This is my first road bike. I do have a mountain bike and a couple of fold bikes. I saw the deal on this forums a couple of month ago and jump on it right away as the size fit me. however there is one problem, it is a tri bike. After I jumped to the Kestrel web site to learn that the seat angle can be adjusted from 72.5 to 80, i hit the buy button on bikes direct right away. The buying experience from bikes direct is excellent even though i am a canadian. Shipping to my sister house in michigan only took 4 business days. I hit ebay and looked for the road handle bar and road shifters. And voila $220 for the front left and right shifters with a free 44cm 3T which is way to big for me. Got a deal locally for a 38cm ($80) s-work which he took off from his new bike. This bike total is $1300 even.

For the ride, it is solid I can't tell the different between my friend domane maybe due my inexperience. I am not into race anyway. Fully carbon bike does make a big different compare to my aluminum fold bike. It feels like i have suspensions on the bike. The bike weight around 17lbs without the pedals. with everything on the weight is around 18 lbs (pedals, water cage, 2 water cages at the back of the saddle). For anyone thinking about converting a tri bike to a road bike it is doable as long as the seat angle can be adjusted.

I have one complain. The back brake location is impossible to adjust. Only one side is accessible, to adjust the other side you have to unhook the brake.