Came across a article on cyclingnews about David Millar build up to the Vuelta, which shows a picture of GARMIN’s machanic working on David Millars Felt DA but the strange thing is it doesn’t have the Bayonet system but instead has a normal headset and fork set up. Very weird don’t know why this is. You would think they would have the latest and greatest!
Please see picture at http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/david-millar/calm-before-the-storm-1
It is definitely not a AR-1 road bike modified as it has DA on the seat tube.
So yesterday involved pottering around, sitting at the breakfast table for an hour and a half drinking inordinate amounts of coffee, talking about nothing while we waited for the UCI blood control at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m. we went for a bike ride to check out the prologue and spin the legs. Inaki had decided I should ride a 54cm and not a 56cm TT bike, so I tested that around the Assen TT circuit for a few laps and decided that Inaki was right.
I’m guessing that’s the reason. Probably much faster to build up a 54 without the bayonet and to match his position. Most of those Garmin guys have weird front ends, so a normal stem and spacers probably made things easier for a test ride.
Seems like Garmin would already have plenty of 54cm DAs and bayonet forks sitting around. It’s not like that is a weird size or anything. There is lots of adjustability on the bayonet front end too, much more than is available with a regular fork and stem. If getting someone dialed in is the issue then the bayonet is the way to go.
Maybe maybe not. Certainly they get lots of frames but not sure about spare. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have spare TT bike frames, but likely leave them un built so they don’t have to un assemble then reassemble for a specific rider. If Millar wanted a test ride a normal fork would be quicker to throw together.
Styrrell