grumpier.mike wrote:
My take-aways: 2. There are probably only about 5 or 6 bikes in this top tier. P5, P5X, SC, Canyon, maybe the Slice (Tour magazine had the old Slice pretty much on par with the P5), Scott (my guess is based on pedigree more than data). Unknowns are the Giant and whatever Specialized hopefully has coming out.
Giant Testing had the plasma5 about midway between group 1 (other brands) and group 2 (Cervelos) from this test. The Giant was of course close to P5. But Giant don't have a great testing pedigree so we'll just take this as an interesting data point.
The big thing between top bikes is adjustability so you can position the rider properly
Giant really limited
Scott quite limited
Canyon not bad but tricky
P5-6 limited
P5X pretty good
Trek amazing but really tricky
Cube will be very adjustable, probably very aero