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Old 09-15-19, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
First ride impression:
Rides smoother, not sure why. Slightly longer wheelbase, improvements to aluminum and crabon fork technology?

Seemed a little twitchy at first when pedaling out of the saddle but by the end of the ride my brain acclimated and seemed ok. Feels like I am riding a horse now instead of a pony. When I am on the tops it feels much more upright. It will take a while to get used to the compact bars. It seems like when I am on the drops it is about the equivalent of riding on the hoods on the old bike.
Looks like it pretty much is. Those olde bars had those downsloping ramps that put the hoods pretty low, and the stem was a bit lower on the old bike too.
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