Confirmed the pic is the 5000. They have now posted a flyer advertising a ride / demo session in California. GB is on the front riding this frame.

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Nice...

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Looks like a definite upgrade to the lineup
nonetheless...meh

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Planet X did it first.....

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...net_X_EXO3_P6040388/

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Wow, that is pretty exact.

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Unless this bike is radically different from the pic it's DOA and won't help Kestrel be anything more than the afterthought of an afterthought in the tri bike world

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Good call

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This is what was posted about the 2015 Cannondale Slice in reference to aerodynamic drag:

Yup. The Speed Concept and P5 would be about 5waats faster out to 10 degrees. I consider that "markedly slower".

I feel like I've seen that fork before...

Not a bad looking bike but also nothing new. Hopefully they compete on price.

Looks like my Cannondale and my Felt went behind the middle school got pregnant and had this Kestrel.

The new slice was no better than the old one? What was the point then.

I'm on a phone so not a big screw to see that chart but it looks like the Cannondale is faster up to about 8-9 degrees. According to Flo, the majority of riders are <10 degrees of yaw so maybe the Cannondale is real world good? Or I'm reading the chart wrong. Both are solid possibilities.

http://www.flocycling.com/aero.php

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See also Jamis on Bikerumor:

https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/05/01/soc17-prototype-jamis-tttriathlon-bike-integrates-bar-stem-brakes/

Decent but faster bikes exist. The Shiv is a pretty well-known relative to other bikes (E.g. SC/P5) but the big unknown here is how the bikes were tested (e.g. did they standardize the basebar, cranks, etc. Given their notation I'm going to say "no")

Edit: oh hell I didn't see the new slice was on there twice. Huge bomb. Not real world good.

Man the main triangle looks nearly identical.

http://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/bikes/tt-and-triathlon-bikes/exo3
I dont think kestrel made their own bike...sad to know...

Holy shit. I think Kestrel is pulling a fast one.

Not 100% sure, but it looks very suspect:




vs.

P4, Diamondback Andian, and Venge Vias are good examples of the narrow-is-aero school of thought and in the 0-5 degree yaw range they pretty much rule, even though the P4 is at least 6 or 7 years old. It is probably a lot harder to come up with an airfoil shape that I has a 20% lower Cd, but you can design a 20% narrower bike.

Different bikes. I kbow makers but need to keep tight lipped as respect to other brands.

I tried to sell my Legend design to kestrel but they passed n favor of what seems this bike.

So you're saying that this might look like the Planet-X but isn't. Good to know for price comparison as it really is very very similar looking.

With the reports coming in on how difficult the Andean is to build, how bland the Super Slice is, the more annoying it is that you didn't get the Legend off the ground. Lacking tubes would have made so much sense for Kestrel.

SteveMc

Looks like an open-mould frame with Kestrel livery.

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If you scroll 3/5ths the way down things start to make sense: https://cyclingtips.com/...-coverage-day-three/

^^ this.

I've been talking with my fitter who gave a refreshing perspective since I'm a Kestrel fan and have been in a bit of a honeymoon phase over a new Kestrel tri bike.

The pic that accompanied this quote from the TCS was a bike from a company called "Edge Bikes" and it was the exact same frame mould:

"There are many brands at the Taipei Cycle Show that have hardly seen the light of day. Are Edge bikes any good? This TT/Tri machine certainly looks the business, but there’s no way to know just by casually observing. That said, this identical frame with a more recognizable name on the down tube would likely elicit a much different response."

He also posted the specs in which a 60cm version exists, it's just that nobody stocks it however Kestrel could (has not confirmed what sizes they would sell) which would give them an edge on the "tall rider" market for this style of bike. I've always struggled with options due to my height.

My question came back to the QC of it all. I refused Chinese carbon years ago, mostly from advice on here, not because it's all crap but because most of it goes through an unverified quality control check and returns and exchanges are a nightmare. With Kestrel using the model, QC and customer service likely improves 10 fold making this a much more enticing purchase.

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That looks like a pretty cool show to attend.

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