Originally Posted by
Jrasero
As someone who watched a lot of that YouTube and built a Winspace T1500 with a mix of Force and Rival I will say you are pretty spot on price wise and while $4K-$5K isn't cheap, that same bike would be $7K-$9K if it was big name brand. Simply put there really isn't a cheaper way to get an Aero bike of this quality and performance at the price you spoke of. Also looking at your range of bikes I can easily say yeah the T1500 isn't an all day in the saddle bike where I would want to do a century in but comfort wise if you take away the wider tires and flexing seat post it has been just as "comfortable" as an Canyon Endurace. I think the obvious thing is the fact that since these aren't really carried in stores as complete bikes, there is no way in testing them out and we all have to go by word of mouth.
That's a nice looking build!
Yeah, even shopping Canyon's Outlet, it looks like $6500 is the lowest you could get an Aeroad with electronic shifting.
The other thing I wonder about aero bikes, especially with deep section wheels is stability in crosswinds. It's almost always at least breezy here, and that means at least some of the time I'm dealing with crosswinds. I love the look of an aero frame with deep section wheels, but I fear being blown around too much.