Having my first season back in the saddle under me, knowing I'm going to stick with it, and turning 40 recently, I decided it was time to invest in a new road bike. And I've wanted this one since they announced it last summer. Also, if it weren't for my LBS, it wouldn't have happened this year. Pam and Dave are truly amazing people, and I'm proud to call them my friends.
I had some issues at the end of last season with lateral flexing, bad enough my wheel would tag my brake pads if I was standing and hammering. So that's one of the reasons I went with the disc model, as it runs through axles for more lateral rigidity. It also gives me the ability to fit a CX tire in there since I have way more tire clearance than a standard road frame since there are no canti bosses. Geometry is almost identical, and wheelet is identical to the Boone CX bike also. I won't abuse it, but it will see some gravel grinders and mild trail use in it's life.
Bike is a 2015 Domane 4.3 disc
OCLV carbon frame & fork
ISOspeed decoupler (think rear suspension for a road bike)
full 105 gruppo
15mm front and 12x142 rear through axles
TRP HY/RD hydraulic discs
tubeless ready wheels
I took it out today for a short shakedown ride, just to get a feel for it. It was kind of chilly and gray, and my saddle postion was a bit off, but I didn't want to come home, I just wanted to keep riding, and riding. The ISOspeed system is a game changer. I rode the roughest shit I could find, pavement, chip and seal, potholes, gravel, and some mild single track and you just sort of float over it while the bike moves beneath you. The other big thing I noticed is how responisve the stiff carbon frame is, you mash and it really goes. It's a huge jump up from what I had, and if you can't tell, I"m pretty excited about it. I LOVE THIS BIKE!!
TLDR; I got a new bike, pretty excited about it
This guys looks happy about something (EeePee will be happy we flipped the stem :mrgreen
From today's ride
I also sprung for the Duotrap setup, really clean and easy way to get speed, mileage, and cadence numbers.