"(Though, the handlebars are a bit of a mis-spec.)"

Not to mention the wheels and crankset

I'd opt for a different aerobar, perhaps a Hed S-bend with silver tape.

Dave in VA

What's wrong with xlab?
It's a triathlon specific company, and those wheels look pretty friggen sweet when they are spinning.

Here's a true story that could only happen with trigeeks. I've posted it before but its still post worthy.

Wife and I went to a triathlon in a nearby city. We drove up the night before and went to the pre-registration.

In the parking lot was a bright red Ferrari 308. A few parking spaces away was a clapped out Volkswagen Rabbit with a beautiful bright red Lotus bike attached to the roof. It was about the same shade of red as the Ferrari. It was actually the first one I had ever seen in real life.

There was gang of people huddled around the Lotus admiring it and nobody was paying any attention to the Lotus.

Only with trigeeks. :)

Sorry, screwed that up. Should have read:

"There was gang of people huddled around the Lotus admiring it and nobody was paying any attention to the Ferrari."

I'm gussing that it was the Ferrari that noone was looking at?

Lehmkuhler

What makes a wheel or a crankset triathlon specific?? Their website even makes mention of the Russian National Cycling team using "their" disc. As far as I can tell XLab went from building gadgets (like the "saddlewing") to frames to wheels. I suspect many of their products are simply rebadged massproduced versions. Why are their wheels good? Have they published any data about their 3 and 4 spoke wheels? My guess is that these products are a good way for a retailer to get higher margins.

Either way, I think that if someone is going to drop the coin on a Lotus, they ought to go for top end wheels and components. Even if they don't match!! Oh, the horror!!! ;-)