And an update on the ride quandary. I took out the Prologue yesterday for the exact same 30 mile I route I had struggled on with the Campione the day before. On the old Schwinn I was immediately back up to speed and finished the route with a 19.9 mph average. Well up from the 17.2 mph average on the Bianchi the day before.

So I took the wheels off the Bianchi this morning and put on my standard GP4000S II tires in 700 x 25c. So that part of the equation will now be the same as on my other bikes. But I did notice some drag and roughness in the front hub. The rear seems fine. The other thing was how heavy the wheels felt. I'll have to check the weight on those old CXP-21 rims. Plus I think the rear cassette is packing a lot of extra weight. I have a set on Zonda's inbound that I was going to put on the Circuit but maybe I'll put them on this instead. And source a higher end and lighter cassette.

I do like the look of the Conti's on this bike. Goes well I think with the rest of the black and a dark set of Zonda's may accent the look even better.