SL7 Posted October 10, 2011 Share It's not about the bike or is it about the bike? Check out the attached tables, I would say it is about the bike - the SL4!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac.A Posted October 10, 2011 Share From what I've read the SL4 is going to be very good.But according to Bicycling the C'Dale Evo is the same just better, and it is aimed "squarely at the crotch of specialized new SL4"besides, being that stiff may make for an uncomfortable ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted October 11, 2011 Share The SL4's numbers look nice. Who did the testing? One can't help but notice that it is the only 2012 frame in the test - it would be better to compare it to the Dogma 2, Super6 Evo etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac.A Posted October 11, 2011 Share some of the other bikes are even 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor Posted October 11, 2011 Share some of the other bikes are even 2010. all in all not a very good test, specialized must have done this test themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bontie Posted October 11, 2011 Share all in all not a very good test, specialized must have done this test themselves Possibly, but the surprise must be the Dogma, scoring pretty well (except for the weight issue, but can easily be built to 6,8kg). As for the Cannondales - the SS Hi Mod is said to be stiffer than the EVO as the EVO has some clever engineering making the reear more compliant (read flexy) to absorb road vibrations etc. Cannondale engineers claim it makes the bike faster, but some pros apparently prefer the stiffer SS HM. This is hearsay, but from a pretty reliable source. The SL4 is a very good bike I am sure, but does not stir the emotions, and ai - that headtube. (My opinion only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andretraut Posted October 11, 2011 Share I don't care if the stats were rigged, I am still getting one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted October 11, 2011 Share And will any of you be able to notice the difference between it and the new Raleighs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted October 11, 2011 Share Yeah, Fakes, the SL4 stats are impressive. You gotta get the upgrade!If I was a Spez rider, I would definitely get one. Remember that the 2011 Cannondale Super Six Evo, as Zac.A said, is the Bike Of The Year in Europe.It would be interesting to see how that would compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted October 11, 2011 Share I don't care if the stats were rigged, I am still getting one!I do not expect anything less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerds Posted October 11, 2011 Share giant did not even make the list or was excluded from the tests is the tcr advanced sl that bad ....? Edited October 11, 2011 by smerds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted October 11, 2011 Share I've got an SL3, and that is one stiff bike. It climbs like crazy, the power transfer and responsiveness is amazing. It's just one hard ride though. It turns the smoothest tar road into what feels like a corrugated dirt road from hell. I feel more broken after a 5hr LSD on the SL3 than after an Epic stage! That said, I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted October 11, 2011 Share I like visual imagery.Let's add some to this thread: http://cdn3.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2011/08/02/2/1308843446894_1pnfdwadnh8pb_800_75_600.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC007 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Stunning !!Bring her home Bud. We busy with that Black kit aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two hands Posted October 11, 2011 Share Yep, those stats are straight out of the 2012 Specialized Media pack. And were done a few months back before there were 2012 competitors' bikes to test the SL4 against.But to their credit the testing facility in California really does test everything to catastrophic failure. Mixed emotions walking through a room full of perverse torture equipment and seeing a brand spanking new SL4 or Venge or Epic or Stumpy on a rig getting flexed a gazillion times... But that's how they get the numbers... squeezing every part of every bike (competitors included!) till it pops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted October 11, 2011 Share haha, quite impressive to compare your latest and greatest frame against frames designed in 2009 & 2010. Level playing fields...............yeah right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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