Best: eTap
Worst: SRAM Red Brakes

Worst parts of all have to be Power Tap hub bearings

(2014 BMC TM01)
Best - Di2 and Dash TT.9 saddle
Worst - Rear Brakes

(2017 Parlee Z-Zero)
Best - Alot, but I'll say eTap
Worst - Saddle currently Bontrager Paridigm XXX ( Custom padded Berk Lupina ordered)

Best: Campy Super Record
Worst: the Rider

Best: Vittoria Corsa G+
Worst: Shimano Sora

Worst: Shiv rear brake, lame low stack cockpit we got after the original cockpit was recalled
Best: everything else

TT: best: HED Corsair bars
worst: Felt DA rear brake

Road: best: eTap
worst: Cervelo S5 seattube clamp mechanism

Track: best: Zipp Vuka bar
worst: Felt Bayonet 2 contraption

2013 P3-
Best- Ultegra groupset, frame
Worst- FSA gossamer brakes

2016 Scott Scale 940-
Best- 2.3” maxxis minions, xt 1x11 shifter/rear der./crankset
Worst- Shimano slx brakes
Edit: I guess the minions were my choice, the tires from the factory were horrible. So maybe those would be on the worst list.

I see a pattern, manufacturers...

Best: finally upgraded last year to Campagnolo 11 speed (Chorus)

Worst: last person on earth still running a USE Alien carbon seat post (setback is perfect for me)

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Brian

Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots, take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive

201x Speed Concept 2.5
Best: Shimano 105 groupset
Worst: stock brakes... I don't recall the make

2015 Speed Concept 9.0
Best: cockpit
Worst: brakes

2017 Shiv
Best: eTap
Worst: the stock brakes (replaced with Alpha X)

2016 F-Si
Best: Mavic Crossmax Pro wheels (they're awesome)
Worst: f'ing pos BB30A bottom bracket

2015 Fuji SL
Best: Shimano 105 groupset
Worst: f'ing pos PF30 bottom bracket

TriRig Omni
Best:
Worst: I still haven't built the friggin thing almost a year after buying it.

On my p2sl

Best: dunno, it's all good. Either the dura ace track crankset or the bontrager XXX brake levers. Because bling...

Worst: my valve stems are longer than I'd like, and one of the valves tends to stick a bit.

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Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

2015 giant propel

Best: Pro stealth saddle
Worst: Brake set up..only allows 23mm tires

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Ask me how much I love my Kiwami LD Aero Trisuit

2008 P3

Best, the frame.
Worst, the exposed cabling.

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Let food be thy medicine...

Felt IA16 Tri:

• Best = Alpha X cockpit
• Worst = mechanical drivetrain

Franco Balcom S road bike:

• Best = Balcom S frameset
• Worst = 105 RD

Road Bikes: Best Campy Record on all 3
Worst: 1 bike has a PF BB - completely sucky

Tri Bike Best: NP2 with combo of Hed + wheels / comfy tires / comfy cockpit = stress free speed over rough roads, the thing feels tank like
Tri Bike Worst: PF BB, still occasionally fiddling with Adamo saddle position

MTB best: Scott Scale 940 2017 Stans ZTR Crest wheels super light and changed the feel of 29ers
MTB Worst: cant decide -everything works great

2012 Felt B16
Best: PD Svet Basebar with Zipp Alumina Clip. Stages PM (has its critics, but rock solid for me and great VFM)
Worst: Rear TRP Brake.

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Trek SC 7.5
Best: bike in general - eTap shifting
Worst: Brakes


Giant Propel
Best: love the frame, checks all the boxes I want in a road bike
Worst: Brakes, replace 3 times with updates by Giant, still not "awesome"

Canondale Flash 29'er
Best: Great on gravel/fire roads/brakes
Worst: turning radius, tight technical trails, partially me too.. not all the bike

Gen 1 Trek SC9

Best - Handlebars
Worst - integrated stem - I've cracked 3. And the BB90 bottom bracket, developed play even with the trek oversized bearing.. :(

Felt B16 2014 (older generation)

best: frameset
worst: fsa vero crankset [replaced with shimano 7800], front hub on stock wheels (ball bearings)

Cannondale Slice 2014 (1st generation)

best: frameset
worst: saddle mount, rear brake mount

TT bike (7.5 SC)
best: Easy to work on
worst: except the rear brake

Track Bike (Fuji Elite)
best: $3k (+) cheaper than a T4 or BT
worst: Not a T4 or BT

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Felt B12 (2012 MY)

Best: Debatable but most everything works fine
Worst: Non-replaceable derailleur hanger (it that thing is out of spec/alignment can't get shifting perfect or something happens to the hanger the entire frame would be toast on a easily replaceable part of practically every other high end bike)

Cannondale SS EVO (2014 non Hi-Mod)

Best: Also debatable but most everything works
Worst: Non-symmetrical narrow chainstay (can't fit Continental 25mm tires or "ultra" wide road rims on there...no 25mm+ external width rims)

MTB (Raleigh Talus 8.0, 2012 model)

Best: Decent starter hardtail MTB bike for the money
Worst: Mechanical disc brakes (squeal and a PITA To remove/reinstall the wheel without brake rub)

TT-2014 BMC TM02
-Best: Fit (long/low)
-Worst: Rear brake (PIA to adjust or swap pads)

Road-Astana edition BMC SLC01
-best: unique
-worst: handlebars

CX- Focus Mares
-best: cheap
-worst: I don't get to ride it enough, shitty brakes

Fouriers........Fouriers...... Sure, it sucks having to buy an aftermarket part but all the pro teams using them at the time did it and ran 25's.

p5

best
braking with the maguras
shifting with campagnolo eps

worse
tinkering with the maguras
tinkering with campagnolo eps

My roadie is like that. It's a special sort of stupid.

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JustinDoesTriathlon

Owner, FuelRodz Endurance.

Tarmac SL4
Best: Fits me. Stiff where it needs to be.
Worst: Rear tire clearance

Do you think it's really the derailleurs ore may be the shift cable and housing? Because this PTFE treatment (second on my worst list) tends to crumble I replaced the original parts with Jagwire (sometimes I think they make this parallelogram shifting with a cable so scientifically complicated just to sell their electronic) ..

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The RD shifts well. It just happens to be the lowest grade component on an otherwise awesome bike.

Looked into it...the cheapo in me says suck it up and ride the 23's! I've only ever ridden 23's so I can't say I feel the difference in training!! I'd 'like' to put on fourniers to get 25's and ride lower psi! This past year I was playing with psi and anytime I went under 105, I would flat on the ride..no exaggeration!

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Ask me how much I love my Kiwami LD Aero Trisuit

Me
The dirt between the BB, crank, and chain stay you can't get to wipe off.

I have an aero one with a Selle Italia Gel race seat attached if you ever need another one. It is round going up to the flat tapered-aero portion. You can PM me if you want it as a backup, it's for sale, I just never posted it yet.

2010 P3 here.
Worst part: SRAM 10 gruppo. After riding Di2 on a test bike I'd wished I had not "Made the Leap to Red" after riding Shimano for years. Already rebuilt to R2C shifters with rebuild kits 2x.

Best part...the frame or my Cobb 55. Both just feel "right" while riding.

Bike - brand new 2018 Quintana Roo PR6 Disc


Best: So many choices. Runner up would be finally getting carbon, eTap, 1X drivetrain, finally getting a power meter, but the winner is the brakes. The disc brakes give me so much confidence when I use the SRAM S-900 hydraulic disc brakes I mounted, the apply instantly, modulate easily and stop me quickly no matter how wet the conditions..

Worst - definitely as one other poster said would have to be the rider :)

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2018 Races: IM Santa Rosa, Vineman Monte Rio, Lake Tahoe 70.3

Best part is the one-piece aero handlebars (Canyon Aeroad), they are a thing of great beauty and cause much envy in the pack.

Worst part is the slightly too short Di2 wires that run through said bars and make it nigh on impossible to charge the junction box without unplugging it which invariably leads to me having to take everything apart to get it properly connected again.

Which brings me onto the part that is both second best and second worst - the Aeroad-specific Garmin mount, which is both very cool and a massive PITA to install as you need the skill of a neurosurgeon to manoeuvre the screws into place through the Di2 wires. Didn't bother me too much as figured I'd only be doing it once, that was before I discovered the slightly too short wires...

Speed Concept

Best: Frame, Cockpit
Worst: Rear brake (mechanic has zero problems with it but I'm a different story)

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Dan Mayberry
Amateur a lot of things, professional a few things.

Next-to-last, perhaps... But I did make the conversion to a single bolt.

What do you dislike about the SRAM Red brakes on your bike? Are they the latest Aerolink version?

I have a SRAM eTap road bike with Shimano calipers, and I am about to change out its brakes to Red. I am curious about others' first-hand experience with them.

Best part? Crane bell.

Worst part? Disc brakes. Edit: or maybe the BB30 bracket.

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'It never gets easier, you just get crazier.'

They seem to be impossible to keep adjusted so as to not rub.

If you're considering new brakes, you must look at the Cane Creek ee brakes. I have them on my Bowman with HED4 wheels and they are amazing. I have disc brakes on my Canyon and the ee braking is as close to disc as I've ever experienced. (BTW - both bikes have sram e-tap, gruppo). Oh, and the ee's are 100g lighter than the shimano and 80g less than sram, fwiw)

I had not thought about those. But HOLY CRAP; Are they really ≈$600 USD a pair (without pads). They look beautiful, and I am sure they are powerful. But are they worth $400 more (3x more) than a set of SRAM Red or Dura Ace calipers?

Tririg: "Our brakes are expensive, but they are worth it." Cane Creek "hold my beer..."

They are. If you're going to all the effort and expense on a gruppo, wheels, frame, why wouldn't you want to have the most control to stop/slow?

It only hurts once!

QR CD0.1

Best: The Geometry and the frame in general. My P2M Rotor crankset, speedplay pedals, and Dura Ace components

Worst: The brakes
The stock rear brake was awful. It's no longer an issue though as I have replaced it with a TriRig.
I have not found a solution for the front brake.

The entertaining (to me) side story is that I originally built this road bike on the very cheap. I found a very good and light used frame, and built most of the rest of it from leftover parts from Tri bike upgrades. Then, I bought other decent but used parts to finished it out. I think I only got a couple things new. The bike reminded me of how much I absolutely love road riding. So, I upgraded to a new SRAM eTap shift kit.

I love SRAM cranks, so I put a new all-black SRAM Red crank on it. My only non-Red exception (other than the calipers) is the cassette. SRAM's current Red cassette is a glorious triumph of manufacturing. But, it is stupid money for little incremental value. So, the bike got a Force cassette, which is very good at 1/3 the cost. So, my quest is to decide whether a part is truly awesome or just stupid money.

Trek Equinox E9. Best: everything except... the worst: chainstay clearance doesn't allow for my wide HED Jet + Black disc.

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$600 frame, plus, plus, plus!

2012 Cervelo P2 (yes the bike of the masses)
Best-Frame
Worst-All cables sticking out despite zipp ties-yuck!

Best: the frame (2010 P3),
Worst part on my bike (the rider, operates it far too slow to make much use of such a good frame).

best: saddle
worst: rider

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

2016 Shiv w/ Di2 8050

Best: Tririg Alpha X front end w/ zero stack kit + TR brakes (cleans the Shiv up the Shiv and replaces the awful stock brakes)

Worst: finding touch up paint for the "Rocket Red" paint that seems to just want to flake off at the slightest bump on anything.

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Try a comsmetic department and look for quick-drying nail polish in the color ..

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Best: Frame and saddle
Worst: Rear brakes.Planning to replace it soon.

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Cannondale Slice 08
look keo pedals
fizik k3 arione saddle

2016 Trek Madone 9 P1
I have nothing bad to say about this bike. Love it. Ok. Price but I can afford it.

2011 Shiv
Good : Alpha X cockpit. Frame
Bad: Breaking

2018 Premier Tactical.
Will have it in a few days so I’ll update later.

Speed Concept 7.5 (first gen)
Best: Zipp Vuka cockpit, adjust-ability is great, and I love the pads
Worst: Rear Brake, I only have to touch it twice a year, but it's always a PITA

Trek 1.1 (rebuilt with 5700, new cockpit, and flo 30's)
Best: 5700 groupset, just bombproof and works
Worst: Literally only the frameset is original so I don't really dislike anything, but that could be nostalgia as this is my first bike

Gt Grade (Used as a commuter/ cross bike)
Best: Frame, The geometry of this bike is awesome for what I use it for. Super planted on the road and around the city, not perfect for cross but definitely works well enough.
Worst: Fork, it functions fine, but for a bike billed as a do-it-all commuters dream, mounting fenders to that fork is quite possibly the most absurdly herculean task due to the shape of the inside if the fork crown.

No Name 29er AL frame from Ebay with 1x XT and Fox32 fork
Best: Bontrager XR2 tires, love these tires, great grip and roll really nice. Definitely much more capable than I am
Worst: The layer of dust accumulating on it :(