Here’s one for the triathletes out there. Steep seat angle and all, notice the cut-off saddle.
And another shot
losing sales to Trek and Giant, Specialized FINALLY decides to try to get on board and market a TT/Tri bike
On the road I ride a 2000 M4 S-Works and would prefer that frame over what this one offers, it seems like they should have just stuck with the M4
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Does this have a steep seat tube angle?
2 questions:
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Why would Specialized waste their time and effort designing a rear wheel cut out if the wheel is going to sit so far back from the cutout basically rendering it useless?
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Why the hell would you put STI shifters on a TT bike?
Other than that it looks pretty neat. Wonder if Reid will be riding that soon.
the frame looks just like the regular s-works, which leads me to believe it probably has the same geometry (but this is a guess)
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Why would Specialized waste their time and effort designing a rear wheel cut out if the wheel is going to sit so far back from the cutout basically rendering it useless?
I think that’s a standard Easton tube. I was talking to Pat Dion earlier today about some of his bikes and he showed me one of the Easton Scandium tubesets he uses - most of the bikes he had on display had that seat tube (or one that looked very similar).
(Pat Dion of DION bikes http://www.dionbikes.com/)
- Why the hell would you put STI shifters on a TT bike?
Who cares…he’s one of the 180 fastest and best cyclists in the world! I figure its what the guy is used to…and what works best for him.
I love it when people here comment on the bikes used by some of the greatest cyclists in the world. Who cares why Jan’s hands are low…he’s fast as hell! Who cares why Tyler moves all over his bike…he’s fast as hell. Why did Jan use a spoke rear wheel instead of a disc…he’s fast as hell anyway! I WISH…IN MY DREAMS…I could be as fast as any of them.
This was not meant in a bad way toward anyone that posts here…its just that I think its funny as hell, as we all sit here second guessing, playing arm chair quarterback, to the worlds greatest cyclists. Think about that for just a minute! Its actually pretty damn funny!
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STI shifters on the right course make sense. If its a tight twisty course where you have to stand too get up to speed after a lot of corners, you can shift as your sitting and standing.
Definitely a steep seat angle, both according to the cyclingnews.com description of the bike and the fact that Domina Vacanze mechanics had to chop off the nose of the saddle, even though its pushed back as far as it can go.