it’s a great ride, comfortable, predictable on the turns and super stiff when you put the power down. I tested a Scott Foil with di2 and it didn’t feel as responsive. The geometry on the BMC just works so well.
I can’t imagine what your new BMC feels like. Let me know when your upgrading
Wow i’m not sure why you would want to upgrade from that Felt. I’m unsure what the new BMC’s are like to ride with but my old gen full-carbon is awesome. I don’t think i would change road bike manufacturer’s again.
At first I didn’t like it at all. I thought it looked kinda ugly, and I really wanted an F series with conventional looking tubing but they were recalled due to a dodgy fork, so this always felt like it was my second choice.
Now that I’ve had it for two years it has grown on me significantly. Although it’s not very stiff and the geometry is kinda wack (semi-tri geo, forward offset seatpost FFS) it feels very fast on the flats and I enjoy riding it a lot. I guess not being too stiff contributes to it being comfortable to ride for seven or eight hours at a time.
Rod, I hear ya man. Pretty much come to the realisation that cos of my damn job and going away so much, I’ll never be competitive at riding bikes, and I’ll always be leaving good friends and good people behind. It sucks, but not sure what I can do about it right now.
Oh, and not that I care about Rugby League, but I will never be a Blues supporter.
I have fond memories of meeting Beaker Dave for the first time little over three years ago. His Oppy was basically new and Brendan took us round the burbs loop for the first time. It was a bit of a wake up call re. fitness at the time.
I have spent a lot of time looking at the above bike’s stays.
Full SRAM red (ltd Tour edition yellow)
FSA 39/53 chainrings (going to go asap)
Cannondale Super light alloy stem/bars
PrologoQ scratchpro TI
105 pedals
DURA-ACE tubulars. de-stickered. stealth.