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Canyon/Rapha collabo bike
I'm not generally a huge fan of these new fangled aero bikes, but this one does look pretty slick. About $8,500 bucks as equipped. I must say that zipp's new crop of NSW wheels are damned nice too.
too rich for my blood, but i would love to be able to rent one of these while on the road. i bet they ride great. https://pages.rapha.cc/feature/rapha...e%20the%20bike
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Is it painted with curated vegetable-based color pigments extracted from organic coconuts grown on Bora Bora?
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I have the plain, non Rapha'd aero road. I would say the ride is borderline uninspiring. Stiff with all the feeling of dead wood.
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wow, interesting! good report, i'm surprised to hear that.
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doenst look very aero, that DT is a Square.
I like it too though |
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ah I just saw the pic here, went into the article, not squarish. Also looks great.
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I find that very interesting, and a bike with no one on it those make sense. Put a person pedaling on top of any of those shapes and it pretty much renders it useless. I think riding position has way more effect on wind resistance and air flow than any tube shape. But hey, marketing always trumps logic.
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That's the Ultimate, Canyon's standard road bike. Their aero bike is the Aeroad, a different model from the Rapha collabo bike.
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Well, they are making it a limited edition, it will be personalized, and you're locked into being a club member.
In the past they've had a reputation for being sticklers about their club kit being only for club members. What if you want to then sell it -- does it have to be to a club member? Will they de-personalize it? So I guess that means you'd better really like it. I really liked Rapha's stuff. But this move to club-only, along with some warrantee issues recently has me wondering what the overall strategy is. |
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While nice, it would kill me knowing that there are 49 more of these out somewhere on the road. If I'm shelling out that kind of dough for a bike, I think I'd want it to be a one-of-a-kind.
(All hypothetically speaking, though, since I'm pretty sure I'd never spend that much money on a bike.)
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That is not their aero road bike.
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