Originally Posted by
carleton
I recall stories (or rumors) that Jamie Staff didn't like some parts of the TK1 for his sprinters and Felt made adjustments. That's (apparently) why there were "Sprint" and "Endurance" models of the TK1.
I've wrenched for two UCI-level guys who were on the first edition TK1s, both disliked the bike, but were on deals where that was what they had to ride -
One sold both his frames the day his deal was up and went back to a previous Tiemeyer (partially 'cause he was a broke racer, but also because he disliked it)
The other traded his gen1 models in, got gen2 frames and said they were substantially improved.
In talking w/ Jenny Reed while working on her bikes, she had the option to be on a TK1sprint, and she bought her own Look instead (cash, out of pocket).