The ride quality is something else as well. It’s like riding a comfy armchair, which goes like a stabbed rat. I love it.Hmmmm, a thing of beauty, that is...
I nearly went for the Specialissima. It was a flip of a coin that decided it.It's a proper hooligan bike, for sure. You'll love it! I love my Specialissima.
The ride quality is something else as well. It’s like riding a comfy armchair, which goes like a stabbed rat. I love it.
It's about so much more than just average speeds. It's the feel and the pleasure that owning it brings, those are things that can't be put into words, anymore than explaining a song or a poem that grabs the soul.Go on then, how much has your average speed climbed on routes you do often?
I’ve only been out briefly on it so far, and it’s not tweeked in yet, but 14s were 17s, and 17s were 20s, and I wasn’t really opening the taps, because it’s not quite set right yet. It’s going to be a real eye opener.Go on then, how much has your average speed climbed on routes you do often?
You’re right. Windfalls change things somewhat though.It's about so much more than just average speeds. It's the feel and the pleasure that owning it brings, those are things that can't be put into words, anymore than explaining a song or a poem that grabs the soul.
I've never met Racing Roadkill, but from his posts he doesn't come across as a guy who would spend more than he could comfortably afford on a bike, so good luck to him.
As a non-racing cyclist what does that mean?I’ve only been out briefly on it so far, and it’s not tweeked in yet, but 14s were 17s, and 17s were 20s, and I wasn’t really opening the taps, because it’s not quite set right yet. It’s going to be a real eye opener.
It’s a lot quicker than previous bikes for the same effort.As a non-racing cyclist what does that mean?
It’s quite a complicated bit of kit. Certainly not a case of ‘rotate the bars and put the wheels on, and off you go’. I’ll have to get an electronics engineering degree, then try and figure it out.
The complicated bits were put together, and it was pretty much as I’ve received every bike I’ve bought, and not actually gone to pick up from the shop ‘ready to go’. It’s just that this is so complicated, that even the ‘simple’ jobs aren’t ‘simple’. I‘d guess that most people who buy this type of bike aren’t completely new to the cycling game, and it would be a reasonable assumption to make, that they could work it out.For £12k, I wouldn't expect to have to assemble the thing myself - I'd expect it to be put together, properly, by someone - either at the manufacturers, or LBS, who know what they're doing.
No-one expects to have to assemble their own new car themselves (unless you are into niche Lotus 7 copy kits), so why the hell would you be expected to do a DIY build on a bike costing £12k?? I'm gobsmacked.
Different matter if the customer actually asks for it to be supplied un-built, but I can't believe that a top end product would be supplied like this as standard. Even a cheap BSO is more-or-less put together when supplied - possibly not very well put together, but that's a different issue.
For £12k, I wouldn't expect to have to assemble the thing myself - I'd expect it to be put together, properly, by someone - either at the manufacturers, or LBS, who know what they're doing.
No-one expects to have to assemble their own new car themselves (unless you are into niche Lotus 7 copy kits), so why the hell would you be expected to do a DIY build on a bike costing £12k?? I'm gobsmacked.
Different matter if the customer actually asks for it to be supplied un-built, but I can't believe that a top end product would be supplied like this as standard. Even a cheap BSO is more-or-less put together when supplied - possibly not very well put together, but that's a different issue.