Here's my ride! I love it and already posted a few "Best Bike Split of the day" in a few races this year. The picture does not give justice to the "Liquid Red" color, which looks darker in person and changes a lot with light and has deep metallic highlights.
With the low-near stem, finding a place to put the Di2 junction box was a challenge. Thought about putting in the bento box for a while, but finally decided to hang it with zip ties behind the mono. Seems a bit messy from the side, but from the front you can't see anything:
That being said, I do have a few gripes with the bike and/or accessories...
1) As mentioned above, no place for the Di2 junction box on bikes with smaller stem size...
2) The rear brake has NO GRIP.. no a huge deal here as all the roads are on flat lands here, but I would be really concerned racing in wet conditions and/or very hilly terrain... Something with switchback in big descents would really scare me... I tried switching the pads to KOOL-STOP but very little difference...
3) Medium bike with low-near stem: impossible to keep the bike straight with a Zipp 808 Firecrest wheel on the front if winds are above 5-8 MPH... Then the steering becomes unpredictable, pulling you from either side without warning.. and I am not a light rider (160 lbs) with decent FTP. As soon as there is a little wind, I have to switch the front to an older style 404 I have. With the 404 (non-FC), the bike is very stable.
4) The 90$ (Canada) "between the arms" Bontrager bottle setup is not working: on rough roads, I've ejected bottles. It's not rigid enough. Sucks, I really wanted to like it. Now using a 6$ PF cage with zip ties on the front, and 1 screw + spacer in the back into the mono... Not sexy, but works perfect: I have yet to lose a bottle.
5) The Draft Box lid... well... you now about it :) I have to tape the lid shut with black duct tape, otherwise it pops during rides (and I made sure it was latched properly...). I have 2 of those and they both do it..
6) It's HEAVY... I mean REALLY HEAVY. I don't want to actually weight it because it will bother me even more.. Part of it is the PowerTap read disc wheel and the flat kit, but even without these, this is no lightweight even in DA groupset.
But these are minor compared to everything I like about the bike, including new PB's on courses I've raced before. The cockpit and brakes are easy to work with.
Thought I would share :)
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T. Guertin / Spocket