That's where Kiley can help - he's a straight shooter - he's got upper management written all over him :)
-KevQ

Full hydro disc brakes are better brakes, which everyone seems to agree on except for Tom A.

"What happens if the front wheel is not straight?" is a common question I've heard from Day 1 of the launch of the Andean. I've tried to explain it in words but I think it's best explained in pictures. So yes - I do have CFD of this exact case. Stay tuned!

I've given them to Jordan, as he was already in process of writing some DB tech articles.

KevQ

Thanks for the explanation and kind words, Kevin. And agree with you as you know on the communication and as I've said here.

Disregarding aero, I think the Andean has its challenges -- the current state of disc braking and peripheral components (wheels, hydraulic Di2 levers, and the like) being chief among them -- and its huge merits: amazing design, hawt as all hell, and possibly a winner at high yaw given the engineering behind it that was designed to "win the championship".

I don't know if I will keep it honestly, most of all that the wheels I acquired for the bike's braking system -- the Enve 7.8 SES disc hoops -- are intolerably difficult to mount a tire on. And that's a regular tire, not a tubeless tire. This is the only wheelset on the market that isn't just a rim brake rim slapped into a disc brake hub, and I have to break levers just to get my race tires on the rim. Being an early adopter here is fraught with downsides, but this tech is going to get a lot better quickly. Imminent are Dura Ace hydro TT levers, for instance, and I would be shocked if disc brake rim molds aren't in the works over at SRAM. In fact we may see that on rappstar's bike this weekend, apparently.

Full hydro disc brakes are better brakes, which everyone seems to agree on except for Tom A. But it's still early yet on their practicality as an end consumer.

These are all fast bikes. They are all great bikes. But they are different bikes. The rest of us consumers just need to sort through all that to make purchase decisions, if we decide to buy new bikes at all.

I can't tell about the brake levers, but his wheels look like they have a brake track still. At least there is a strip ~1cm wide that runs around the length of his rim that reflects the light differently.

I can't tell about the brake levers, but his wheels look like they have a brake track still. At least there is a strip ~1cm wide that runs around the length of his rim that reflects the light differently.

the vuka clip is new. it's better than the previous. i've got it in all 4 configurations it comes in, and we'll be using it at our upcoming F.I.S.T. Workshop starting monday. i'll take some pics of it if you want. also, nathan schickel from zipp will be at that workshop, if you have any questions on what they're doing i would imagine we could arrange a Q&A.

as i've written before, the one and only one beef i have with this bike is in the stem/bar area.

I don't know anyone who reaches back to get gels out of their suit while on a bike.

At the end of the day it's just a really really hawt bike. Looks way better than I expected it to.

anyway, the bar you want, for now, is the aeria if it fits. i'm going to try to get that sorted out.

At the end of the day it's just a really really hawt bike. Looks way better than I expected it to.

I WANT

Especially because the presumption is that the Corsair is slow. Importantly, what would the lowest stack be relative to the Corsair low stack on the Andean. And sounds like reach is covered. Would also love to know whether they made accommodations for Di2 junctions and e-tube wiring, like the new Enve stem. Why these companies refuse to put a small e-tube size hole in the clamp is beyond me, frankly.

Flo and the Coggan-led TriRig brake testing are the gold standard for industry transparency in testing, in my opinion. It rapidly goes downhill from there.

i really suspect that bar was an outcropping of the alp d'huez TT back in 2007 or whenever that was.