Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 21398811)

I am uninvolved mostly.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 21398712)

Can we please take the masks talk to the Covid forum? Because what I’d like to say is far too political for this thread, but clearly it’s not just being dropped despite getting tempers up.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 21398817)

Like most of us, you say your piece and move on. Seems to work OK.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 21398823)

Of course, I would have to turf the wheels and call November for a new set.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 21398796)

I don't think I meant any more than that - it just was viewed overall negatively, and now it's flipped even though I think the current ones are less good for their time than the older ones were. Whereas people hardly talk about Felt now.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 21398820)

There is a minimal amount of politics in this thread and people generally behave themselves. Comments are made in passing and no one generally gets their panties in a wad, except for one or two. I think we can have civil conversations. I have no interest in the COVID forum. I'm prefer to stay positive and I can imagine that place is like watching the news.

Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 21398807)

Irrelevant until when and if it creaks, but it came with a Wheels Mfg screw-together BB to accommodate the Shimano crank (mystery upon mystery) so some of the risk has been mitigated.

What's at least as disturbing to me is that Australian guy with the video, posted somewhere here, on the idiotic, self-destructing, steering stop in the head tube of the top-end aero model.

I will say one other thing, as a boat guy I'm always interested in the unfinished side of composites, i.e., what the builder thinks you're not looking at. The guy who sold me the wheels had a couple of new R5 frames and I took a good look at the tubes and ran a finger around as best I could. Not knowing much about bikes, I would rate the work as pretty good.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21398850)

And yeah, I've seen that same video on that aero model. That stop looks like a really weird decision - most companies simply rely on the handle smashing in to the top tube. :innocent:

Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 21398855)

It's the invisible defects that will kill you.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 21398833)

Blast from the past. I forgot those guys were around. You still have that sweet spooky November frame. I love that bike. I was so close.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21398867)

I'm just taking the piss, it certainly looks like a bad decision, but it would be interesting to hear the reason behind it.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 21398820)

I have no interest in the COVID forum. I'm prefer to stay positive and I can imagine that place is like watching the news.

Originally Posted by abshipp (Post 21398670)

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ddb9c91f50.jpg

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21398850)

And yeah, I've seen that same video on that aero model. That stop looks like a really weird decision - most companies simply rely on the handle smashing in to the top tube. :innocent:

Originally Posted by abshipp (Post 21398904)

Link?

I thought that most people just learned pretty early to be more careful after the first time their bars smack their frame hard enough to make them wince.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 21398817)

Like most of us, you say your piece and move on. Seems to work OK.

Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 21398811)

I am uninvolved mostly.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21398889)

Speaking of bike emails, I just got one from Specialized. I'm sure this lead-off image will have some undies in a bunch -

Originally Posted by MoAlpha (Post 21398840)

I think we are finding it easy to behave because the high volume posters here are from more or less the same political tribe. If I'm wrong I hope I haven't offended anyone.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21398966)

Riding on dirt. Disturbing.

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 21398799)

I could roll on that burgundy one.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21398850)

Yeah, I got a Wheels BB, too - I also have a 24mm spindle, so prolly the same one. It's well made, it fit the shell nicely and it's quiet as a vol(e). Not concerned in the least.

Since I got my R3 as a frameset, I obviously got a good look at it. Scary light and crazy thin in places, but the exposed innards - BB area and HT - were all tidy.

And yeah, I've seen that same video on that aero model. That stop looks like a really weird decision - most companies simply rely on the handle smashing in to the top tube. :innocent:

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 21398966)

Riding on dirt. Disturbing.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 21398971)

Even worse - flat bars!

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 21398850)

Yeah, I got a Wheels BB, too - I also have a 24mm spindle, so prolly the same one. It's well made, it fit the shell nicely and it's quiet as a vol(e). Not concerned in the least.

Since I got my R3 as a frameset, I obviously got a good look at it. Scary light and crazy thin in places, but the exposed innards - BB area and HT - were all tidy.

And yeah, I've seen that same video on that aero model. That stop looks like a really weird decision - most companies simply rely on the handle smashing in to the top tube. :innocent:

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 21398874)

Aluminum rims, even!

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4d4ea7190b.jpg

Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 21398717)

I'm not mad.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 21398712)

Can we please take the masks talk to the Covid forum?

Originally Posted by Jack Tone (Post 21398980)

From the Excel Sports R3 ad "The only variation is the Cervelo Connect 24x90 bottom bracket for direct BBright fit with the 24mm Hollowtech II spindle of the R8000 crankset."
Is that Cervelo code for the Wheels Mfg. adapter?