Originally Posted by
Campag4life
Nice ride and review. Looks to be a sweet bike the way you have it set up and makes sense to me if that you prefer disks riding in the mountains on high speed descents. You mentioned you sold your Roubaix because it felt sluggish by comparison. Which model and year Roubaix did you have? Your riding position on your new BH looks to be semi aggressive. Are you set up more aggressive on this bike compared to your Roubaix which has a taller head tube?
I had a 2011 spez roubaix elite. I swapped everything except for frame/fork and headset. Bike weighed 15.7 lbs. When I bought it new, it was 20lbs stock. but for some reason the roubaix does not have the liveliness of my 2013 tarmac. Felt lethargic by comparison. Keep in my mind the roubaix frame I had was the low end carbon FACT 8R which I think had something to do with the way the bike felt. The BH Quartz's liveliness is similar to my Tarmac and has the same willingness to want to move forward. The ride on the BH is also WAY smoother than the roubaix, I'm curious if the carbon wheels/tires have something to do with it. The BH has a 1cm taller head tube, but the seat to handlebar height was the same as my Roubaix (3 inches). The one thing I liked about the roubaix was that it handled fast downhills with confidence.