s capital sprawls ever outwards, generating some of the world’s worst traffic jams . But since 2011, the Metro has been in the middle of an ambitious and long-overdue enlargement; 60 new stations are opening by 2020. If all goes to plan, the 2011-2020 period will have brought 125 miles of new tracks and over 100 new stations — a 40 percent increase — the fastest and largest expansion phase in any period in the Metro’s history.

Facts: 14 lines Opening hours: 5 a.m-1 a.m. Rush hour(s): 8-10 a.m, 4-8 p.m. Single ride: 55₽ (about 85 cents) Wi-Fi network-wide

Buying Tickets

• Ticket machines have a button to switch to English.
• You can buy specific numbers of rides: 1, 2, 5, 11, 20, or 60. Hold up fingers to show how many rides you want to buy.
• There is also a 90-minute ticket , which gets you 1 trip on the metro plus an unlimited number of transfers on other transport (bus, tram, etc) within 90 minutes.
• Or, you can buy day tickets with unlimited rides: one day (218₽/ US$4), three days (415₽/US$7) or seven days (830₽/US$15). Check the rates here to stay up-to-date.
• If you’re going to be using the Metro regularly over a few days, it’s worth getting a Troika card , a contactless, refillable card you can use on all public transport. Using the Metro is cheaper with one of these: a single ride is 36₽, not 55₽. Buy them and refill them in the Metro stations, and they’re valid for 5 years, so you can keep it for next time. Or, if you have a lot of cash left on it when you leave, you can get it refunded at the Metro Service Centers at Ulitsa 1905 Goda, 25 or at Staraya Basmannaya 20, Building 1.
• You can also buy silicone bracelets and keychains with built-in transport chips that you can use as a Troika card. (A Moscow Metro Fitbit!) So far, you can only get these at the Pushkinskaya metro station Live Helpdesk and souvenir shops in the Mayakovskaya and Trubnaya metro stations. The fare is the same as for the Troika card.
• You can also use Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Rules, spoken and unspoken

No smoking, no drinking, no filming, no littering. Photography is allowed, although it used to be banned.

Stand to the right on the escalator. Break this rule and you risk the wrath of the legendary escalator attendants. (No shenanigans on the escalators in general.)

Get out of the way. Find an empty corner to hide in when you get off a train and need to stare at your phone. Watch out getting out of the train in general; when your train doors open, people tend to appear from nowhere or from behind ornate marble columns, walking full-speed.

Always offer your seat to elderly ladies (what are you, a monster?).

An Easy Tour

This is no Metro Marathon ( 199 stations in 20 hours ). It’s an easy tour, taking in most—though not all—of the notable stations, the bulk of it going clockwise along the Circle line, with a couple of short detours. These stations are within minutes of one another, and the whole tour should take about 1-2 hours.

Start at Mayakovskaya Metro station , at the corner of Tverskaya and Garden Ring,  Triumfalnaya Square, Moskva, Russia, 125047.

1. Mayakovskaya.  Named for Russian Futurist Movement poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and an attempt to bring to life the future he imagined in his poems. (The Futurist Movement, natch, was all about a rejecting the past and celebrating all things speed, industry, modern machines, youth, modernity.) The result: an Art Deco masterpiece that won the National Grand Prix for architecture at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It’s all smooth, rounded shine and light, and gentle arches supported by columns of dark pink marble and stainless aircraft steel. Each of its 34 ceiling niches has a mosaic. During World War II, the station was used as an air-raid shelter and, at one point, a bunker for Stalin. He gave a subdued but rousing speech here in Nov. 6, 1941 as the Nazis bombed the city above.

Take the 3/Green line one station to:

2. Belorusskaya. Opened in 1952, named after the connected Belarussky Rail Terminal, which runs trains between Moscow and Belarus. This is a light marble affair with a white, cake-like ceiling, lined with Belorussian patterns and 12 Florentine ceiling mosaics depicting life in Belarussia when it was built.

Transfer onto the 1/Brown line. Then, one stop (clockwise) t o:

3. Novoslobodskaya.  This station was designed around the stained-glass panels, which were made in Latvia, because Alexey Dushkin, the Soviet starchitect who dreamed it up (and also designed Mayakovskaya station) couldn’t find the glass and craft locally. The stained glass is the same used for Riga’s Cathedral, and the panels feature plants, flowers, members of the Soviet intelligentsia (musician, artist, architect) and geometric shapes.

Go two stops east on the 1/Circle line to:

4. Komsomolskaya. Named after the Komsomol, or the Young Communist League, this might just be peak Stalin Metro style. Underneath the hub for three regional railways, it was intended to be a grand gateway to Moscow and is today its busiest station. It has chandeliers; a yellow ceiling with Baroque embellishments; and in the main hall, a colossal red star overlaid on golden, shimmering tiles. Designer Alexey Shchusev designed it as an homage to the speech Stalin gave at Red Square on Nov. 7, 1941, in which he invoked Russia’s illustrious military leaders as a pep talk to Soviet soldiers through the first catastrophic year of the war.   The station’s eight large mosaics are of the leaders referenced in the speech, such as Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince and military commander who bested German and Swedish invading armies.

One more stop clockwise to Kurskaya station,  and change onto the 3/Blue  line, and go one stop to:

5. Baumanskaya.   Opened in 1944. Named for the Bolshevik Revolutionary Nikolai Bauman , whose monument and namesake district are aboveground here. Though he seemed like a nasty piece of work (he apparently once publicly mocked a woman he had impregnated, who later hung herself), he became a Revolutionary martyr when he was killed in 1905 in a skirmish with a monarchist, who hit him on the head with part of a steel pipe. The station is in Art Deco style with atmospherically dim lighting, and a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers and homefront heroes during the War. At one end, there is a large mosaic portrait of Lenin.

Stay on that train direction one more east to:

6. Elektrozavodskaya. As you may have guessed from the name, this station is the Metro’s tribute to all thing electrical, built in 1944 and named after a nearby lightbulb factory. It has marble bas-relief sculptures of important figures in electrical engineering, and others illustrating the Soviet Union’s war-time struggles at home. The ceiling’s recurring rows of circular lamps give the station’s main tunnel a comforting glow, and a pleasing visual effect.

Double back two stops to Kurskaya station , and change back to the 1/Circle line. Sit tight for six stations to:

7. Kiyevskaya. This was the last station on the Circle line to be built, in 1954, completed under Nikita Khrushchev’ s guidance, as a tribute to his homeland, Ukraine. Its three large station halls feature images celebrating Ukraine’s contributions to the Soviet Union and Russo-Ukrainian unity, depicting musicians, textile-working, soldiers, farmers. (One hall has frescoes, one mosaics, and the third murals.) Shortly after it was completed, Khrushchev condemned the architectural excesses and unnecessary luxury of the Stalin era, which ushered in an epoch of more austere Metro stations. According to the legend at least, he timed the policy in part to ensure no Metro station built after could outshine Kiyevskaya.

Change to the 3/Blue line and go one stop west.

8. Park Pobedy. This is the deepest station on the Metro, with one of the world’s longest escalators, at 413 feet. If you stand still, the escalator ride to the surface takes about three minutes .) Opened in 2003 at Victory Park, the station celebrates two of Russia’s great military victories. Each end has a mural by Georgian artist Zurab Tsereteli, who also designed the “ Good Defeats Evil ” statue at the UN headquarters in New York. One mural depicts the Russian generals’ victory over the French in 1812 and the other, the German surrender of 1945. The latter is particularly striking; equal parts dramatic, triumphant, and gruesome. To the side, Red Army soldiers trample Nazi flags, and if you look closely there’s some blood spatter among the detail. Still, the biggest impressions here are the marble shine of the chessboard floor pattern and the pleasingly geometric effect if you view from one end to the other.

Keep going one more stop west to:

9. Slavyansky Bulvar.  One of the Metro’s youngest stations, it opened in 2008. With far higher ceilings than many other stations—which tend to have covered central tunnels on the platforms—it has an “open-air” feel (or as close to it as you can get, one hundred feet under). It’s an homage to French architect Hector Guimard, he of the Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris M é tro, and that’s precisely what this looks like: A Moscow homage to the Paris M é tro, with an additional forest theme. A Cyrillic twist on Guimard’s Metro-style lettering over the benches, furnished with t rees and branch motifs, including creeping vines as towering lamp-posts.

Stay on the 3/Blue line and double back four stations to:

10. Arbatskaya. Its first iteration, Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya station, was damaged by German bombs in 1941. It was rebuilt in 1953, and designed to double as a bomb shelter in the event of nuclear war, although unusually for stations built in the post-war phase, this one doesn’t have a war theme. It may also be one of the system’s most elegant: Baroque, but toned down a little, with red marble floors and white ceilings with gilded bronze c handeliers.

Jump back on the 3/Blue line  in the same direction and take it one more stop:

11. Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). Opened in 1938, and serving Red Square and the Kremlin . Its renowned central hall has marble columns flanked by 76 bronze statues of Soviet heroes: soldiers, students, farmers, athletes, writers, parents. Some of these statues’ appendages have a yellow sheen from decades of Moscow’s commuters rubbing them for good luck. Among the most popular for a superstitious walk-by rub: the snout of a frontier guard’s dog, a soldier’s gun (where the touch of millions of human hands have tapered the gun barrel into a fine, pointy blade), a baby’s foot, and a woman’s knee. (A brass rooster also sports the telltale gold sheen, though I am told that rubbing the rooster is thought to bring bad luck. )

Now take the escalator up, and get some fresh air.

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