Sean H wrote:
Nick,
I'm about to upgrade my Dimond to di2 and am contemplating upgrading from alpha x to alpha one when I do (mainly for when/if I go back to ERO or a wind tunnel).
A couple of questions. Is there a hiding place for the a junction in alpha one like on the alpha x? I see that there's a square looking space, but it looks like that may interfere with the front brake cable? I run the bare cable now.
Also, I run the back to back bottle cages on the alpha x. Your website says that if you want to do this on alpha one you can just bolt the cages on an go, but it looks like the front cage would be so far forward that the extensions wouldn't allow a forward facing bottle. Do you have any photos of what this looks like on alpha one? Also, if there's not enough room, can you face the dragonfly backwards to move the cages back? Or would that make it impossible to find extensions long enough?
Thanks,
Sean
Concerning back to back:
I considered the Alpha One also because it looks nicer and is maybe more aero than my current selfmade setup:
However, the bottles are indeed too much forward if you use the existing holes in the Alpha One. I would have to use my aluminium self made bar again and mount this instead of the fork-cap of the Alpha One at the back side and on the existing threads on the front side. The whole nice look of the Alpha One would be disturbed.
I have furthermore a Campagnolo junction box (now clamped to the left of the stem) which I do not want to hide because it has an LED which shows the battery charge.
If there would be a workable stock possibility for two inline BTAs (you would need a threadhole at the position of the tilt-clamp) I could consider the Alpha One-> especially when it would come with the Universal Cover. But not for now.