Today’s session was 3 hours of cycling with 4x20min at threshold (GA2) and a 1-hour brick run — race training, basically. Still deeply impressed, I got on the bike — and after 3 hours I got off even more enthusiastic. It was a fairly windy day, and up until now I could only really enjoy a tailwind. Since today, that’s changed, and it’s entirely because of this bike. I never thought headwind and crosswind could be so much fun. Good equipment really is irreplaceable. ...
Incredible, just absolutely incredible… I’m honestly at a loss for words. I’m deeply impressed by this thing. I had high expectations for the bike, and they were blown out of the water. This bike is at least two categories above my previous one, a Kuota Kuenn-K. Tomorrow will be the first longer and faster session.
After a lot of deliberation I had basically decided to ride my Kuota again this season. The bike already has three years and a lot of kilometers on it, plus a crack in the paint at the seat tube/seat stay junction since a crash (whether it’s just the paint or the frame itself is hard to say). I just couldn’t make up my mind whether and which bike to get. The decision was especially tough because there are very few time trial bikes that are fully compatible with Shimano Di2. Once you’ve ridden Di2, you don’t give it up willingly… ...