Originally Posted by
dwmckee
I ride an Open as my main bike and frankly, it is black magic. Vroomen from Cervelo and Kessler from BMC really know what they are doing and you will find an Open as crazy fast, handles like it is on rails and incredibly comfortable.
Wow, thanks dwmckee. I think this secretly what I was hoping to hear.. and my wallet was hoping not to hear.
My wife rides a WI.DE and I ride an U.P. Mostly 650b wheels with Rene Herse tires and for now Ultegra drive train with Easton 46-30 sub compact crank.
Any thoughts on WI.DE vs U.P.? I'm not convinced I'll need massive tires to justify the WIDE, but I do like the additional stack. And who knows, maybe I'd use the additional tire space from time to time.
Is there any down side to the WI.DE other than having to be 1x?