Upgrade to a carbon bike from my Scott Speedster S50...Thoughts?

[Ste pt1]

Oooops I've gone for the black/red/white scheme

 

[vickster]

That's a shame, ahh well you'll just need to pedal 20% harder to get close to the same speeds

 

[Liamsles]

@Ste pt1 I really like the black/red/white scheme When do you get it?

My (recently assigned) winter bike is black and white and was just a bit boring on the eye, so that's why I wanted as little black as possible.

Quick question to anyone...In terms of storage, I stored my aluminium bike on a bike workstand by clamping the top tube. It wasn't clamped in a vice like grip or anything. However, many people have said putting a carbon framed bike on a workstand by the top tube is a bad idea. is there anything definitive on this?

Cheers.

 

[Saluki]

Nice. Its great when you get on a bike and are just blown away with it. Nice colours too, hardly any black (that might just be my preference for not having much black though)

 

[Ste pt1]

@vickster are you saying the white scheme is faster than the black/red
@Liamsles I've ordered it through the cycle to work scheme so it's already been approved just waiting for my employer to pay up hopefully I'll have it before may

 

[vickster]

Absolutely, black bikes are slowest

 

[Peteaud]

Absolutely, black bikes are slowest

Both my bikes are 50% black .

 

[vickster]

Half of the time they will be slow, half they will be quick(er) depending on what the other colour is If grey, they'll be even slower

 

[Peteaud]

Half of the time they will be slow, half they will be quick(er) depending on what the other colour is

White.

 

[vickster]

You are half redeemed, as long as it's the predominant 50%...i.e. the tyres and writing are black and the rest is white

 

[youngoldbloke]

of the time they will be slow, half they will be quick(er) depending on what the other colour is If grey, they'll be even slower

I have 3 black bikes - the fastest one is the matt black with grey - so there, vickster

 

[Ste pt1]

Ok I'm phoning leisure lakes up in the morning and cancelling my order