I just thru up at Tim dons shiv

[Peter 3,551]

[Kenneth 173]

Yuck. Hopefully that’s his trainer bike. 

[Bored@work 3,743]

They look worse in real life

[willie 1,546]

Really really strange without the storage thingy. 

[RunBrettRun 2,254]

11 minutes ago, Bored@work said:

They look worse in real life

Weird.  Everyone that came back from kona that I spoke to said the opposite.

[ironpo 3,062]

Just now, RunBrettRun said:

Weird.  Everyone that came back from kona that I spoke to said the opposite.

correct they do look better in real life

, I think youll find B@W is just being his usual scastic self ,

 

but this one without the hydration thingy on the back is horrible

he proably took it off to try and het the bike weight down below 10kgs

[The new guy 240]

Cam Wurfs comment was the best (as usual) he said something along the line of it ‘looking like a cross between a Stumpjumper and an F1 car’😂

[Bored@work 3,743]

28 minutes ago, ironpo said:

correct they do look better in real life

, I think youll find B@W is just being his usual scastic self ,

 

but this one without the hydration thingy on the back is horrible

he proably took it off to try and het the bike weight down below 10kgs

 Nope they had one at the Specialized pop up store at the TDU. It’s a fk ugly bike. Didn’t think  it possible to make the Cervelo look good

[Bored@work 3,743]

The front end is just wrong 

[altayloraus 6]

10 hours ago, Bored@work said:

The front end is just wrong 

Without the draft box yes.

 

 

[Bored@work 3,743]

Don’t get me wrong it looks like the Specialized engineering department put a lot of time & effort into re designing a once popular bike.  Reminds me of the boy racer scene. 

Some people will think it looks like this 

[Bored@work 3,743]

Others will rave about it & spend $20k because they think it looks like this 

 

[Bored@work 3,743]

I’m just going to do this to an old shiv & save $20k 

 

[dazaau 327]

Is that a fairing mud guard on the back? 😂

Edited January 13, 2019 by dazaau

[Rimmer 675]

12 hours ago, dazaau said:

Is that a fairing mud guard on the back? 😂

Yep. Rat's tail. Stops the money shot.

Fugly bike without all the bits on it.

[Bored@work 3,743]

It gets worse 

[Katz 1,453]

I like that one. ^^

[Limited 175]

other than the cut out near the rear wheel I think it look s pretty good. Guess its a good spot to connect the battery for the hidden motor

[roxii 6,530]

3 minutes ago, Limited said:

other than the cut out near the rear wheel I think it look s pretty good. Guess its a good spot to connect the battery for the hidden motor

Yeah if you fill in that bit it resembles to old UCI shiv which was a thing of beauty, before they "Homered" it to make the Shiv Tri

[Peter 3,551]

1 hour ago, Limited said:

other than the cut out near the rear wheel I think it look s pretty good. Guess its a good spot to connect the battery for the hidden motor

Have you seen this?  

 

[Ex-Hasbeen 7,562]

14 minutes ago, Peter said:

Have you seen this?  

 

I loved the final line.

"Getting bizzed by a rider on an e-bike is lot nicer than getting buzzed by someone texting in a Prius."

Have you seen this one?

 

 

Edited July 3, 2019 by Ex-Hasbeen

[roxii 6,530]

   

 

In all seriousness, I've never considered suffering up a mountain to be a great way to spend a "holiday" bit an E-Bike may change my mind. 

[Peter 3,551]

17 minutes ago, roxii said:

   

 

In all seriousness, I've never considered suffering up a mountain to be a great way to spend a "holiday" bit an E-Bike may change my mind. 

agree

That video is gold Roxii

Edited July 3, 2019 by Peter

[Katz 1,453]

Stikman reckons I'll buy anything with Dyson written on it. Might need to get me one of these....

https://www.dysonbikes.com.au/collections/electric-bikes/products/bondi-2019?variant=19834687553623

[BNothling 139]

I love the new Shiv. I'd have one in a heart beat. I am a huge fan of my old (previous gen) Shiv and if it's any better than that in terms of functionality and storage, I'd start stacking all of my pennies.

[Hoffy86 120]

6 hours ago, roxii said:

Yeah if you fill in that bit it resembles to old UCI shiv which was a thing of beauty, before they "Homered" it to make the Shiv Tri

Yep. Although I’ve never owned one, I’ve always loved the UCI shiv.

Macca’s 2010 Kona winning nose cone shiv was the fastest tri bike Specialized ever released. Occasionally they pop up on triathlon marketplace for crazy cheap.

If I ever come out of retirement it will be on a budget and with the hope I can jag one of those.

[IronJimbo 1,028]

15 hours ago, Hoffy86 said:

Macca’s 2010 Kona winning nose cone shiv was the fastest tri bike Specialized ever released. Occasionally they pop up on triathlon marketplace for crazy cheap.

If I ever come out of retirement it will be on a budget and with the hope I can jag one of those.

I'm still very, very happy with mine 

[Limited 175]

20 hours ago, Ex-Hasbeen said:

I loved the final line.

"Getting bizzed by a rider on an e-bike is lot nicer than getting buzzed by someone texting in a Prius."

Have you seen this one?

 

 

Its all good until the battery runs out 7km from the top then you have to drag the extra weight up 

[Peter 3,551]

1 hour ago, Limited said:

Its all good until the battery runs out 7km from the top then you have to drag the extra weight up 

Yeah but he farked up.  And you can swap the batteries out.  I looked closely at the TDU at them.  

I still think the batteries are too big.  But give it a few years.

[Limited 175]

It's harder to see the battery in the Bianchi. The pinarello looks odd due to large down tube where I assume the battery is.

Cancellara makes a good point - you have to choose the right times to use your energy.

If they help people get out on a bike I'm all for them. 

[Peter 3,551]

Here is a flying bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=zecgY1mH060

 

[FatPom 4,950]

On 03/07/2019 at 3:30 AM, Limited said:

other than the cut out near the rear wheel I think it look s pretty good. Guess its a good spot to connect the battery for the hidden motor

Plus the fact that rear hub is the size of a garbage bin.

[Ex-Hasbeen 7,562]

2 hours ago, FatPom said:

Plus the fact that rear hub is the size of a garbage bin.

But with people running a disc on one side, and a dinner-plate size cassette of the other, you don't even see the hub.

[FatPom 4,950]

1 hour ago, Ex-Hasbeen said:

But with people running a disc on one side, and a dinner-plate size cassette of the other, you don't even see the hub.

True enough.

Part of me thinks I'd hang up my wheels if I needed an ebike but part part of me wants to try one. 

Edited July 4, 2019 by FatPom

[Ex-Hasbeen 7,562]

53 minutes ago, FatPom said:

True enough.

Part of me thinks I'd hang up my wheels if I needed an ebike but part part of me wants to try one. 

I'm seriously thinking of it. At the moment all I can do is ride 20km on the flat. As soon as I get on any type of hill I get pain shooting through my kneecap. An e-bike would let me ride rollers as if it were flat & I could get back to commuting a couple days a week.

[ComfortablyNumb 828]

11 hours ago, Ex-Hasbeen said:

I'm seriously thinking of it. At the moment all I can do is ride 20km on the flat. As soon as I get on any type of hill I get pain shooting through my kneecap. An e-bike would let me ride rollers as if it were flat & I could get back to commuting a couple days a week.

I used one for 3 days on the Otago Rail Trail in 2016 when my knees were still bad.  155kms over 3 days (probably only 2-3hrs of riding/day).  I was really worried my knees would flare up, but they just got better & better?  It had levels of electric assistance from 0 (no motor) to 5 (= motorbike).  I just used 0 much of the time, then 1-2 for hills or headwind.  It was brilliant, and I still got decent exercise.  You might find it helps circulation to your cartilage without overloading it = eventual recovery (or at least significant improvement)?