bent_hanger
New Member
Any feedback on the new F8? Looking to purchase however still have some concerns.
Pinarello?
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Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
Not a bike that suffers fools gladly. Keep the power on hard all the time and you'll be OK. Tricky to fit mudguards, rack and panniers.
blazed
220lb+
What does this mean?
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Maybe it means that you can't just pootle about but need to get your head down and ride as if you stole it? Just guessing.
Joshua Plumtree
Approaching perfection from a distance.
Has the OP been reading those cycling magazine reviews. In the right hands it's a fast bike, to the rest of us it's just a bike.
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
What it means is that Apollonius is casting slightly ironic doubt on a post asking about a £10000+ bike that few of us have seen, never mind ridden. I have ridden one - at the cycle show - and it was very good, but the very stiff frame makes it very hard to ride gently. Not an easy ride. Every bump and twitch is transmitted to the rider. The back end, in particular gives you a very insecure sensation as it hops and skips around unless you drive it hard through bends, which on the tight curves of the Cycle Show test track I found challenging. It is an out and out race bike. That is why my tongue-in-cheek comments about racks and panniers. You won't get mudguards on it either, so not a good choice as a winter bike.