On Nov 22, 2012, at 6:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I'll forgive you for not buying a Cervelo.
Cervélo was high on my list but I couldn't find one that was both in my size and remotely affordable. I sat on this one for a long time, mainly because of my foot injury but also for budgetary reasons. When the seller reduced the asking price I couldn't afford not to... > That's a gorgeous machine! Don't think that I've ever seen a top tube quite > that thin from the side. > > And my goodness, you couldn't fit a sheet of paper between the rear tire and > the seat tube. That's snug! Aero, aero and aero, the three rules of long-distance tri bikes :) UCI be damned*. The courses are usually pretty flat so weight is secondary. BTW the down tube is also pretty thin when viewed from the front. > Must wipe drool off android now. I'm itching to ride it but I can't just yet. The pedals should arrive tomorrow but I probably won't be home when the courier arrives. I'm planning to sell that delicious rear wheel as I'm not a fan of tubulars... we'll see how the budget goes as to what I decide to put on instead. I may end up renting race wheels just when I need them. *To be honest I don't remember if this model is UCI legal or not; their new Illicito model definitely isn't as they removed the non-drive-side seat stay. The ITU is more lenient with its bike rules than the UCI, but a UCI legal tri/TT bike has a much wider market appeal. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
