Originally Posted by
jiangshi
Elica Continua basically means the spirals run the length of the tube, unlike SLX. Those are nice bikes, I have heard they ride a bit harsher than the SL/SLX models, but have no personal experience.
That was the rep I remember too, but no personal experience. If you look at the time line, it had MAX to compete with pretty quickly and it just never had the chance to gain a foothold.