Originally Posted by
johnopower
The softride classic and rockeTTis a lot more aero (according to Softride's quoted research) than the P3 and I'm not sure about the P3c or P4. And replacing the beams after a few years? Its sounds better than replacing entire frames to me.
Hmmm.... Well Softride says they're fastest so it must be so. Have you ever seen the Softride press release? They used a live rider, human error on bike testing is huge. According to a Felt and Trek rep Softrides don't keep up with new UCI legal designs. Now some UCI illegal designs do best our 3:1 double diamond friends, such as Lotus, Zipp and GT superbikes; however those are even rarer and harder to service than Softrides.
Carbonsports is an even bigger brick than the Softride when viewed from headon, but it looks pretty from the side.
I've got to go but will return with more random thoughts on the issue.