Originally Posted by
treebound
What bike did you order? Just curious.
It's a BMC TimeMachine 02. I've got maybe 100 miles on it now and I'm very impressed with the difference it makes. At this point, I'm a little faster, on average, in high Zone 2 power than I am on my road bike (in the drops) in mid Zone 4. Once I've got my positioning dialed in, I expect both to get my power up and to improve my aerodynamics. Over time, I think a 2 or 3 mph difference might be possible. We will see. This is going to be an interesting off-season project.