Give it 6 months and he would have designed the bike and built it with the tears of the victim of the latest twitchhunt
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Why not tell him that on the thread?
We can take bets on how long it takes for him to delete it. Then send you an abusive DM/PM, to which you reply, then he deletes your account and bans your IP.
Because we all know thatās how petty he is.
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Iād buy a frame with the shortest head tube.
Clause 19b: Payments reduced by 50% if Ryf chugs past on the Queen K making the counter party look as if standing stillā¦
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Iām sure all 3 of them are are barely any faster than my 2011 Trek SC7 with a selection of Zipp tubular wheels. Donāt we all know the biggest gains are body position, helmet & clothing.
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Amen. I still love my 2007 Cervelo P2C. I bet thereās only 10W delta in the bike itself sans rider.
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but ā¦ new shinies
Yeah, but not at those prices! By the time thereās a full race calendar, doesnāt seen any point if if you do have the cash. Might as well keep the powder dry.
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Not for normal(ish) people, for sure.
But i guess there are lots of cash rich people with holes burning in pockets.
Iād like to get a TT bike for a return to tri. Maybe next year, though space would be an issue. Iād certainly be looking for as cheap as possible, 2nd hand job.
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Thereās a P4 (54cm) frameset on eBay for anyone who can get that to fit (long/low) Ā£1250 with TriRig stem & front brake.
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Iām long and low.
But a 56cm.
And thatās half the price of a new floor 
Chrissie Wās Kona winning weapon 
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Absolutelyā¦ itās simple maths
Lets assume that rider is 70% of drag, Wheels are 20% and Frame is 10% (My Sonās engineering project showed that these ratios are pretty accurate for a TT bike with decent wheels)
No Lets assume that the rolling resistance for a pair of tyres at 35kph is around 20w (Bicyclerollingresistance.com)
Drivetrain is about 96% efficient - I can show you studies that back this up
Now assume you are averaging 220w on an ironman, 20w is the tyre, 18w drivetrain, 162w is aerodynamics
The frame accounts for 16w and the wheels 32w
Now you have a set of 2011 Zipp Wheels with a discā¦ a new wheelset is optimistically 10% more aero, so saves 3.2w. A new super frame might be 20% more aero, so saves 3.2w.
Basically a Ā£10,000 superbike might save 6.5w over your 2011 Trek SC7
In my experience, a modern bike does climb a little better, and certainly handles better, but pure aerodynamic speed is marginal
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He really is a prize twat. I love how he says he had ālots of back and forth between Cube and Lucyās teamā, then goes on to say his little knowledge. Then when someone asks about the tenure of contract, he quotes the bloody press release.
He knows about as much about this deal as I know about women. 
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Iām so going over to Slowtwitch to quote him on this
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Slowman: āi think the front end on that bike is fine, as specād. but she might want to ride speedbar or carbonwasp. if i was her iād be looking hard at something like that before i locked myself into a standard aerobar.ā
I am sure that JP Ballard, one of the best aerodynamicists in the industry, will come to you Dan for aerodynamic advice
Just posted words to this effect on ST, see if Slowman deletes it
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Does Empfield/ST have an affiliation with any aero bar companies?
The comments are gold as ever āas canyon have just withdrawn from UK marketā fuck off have they, utter nonsense, they announced a few days before Xmas they had to finalise new processes and last week started shipping again. I also wonder if Brexit was a convenient excuse to slow down for a couple of weeks due to Covid or other issues with supply.
āCube will target UK tri marketā quick check but 99.9% of the UK have never heard of LCB and the others arenāt going to rush out and buy a new bike because she says they are fastest ever. They didnāt get that fugly Shiv sheās been on!
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That is still a chunk (so is 10 grand like), Iāve not looked to see what that is in raw time but it would be a lot of sweat & hard work to gain an additional 6.5w & then what would it take to fuel that addition 6.5w?