Design process sounds good but in standard Pina style they give no useful fit data for the bars and no actual aero data. And they really need to move on from Italian thread BBs.
Looks are a matter of personal opinion, but I think that's the best looking of the disc brake tri bikes I've seen to date. Would look nicer still if they'd used shorter valve extenders on the shallow wheels! Also seems to have plenty of onboard storage between the top tube and bottom of the triangle. Interesting decision to have it hovering off the ground, maybe they thought that would make it look faster...
I'll let others chime in on how aero and well engineered or otherwise it looks, but assuming it's not a complete dog then if it fit me and I was in the market I think I'd be very happy atop this bike.
It just doesn’t excite me. I think the Felt IA looks better. And the Shiv. Make Inside Out Sports your next online tri shop! http://www.insideoutsports.com/
Love Pinarello Bolides. Really clean lines. I hope since the intent is to actually sell some of these (unlike the TT bike), maybe the price will be more reasonable!
To me everything is in place with this bike. Only the handlebar could be better integrated. But in some sense I can also agree with people who say that this bike might be boring since it is very conservative in the design and it doesn´t come with any big suprises.
What is more surprising is the Hadron wheels and SRAM component. I expected all Campy parts with the ridiculous price tags to match. I wonder if Pinarello is trying to produce a Tri bike people will actually but or if its still a $20+k bike.
as beautiful as i think this bike is, i cant believe they didnt come up with a good solution for control boxes.
I agree. But to me this is more coming from SRAM´s side. I mean they claim that you don´t have anymore cables running around since it is wireless but then they want you to mount an entire server rack on your 10k frame?!?! TMO a bike manufacturer shouldn´t be forced to come up with new frame design simply because it SRAM came up with a stupid version of the DI2 6 years earlier.
Triathlon Canada Magazine published a review of it. They say the TR+ -frameset- (not complete bike) will sell for $15800 Canadian (plus tax of course). So about 12k US... Ridiculous.
Triathlon Canada Magazine published a review of it. They say the TR+ -frameset- (not complete bike) will sell for $15800 Canadian (plus tax of course). So about 12k US... Ridiculous.
Woah, easy on the crazy talk. The threaded BB they used was my favorite thing about my F8. It was silent and bullet proof.
Threaded is fine. Italian thread is where the problem arises - having your driveside cups wind out in a race because the BB design doesn't take account of the impact of rotating bearings is quite annoying.
Threaded is fine. Italian thread is where the problem arises - having your driveside cups wind out in a race because the BB design doesn't take account of the impact of rotating bearings is quite annoying.
I had that happen to me once in a road race near Madison, WI (which included Heiden). Despite my periodic back-pedaling, the crank finally locked up just before the crest of the hill at the S/F line. I managed to borrow a bike with a saddle that was far too low and toe-clips that were far too short to let me engage my cleats and chase for a full lap, but I never did make it back on. :(
Woah, easy on the crazy talk. The threaded BB they used was my favorite thing about my F8. It was silent and bullet proof.
Threaded is fine. Italian thread is where the problem arises - having your driveside cups wind out in a race because the BB design doesn't take account of the impact of rotating bearings is quite annoying.