Simon.r,
I have ordered the RT 58, just waiting on PX to take delivery of the frames. How are you finding the bike??
How does it ride? What were you previous bikes? How does this compare?? etc....
Not many reviews of this bike out there at the moment. Does look great I have to say.
I do like the wheels as they are by the way.
Thanks.
I've got a few hundred miles on the bike and I'm liking it a lot. I'm an On-One / Planet X fan, so I'm probably biased, but the bike is a joy to ride.
My background is MTB, moving seriously to road bikes in the last year or two, so I can't offer an opinion based on having ridden lots of comparable bikes. My previous road bike (still in use for wet days) was a Charge Juicer, so I'm not comparing like with like, but the RT58 had made me faster by about 2 mph on average. That may partly be down to the weight of the bike. The SRAM stuff works very well. I've always had Shimano groupsets, but I can't fault the gear-changing - at first I though it was a bit agricultural, but having got used to it I now think it's 'solid'. Difficult to describe really, but I'm impressed. The brakes (I went for the Planet X calipers) are astonishingly good, comparable to XTR V brakes I'd say.
It just feels 'right' to me - it certainly handles very well, feels very steady in fast, sweeping bends and is very flickable in traffic. Actually, let me elaborate on that - it has the flickability of the Macinato with the sure-footedness of the Pompino - it really is very very good. I've changed the tyres, but that's just me wanting to maximise the weight advantage.
The only negative I've found is that the internal cables rattle on rough roads. I need to experiment with stuffing some bubble wrap or similar in the down tube!
The bottom line is that I don't regret buying it
