Just curious. Comments on the bike?
No info, but I predict this is the next hot bike to hit the tri market.
It’s a pretty baby.
I like them, and Blue knows how to build their demo/model bikes. Mucho Sexy.
They look really nice. The distributor for Canada (or at least Ontario) rides one and one other guy that I know of. That seatpost setup is very cool and the bike looks great. I’d consider it if I were in the market for a new bike just because it looks great and functional and there wouldn’t be 25 of them on the same rack.
The seatpost is available seperately. Will fit a standard round seattube.
I know that the seatpost can be purchased separately. I was looking at one at a booth in Kingston at the race there last summer. It may end up on my bike sometime soon if I can convince my wife that it is an important purchase ![]()
Easy… tell her it allows you to ride your tri bike as a road and tt bike by changing the seat angle. Explain how much money it will save by actually being two bikes… then just buy another bike.
Blue is hot. My buddy and I just bought their road frame for crit racing. Both of us were scared of using our carbon bikes for crits (i.e., demolition derby). Here is our review on the frame:
http://glorycycles.net/product_reviews.php/cPath/40_133/products_id/681
Disclaimer: Our very good friend owns Glory Cycles.
The TT bike is very sweet.
Funny, but I get more comments about my Blue than I did my Colnago, I guess 'cause of the “newness” factor.
Too late for that. I just bought a road bike a little over a month ago … crap!
Robert,
That Blue bike of yours is aesthetically one of the best looking bikes I have seen in a long time. Not to knock the Colnago which to me is more like a piece of art than a bike, but that Blue just catches the eye in a very good way.
Clive told me that he had one of the TT/ Tri bikes in the store but sold it quickly. He will be getting more in stock soon he said. By the way did you see the new Orbea Opal that he built up? Very nice.
Clive’s opal is eye candy!
PS. Jim, we’re moving the Wednesday night ride to the airport after the time change. Check out www.windermereroadies forum page for maps. We should start getting a good turnout as we are bringing in folks from both the UCF and Windermere rides. This will give us the opportunity of keeping this brutal mid-week speed session in play after the time change, and then we can switch back at daylight savings time. The route we have is lightly traveled and remarkably well lit. Hope to see you out there - you missed, by the way, just a plain nasty, gut-wrenching, brutal ride last night at UCF. Ed laid down the hammer.
Is it the out and back route from tuesday nights?
My bike fitness is weak at the moment. I have some work to do before tangling with the likes of you and Ed.
My wife got second on it at the state TT and I got 28 at Nats and 3 in a stage race on it.
Sexy and very fast. Very hot rear carbon, sweet aero seat post
Frame comes with a sweet aero seat post, full carbon fork headset
Way nice. Rides smooth…
I don’t get it. The frame looks OK, the internal cable routing is very average (Cervelo 4-5 years ago), the rear wheel cut-out is too big.
Fine it might ride well and the seatpost is sexy but there are a lot of other frames that seem more bleeding edge than this…
Please explain?
SteveMc
I have the RC4 and I love it. It comes with the Areus seat post, so with a little tweaking I can get very aero and far more comfortable and stable than I ever was on my previous bike.
Maybe the explanation is that these little issues are only important when you’re looking at, rather than actually riding, the bike.
Haven’t had the pleasure of riding one yet, but I have had the pleasure of doing final fitting on three this year. Up close, the bike looks pretty sweet, i was very impressed with the craftsmanship throughout, and that seatpost is by far one of the best things to come along in tri this year. Definitely the most under rated item this year. Most importantly though was how the bikes set up, and they set up well. With that post, I was very easily able to do position checks in a variety of seat angles, dialing in the optimal angle for each rider. I started shallow with each rider and slowly moved them forward and down until we found their personal optimal seat angle. Haven’t been able to do this so easily and quickly with any other rig. I also know that a couple of those guys put in some seriously fast bike times once they got set up.
I agree with a previous poster, i think you are going to be seeing alot more of them in a very short time. Can’t wait to get my hands on their new 'cross bike either.
Rachel,
Nice job at Kona and nice web site. I checked it out when I saw the link at RideBlue. It is nice to see Blue’s following growing, but it was also cool to be riding something few others were. Good luck next season.
Roadracer
If anyone interested, I have an almost brand new Blue RC4 55cm (M/L) frame/fork for sale:
Cheers
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I am thrilled with my T-12. Not only did I have great bike splits, but I had better run splits as a result of the supple seat stays. When I got off the bike & had what felt like a fresh set of legs for the run. In keeping with my philosophy (It’s not how fast you go, it’s how you look) the T-12 full filled my needs & as a bonus gave me some top 5 & top 10 results.
BTW - I had my bike fit done by Ian McLean www.imfit.ca If you are looking for a terrific bike fitter, contact Ian.
Ciao,
Paul “Speedy” Gonsalves