BH G4 Road Bike

Price Paid:  $7200.00 at BH Global Spain

Model Year:
2006

Favorite Ride:
Sandia Crest

Bike Setup:
- Full carbon frame. 900grams.
- Full carbon BH fork.
- Liberty Seguros / Astana Worth Blue/Black/Silver and bare carbon paint job.
- Corima Carbon Aero+ rims. 40+mm deep.
- bladed spokes
- custom full carbon Titan stem and integrated bar, molded and fits my hands amazingly well.
- Campy Carbon Record 10 throughout.
- Tacx cages
- Look Carbon Keo HM pedals
- Selle SMP Strike Pro saddle. AMAZING SADDLE.
- Bontrager Hardcase Pro racing clinchers. Puncture proof after 4000miles.
- weighed 14.6 lbs when it arrived, and 16.1 lbs with current setup.

Summary:
I own the BH Global L94, a model from the 2006 TDF. Liberty Seguros Team bike. Thought I'd put my review here, since there isn't a listing for that frame/setup.

- the bike is FAST. Faster than my time trial bikes, and I don't even have aero bars on it. 47mph on a flat.

- It has a wicked 2006 Tour De France paint job, UCI and Pro Tour sponsor decals, as it was a Team Bike.

Strengths:
- VERY fast riding.
- VERY stable.
- VERY smooth.
- VERY COOL paint job and setup.

Weaknesses:
- Since I received an actual TDF bike, it had somne prototype parts on it. The rear cassette was a BH Global creation weighing only 120g....but it wore down quickly. Their support team sent out a Campy Titanium Record cassette in return.

- the seatpost clamp was not manufactured properly, and the seat would move after a few rides. Been through two seatposts and it's still happening. maybe a G4 seatpost will work on my frame?

Similar Products Used:
- Kestrel's, Trek's, Cannondales, Scattante (great bike too), plus other $5000+ full-carbon road bikes. This BH Global blows them all away.

Price Paid:  $5500.00 at LBS

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
up the canyons!

Bike Setup:
Full durace kit other than I had the Mavic SL's put on instead of the durace wheelset.

Summary:
Wow, this bike is great! I had no intention of buying a new bike and then I road one at demo day, bad idea for the wallet. It is incredibly fast but not at the expensive of comfort. It really feels like it requires less effort to hold speed. It has a lot of qualities of a nice tt bike. It's also really good looking! If you are curious, ride one and be ready to buy. For the build-up I had it was also much less than the comparable models I looked at in other brands. The SL2 is $8,000

Strengths:
Stiff, fast and smooth.

Weaknesses:
I wasn't a huge fan of the saddle it came with, but I always change it out for my old favorite selle italia on every bike anyway.

Similar Products Used:
Specialized roubaix, tarmac
Giant TCR
Cervelo soloist

Price Paid:  $2500.00 at Dorado Bikesport, PR

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
BH

Bike Setup:
Campagnolo Centaur group, campy vento wheels
titan carbon hadlebar and stem.

Summary:
I bought this product for its looks but surprise surprise, is really stiff crazy frame lines and fast as hell.With a pair of wheels that weight 2000 gm without tires or cassette it come on 17.7 pounds, feels great
handles lovely with a lifetime warranty on US.

Strengths:
Stiff, light,good looking, well what eslse do you want to blow away to competition.

Weaknesses:
not enough colors to chose from.

Similar Products Used:
Giant, Trek.