Originally Posted by
jadocs
How are you doing this...are you standing on the pedals and pulling up on the bars?
I was doing the classic and time-tested bikestore tire-kicker move: standing next to bike, hands on seat and bars, crank parallel to the ground. Press gingerly downward on pedal with ball of other foot and note how bottom bracket twists and deflects.
I get exactly the same impression of flexibility when standing on the bike and bouncing on a pedal.
In no way am I saying this is the most important property of a bicycle. The r330 tracks confidently and has a lovely effortless ride but it kind of just mushes when out of the saddle and that makes it feel slow. I'm still hoping something else is wrong, will take the crank off and see if something is up with the bb.