robbyville

True enough. This is pretty much the saddle position I was put in but I have played with tilt some and I'm sure I've messed up position on rails a trifle. Stem length, spacers, and stem flip is more what I've done

Germany_chris

Bike fit before carbon wheels..

Not

robbyville

Bike fit has been done (I'm a fit junky), but will need to be tweaked as I get stronger and learn to spend more time in the drops.

Ouch that "not" stings but I know I brought it on myself!

ravenmore

Nice Trek. Seems like everyone and their dog is making carbon wheels these days. Rail? The setback post doesn't bother me too much. If you need it for your fit then so be it.

If you wanted to improve the pic you could use shallow depth of field to blur out the back ground. You'd use a longer lens with wider aperture (which would bump your shutter speed up as well which is generally a good thing too).

robbyville

Hey @ravenmore, thanks for the advice! As luck would have it I just bought my wife a nice camera as she's getting into photography, literally unpacked it yesterday so hoping to learn more about the settings, lenses, etc.

shoota 

I like the trek too except for the saddle/seatpost position appearance

ravenmore

Sure no problem. Easiest way to do it would be to use your longest lens and then put the camera in aperture priority automatic mode (its usually marked 'A' on the mode dial). Set it to the widest aperture (lower numbers = wider) and it will automatically pick the corresponding shutter speed for you.

Germany_chris

We'll have to agree to disagree

gc3

To what end? Acccording to the guy that did my Retul fit....riding in the drops makes you more aero, but doesn't help generate any additional power...

Silvercivic27

I produce less power in the drops, and my heart rate goes up.

robbyville

Hmm, well I was planning to race this year and my first ride is a criterium in WV, all the videos I watch seemed like people were in drops for extended periods of time during crits so I thought I'd better be comfortable there for longer than 10 minutes at a time?

Silvercivic27

People are in the drops for aero and handling, not necessarily to produce more power. Yes, you should try to ride in the drops as much as possible in a criterium (generally speaking).

Herbie53

My dial has little pictures on it. I find that flower or green box work ok for bike pics... actually this is a really good thing to know!

Thanks.

Herbie53

+1 to staying in them for crits. You should be able to ride at least an hour in them. Lotsa people don't, but it is better for many reasons, but mostly handling and keeping other bars from mating with yours.

robbyville

yeah, it's different for me, I'm not particularly flexible and I'm a good slogger for long periods of time, so getting in the drops without losing power and keeping my body still has been good practice.

Silvercivic27

You're not comparing power curves to determine who wins races. It's whomever crosses the line first. You will be slower and less stable through the turns if you're on the tops or the hoods. You will be slower, especially with your nose in the wind if you're on the tops or the hoods. Even though you may be producing more power up on the tops or the hoods, it is less efficient, and you will be going slower. As someone else already said, you will also be more stable and less likely to tangle bars when you bump and grind in the drops.

SpeshulEd 

Not sure if serious or not?

Rail = the new November line of wheels.

Forza

No garage door, sorry, was out riding.

Team bike for 2014.

LAJ

You always have bad-ass bikes, Forza. Nice. How do you like those handlebars?

robbyville

yeah that's pretty darn hot. I also want to know how the handlebars are, do you ever ride the tops with those?

I especially like that it comes with the DA 9000 brakes, whereas some of the DA equipped specialized bikes don't, drives me crazy that a bike in that price point would skimp on brakes (I fully know how this is normal, but again in this price point I would think it would be better to simply have the right brakes and increase price a bit). At any rate that's a beaut!

sbxx1985 

Specialized made a Vuka Sprint.

Forza

limited time on them. I like them, but i've always preferred "ergo" shapes. I was iffy on the naked approach, so far no issues...comfortable to me, more than I expected. I'm sure I'll have more of an opinion come the summer months, as I am a no gloves rider and I do ride the tops on climbs.

As far as performance, they are stiffer than I expected and that's a good thing for me.

Thanks, I'm pretty lucky in that we are sponsored by Specialized, Shimano, Michelin, Garmin (amongst others), etc..and we get our stuff from them and we don't buy the bike configurations offered, come race season I'll be running Dura-Ace c50 tubulars. The wheels on there right now are de-badged Enve 45s. I need to get rid of the Zipp cages.

Your point is spot on too though, if I (or anyone) were shelling out $$$$$ for the standard configs, it's nice to get the group throughout.

pcaldwell

My Velocite Selene racer


Velocite Frame
Velocite Forks
Pro 7 Stem and Bars
SRAM Red Shifters
SRAM Rival F.Derailleur
SRAM Rival R.Derailleur
TRP 920 Brakes
Thomson Elite Seatpost
Boyd 30mm Rouleur Wheels
Selle Italia SLR Saddle
LOOK Keo Pedals

zymphad

@pcaldwell how do you like that frame? I'm thinking of buying it.

pcaldwell

I love it. Nice and stiff. Pretty light too, in fact I sold my carbon frame/bike to purchase this bike. I'd say go for it, especially since it's only $299 for the frame. The finish looks even better in person.