On Fast Rides

For anyone living in a cave, or not following the Pro Cyclists, Fabian Cancellara of Team Saxo Bank (formerly team CSC) cleaned up at the Men’s Elite Individual Time Trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Here is is an article about the win that I suspect Specialized will be in no hurry to pull from their website.

Now Cancellara pulled his +50km/h average speed on a Specialized S-Works Shiv TT, which looks something like this:

Now near as I can tell, your average consumer cannot buy a Shiv, the best us mortals can hope to piss away our hard earned on is one of these.

Someone in the club asked what was downgraded from what Fabian had to what I have, mainly he has more deep dishes in his aero wheels, and his seat post tube leading edge is straight, mine obviously is curved. Oh yeah, Fabian Cancellara is on the Shiv, that's probably the biggest difference!

Anyway for anyone who is wondering, my goal next year is to do a OCA sanctioned UCI rules ITT average of at least 45km/h over no less than a 35km distance. I need to get Alex sized perfectly, and I am now accepting donations for a TT saddle and helmet.