Globalti
Legendary Member
Went and bought it yesterday - must be the first time in over 15 years I've bought a new bike from a dealer rather than build up from parts. I was still hesitating but when I asked if there were any sweeteners the addition of a set of £22 mudguards plus an extra £78 off clinched it for me.
It's raining today so I haven't done more than whizz up and down the road a few times. First impressions are that it's pretty comfortable, the position is good and would be excellent for commuting or touring. The disc brakes will need some bedding in. The handling is slower than my Roubaix and the acceleration much more sluggish. The bike looks very cool and uncluttered with all the cables buried in the tubes, some neat little ports for feeding the cables through and an interesting arrangement at the BB where the cables emerge from the bottom of the downtube, which is actually open! You can look right up inside the tube!
Once I've sorted some pedals, spare tubes, fitted the mudgaurds and got it generally set up I will take it out for a mixed road/off road trip and report back. This is intended to be a winter trainer and all-terrain ride with possibly some short tours with panniers. I am especially looking forward to seeing how it copes with snow, with more knobbly tyres fitted as the ground pressure will be higher than with the fat tyres on my MTB.
Meanwhile, here it is:
It's raining today so I haven't done more than whizz up and down the road a few times. First impressions are that it's pretty comfortable, the position is good and would be excellent for commuting or touring. The disc brakes will need some bedding in. The handling is slower than my Roubaix and the acceleration much more sluggish. The bike looks very cool and uncluttered with all the cables buried in the tubes, some neat little ports for feeding the cables through and an interesting arrangement at the BB where the cables emerge from the bottom of the downtube, which is actually open! You can look right up inside the tube!
Once I've sorted some pedals, spare tubes, fitted the mudgaurds and got it generally set up I will take it out for a mixed road/off road trip and report back. This is intended to be a winter trainer and all-terrain ride with possibly some short tours with panniers. I am especially looking forward to seeing how it copes with snow, with more knobbly tyres fitted as the ground pressure will be higher than with the fat tyres on my MTB.
Meanwhile, here it is: