eddiepliers 

I went to my favorite bike shop today in Pittsburgh, PA (Big Bang Bikes) and the owner had showed me their demo bike which is a Pinnarello Dogma2 (BOB with red accents) with Super Record EPS on it. He told me that there are only 16 of these in the US and Campy had sent these whole on a platform. I think he told me that the whole bike had cost $16K starting out.

What I thought: When I looked at the entire setup from photos, I was very skeptical that it would be an ergonomic and shifting improvement from the what I've seen from Campy in the past. My biggest complaint by looking at the pictures, I was really turned off by the texture of the hoods. Now that I held them in place, they feel much better than I thought, but I would still wear gloves with them.

As for shifting, there is a really neat thing going on with the deraileurs: You set the chain on the smallest cog and let the brain know it's there and the brain will take control of the rest of the measurements wthin the cog spacing. Shifting has improved (if you can imagine it) from the mechanical version of Super Record. The Multishift function was kinda finicky as I couldn't get it to correctly shift right off the bat, then again, I didn't try it much.

Ok, enough words. here are some crappy cell phone pictures

The Campy brain/battery and part of the front derailleur.


The wiring underneath the bar.

Syncmaster

Can anyone demo this bike?... I'll be in Pittsburgh starting tomorrow for the next week..... Very tempting.

eddiepliers 

I'm fairly sure... It's a 54 or 56cm frame. Glen, the owner of the shop was saying when they get the 48 or 49 in, I could ride that.

And more picts..

A closeup of the right brifter with the detail of the gripping on the hood.


A picture of the rear derailleur.


Another picture better showing the front deraileur and battery/brain.


A rear picture of the bike.


A side profile of the right brifter.

DRietz

We're still waiting on ours.

ravenmore

I'm thinking of offering an online photography course for people who post on forums.

tcwayne

Love it

Silvercivic27

As of last weekend, the bike is not spoken for. It is a beautiful bike. Glenn was very proud, and Craig did a great job putting it together. Big Bang is one of the best shops I've been to, and if you're in Pittsburgh, definitely worth a stop. 2/3 of my bikes are from there.

I also thought those Fizik Kurve saddles were pretty cool idea but I'm going to wait for a carbon railed version. It's basically a brooks saddle shaped like a Fizik saddle made out of plastic and carbon fiber.

Grasschopper

Now that's funny right there...I was going to ask what cell phone it was so that I made sure to avoid it.

Nachoman

The battery seems a lot bigger than Di2.

ravenmore

apparently the battery also houses a computer of sorts for the system. Here we go again with Italians and electronics...

lotek 

It could be worse, could have Electronics by Lucas...

superflylondon

So are you going to buy if you like the bike?

I am going to assume your not buying for discussion here...... but if I was a shop owner that would piss me off to know end. You want to come into the shop take up there time and ride an expensive piece of equipment just for sh*t's and giggles?

This would be the same as going to the Ferrari dealer and taking out a car just to drive it with no interest in buying it. Seems like a waste of the shops/companies time, unnecessary wear on equipment that someone else would like to buy. The sales staff could be helping people who are buying.

But if you riding it to see if you like it to make a purchase more power to you. Or maybe the shop owner wants a ton of people coming and riding it, who knows either way as a former sales person nothing is more annoying than a looky loo.....

triumph.1

Yes, generally threads are worthless without pictures, this has the opposite effect....... as a side note I'd love to test ride one, but could never afford it, ho hum.

tomng1989

Wow, I'm glad I didn't run into you when I made my purchase.

Sometimes, offering a client a ride on something they dream of can go a long way in generating goodwill. Maybe that's not a concern for a temporary salesperson, but shop owners aren't that myopic to tell a client to get lost if they aren't buying that specific product if that means they may return to buy something that costs less.

eddiepliers 

It's the original Droid. I almost picked up the Nexus Galaxy last night. I wished that my girlfriend brought her camera along as she is the photographer of the crew.

Snydermann

I had just assumed the OP posted the photos with artistic effect. You know, like when Hollywood utilizes a star/blur filter on an actress past her prime. Helps cover the ugly.

mark1974

my god that bike is ugly

ravenmore

there's a bike in there?