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About a week back I started saying I was getting this bike, and now I have it
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Just going around my area totalling 8.5km, I was exceedingly impressed by the way this bike feels. It smooths out the horrible roads around here incredibly. I am used to Shimano shifting, but already like the way Campag works (Chorus).
However, it doesn't feel any lighter than my 2001 Giant TCR2, why, probably frame size differences.
But, by no means does the weight hold it back. The TCR wants to climb, but the Magister NEEDS to climb. It is suprisingly faster up hills. It NEEDS you to get out of the saddle. It has to climb, it makes you climb. It's superb. On my TCR, I have a 39x25 as my lowest gear; on the Magester its a 39x23. I thought that may have been a problem, but so far I doubt it, as around my are, when I usually would use it (hilly area), I didn't even get to my 39x22.
My set up is to concur with a 6.61m rollout (U17 NZ gearing), so I have a 50-39 and 14-23 cassette with the 14t and 15t blocked.
I believe that if you can get this, I highly recommend it.
About a week back I started saying I was getting this bike, and now I have it
Just going around my area totalling 8.5km, I was exceedingly impressed by the way this bike feels. It smooths out the horrible roads around here incredibly. I am used to Shimano shifting, but already like the way Campag works (Chorus).
However, it doesn't feel any lighter than my 2001 Giant TCR2, why, probably frame size differences.
But, by no means does the weight hold it back. The TCR wants to climb, but the Magister NEEDS to climb. It is suprisingly faster up hills. It NEEDS you to get out of the saddle. It has to climb, it makes you climb. It's superb. On my TCR, I have a 39x25 as my lowest gear; on the Magester its a 39x23. I thought that may have been a problem, but so far I doubt it, as around my are, when I usually would use it (hilly area), I didn't even get to my 39x22.
My set up is to concur with a 6.61m rollout (U17 NZ gearing), so I have a 50-39 and 14-23 cassette with the 14t and 15t blocked.
I believe that if you can get this, I highly recommend it.