It’s the best looking tri bike out there, have the T2 and love it, best bike I have ever ridden, and I like the seat post is a standard 27.2
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With a post like that, I think you really have to put the disclaimer that you don’t work for AEGIS.
Thanks for the kind words - I’ll be sure to let John, Joey, Lorna, Ken, Joe and Don at the factory know. (the craftsmen who build each AEGIS by hand)
a bit of topic…as peer your recemmondation, I am looking at the victory by Ageis but am having trouble finding a dealer anywhere close to me here in AZ…(according to your web site, there isn’t one) Does Aegis sell factory direct? It down to the aegis and a Kuota but I like the look of the Aegis a bit better. Hope this is not out of line for a public posting.
Can I make a suggestion? You should update your website with pics of the current Zaero frame. I see the note on there that the newest incarnation of the frame has internal cable routing that starts directly behind the headset, but the pic of the old routing looks . . . untidy.
I’d be interested in seeing Dan’s review of this bike, too. I have to admit that the carbon P3 knockoff from Aegis turned me off, but this bike looks interesting. Any windtunnel testing?
Point taken.
AEGIS is a small company - we are dedicating all of our energy towards filling orders and maintaining a 2 week or less deliver schedule. Unfortunately details such as those you mention on the website are pushed to the back burner.
We are in the process of getting some bike photography done, so check back.
No windtunnel testing yet - also in the works.
Feel free to give me a call - we can discuss the different options available to you. That # below comes direct to me.
yup. we even have an older SBI M4 allez road frame with the little pseudo aero seatpost plastic thing that covers the round seatpost to keep those “lines” flowing … and the plastic thing (and the seat tube itself) is not really aero, it just looks aero, as they have fully round leading edges with a teardrop trailing edge, but far from a true airfoil.
No windtunnel testing yet - also in the works.
Seems kinda late, though I think the bike looks amazing and the cleaned up cable routing is definately a plus.
The trident definately looks similar to the Zaero except for the geometry and the seattube. Whats the price difference of the two?
ZAERO frameset - Frame / Oval A900 fork / Oval brakes - $3800 msrp ($5595 - Dura Ace)
Trident frameset - Frame / Fork - $2700 msrp ($4495 Dura Ace)
Custom paint up to two colors included - many colors to choose from.
Hey Greg,
Yeah, those of us who have been around for at least the past 10 years are pretty familiar with JC and his research. One of the things I like about John, is that he is willing to look at something more than once, and in a different way, to determine if things are what they seem.
The best I can tell, from the things he’s written, and spoken about, at best we can say that the aero seatpost topic is inconclusive.
Now, with that said, and understanding the parameters that bike designers must work around, through, on top of, etc…the reality is that not all people believe in buying the bike that is the most functional In fact, I would dare say, that after spending quite a bit of time in one of the busiest tri shops in the country for a couple of years, is that MANY riders buy bikes because of things OTHER than competitive advantages.
ok…and dare I even comment about the obvious majority (again - not all) of a particular type of rider that may buy a bike because it “looks cool” or “they have my color”? ST and the online world is but a very small, and my personal belief, not representative of the whole. Typically more educated, more competitive, and probably the type that would buy your bikes.
But if people think a bike looks funny with an aero seattube and a “chopped off” connection to a straight seat tube, I’d do a couple of things (well, at least back in my design engineering days I would have done a couple of things):
- change the appearance of the connector, or
- change the seat post
Looking at the previous Trident posted, there was a more cohesive fusion between post and tube.
So thanks for your take, but in the end, it really is all about selling more bikes. Neglecting the aesthetic value, while honorable that you only want to provide the most functional, appears to me a bit short sighted (why would I sell 500 bikes when I could sell 5,000 bikes, make more money, have a wider product range, etc.)
Now, if you make a seatpost with some type of contraption to store all your extra junk, and work with some aero water bottles (and a drinking mechanism), etc…you’d have the perfect bike 
Then once again, I could completely eliminate any reason for someone to make fun of my equipment and my poor bike splits - it would be the rider that completely sucks
I agree. Windtunnel testing post design is hardly the right approach other than ratifying what you have and then being unable to do a lot about it. There are some unusual tube sections here. If no CFD or wind tunnel was employed you have to rasie an eyebrow or two. Post prodcution wind tunneling is just a marketing tick box when employed this way.
It’s a stylish looking frame and on the whole the majority of the market will be swayed by their perceptions based on aesthetics. - the fact there are so many colour options I think really does give the consumer a more personal service and is a nice touch.
An interesting feautre is the brake mounting. I’m assuming this has been placed under similar philosophy to a front brake (that it’s better to have a bluff shape followed by a foil then the other way around) ? speculation on my part here.
Do not work at Aegis
I can see that there is a new T2 comming do You have any info maybe pictures ?
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