ANYONE RIDE ONE OF THESE?
the 02 or the 03 models…both have a 73.5 seat angle.
if you put a thompson 0’ degree setback seatpost and slid the seat all the way foward wouldn’t that roughly be about 76 degrees?
I can get one for a really good deal…may build it up as a tri bike.
if not. i’m back to the felt b2 (and pay alot more)…DECISIONS!!!
luke
There will be people who will tell you that it’s not a real tri bike and can’t possibly wok since it doesn’t have a 78 degree post, 650 wheels, yadayadayada. But they’re completely over looking that LVL won IM Kona in 99 on a TCR or that Luke Bell rode one to fourth last year or that Michele Jones is riding one in ITU or the success of the Team Once TT’s.
I rode a TCR (sometimes still do depending on the course) in tris. Getting yourself a neutral seat post, pushing the seat forward will give you a 75/76 multisport position on this bike. Works great and the bike’s handling is still good at this set up. Wouldn’t go any more forward though. Tried it with a Profile forward post and the handling was poor. If the price is right and you like the bike and it fits good then go for it IMO.
I just bought the 04 model. It now has a 75 degree seat tube. I pushed the seat all the way forward took all the spacers out and with a 100mm stem I have a setup that Dan suggests on this site.
I e-mailed Dan a picture of myself on the bike with angles drawn in and he thought it looked good.
I love the bike, the workmanship is great and it was about $700 less than anything esle I could find.
Assuming you have a BB to top of saddle height of 76 cm (which I do), and you want to get a 73.5 degree bike to 76 degrees, you need a zero setback seat post and you need to slide the seat forward 33mm from center. I don’t know if you can physically get there on a thomson post, though. The top of the post is pretty bulky and it would take a saddle with very long rails to get you where you wanted to be. The Arione might get you there on this post, but I would look for another post.
BTW, if you know your BB to top of saddle height, and want to know exactly how far forward you need to move the seat to get to your desired angle from the stock geometry, you just need to solve and Side-Angle-Side triangle, where side 1 and side 2 are the bb to saddle height, and the angle is the number of degrees forward you want to be. The side opposite that angle is what you are looking for. There is a calculator you can use to figure this out here: