Anybody ridden the Van Dessel tri (or road) bikes? The WR seems like a great deal money-wise, and the Solstice looks like a real beauty for the carbon fiber folks, but I for one do not know anybody who can give actual feed back from racing either bike. Just curious.
a.ka. BigBloke on slowtwitch (a Van Dessel sponsored rider):
I would talk to Doug (big bloke) about the WR and PR. I almost bought a WR frame on Ebay. Honestly, I can’t tell too much difference between the WR and PR frame.
I ride their Van Dessel Campitello, it was made for the Colla Vita Bolla road bike team in 2004. Very light.
The Solstice is a great frame.
I am sure that Bigbloke would have responded by now if he wasn’t still waiting to start his third quarter of the beer mile…