Black Beauty Part Deaux

Very nice! Enjoy!

Pattie

Very pretty!!!  Enjoy it. :)

I wanted 2006 models of either the Quintana Roo Tequilo, Cervelo P2SL, or the Felt S22 all of which were in the $2500 sweet spot I was looking for and all three bikes are aluminum.

Cervelo can thank themselves for me not getting the P2SL. I live in a suburb of Los Angeles and in order to even test one out, I'd have to go downtown where there were five stores that were authorized to sell Cervelo (Helen's Cycles) and only one of the stores stocked the P2SL and of course it wasn't my size. According to several shops I spoke to, Cervelo tries not to saturate an area which their brand, unfortunately they have the geography of Los Angeles screwed up because all 5 shops are within a 10 mile radius.

The local shop that sells Quintana Roo (Pacific Tri and Running) decided not to carry Quintana Roo any longer because the sales on their line stunk. They had some seriously steep discounts on the 2005 models - I'm talking $800 off of a Tequilo. Unfortunately there is enough of a difference between 2005 and 2006 Tequilo models that I didn't want to buy the 2005 model.

Finally the S22. My favorite LBS (Cycleworld) which is 2 miles from me carries Felt, happened to have my size in stock, honored an internet advertisement (which was a $200 markdown) I had in my hand and gave me 15% off on top of that. I knew that the S22 was the same frame as the B2 and the componentry was the difference (EC90 fork, dura-ace throughout, and 404's). I woulda liked to have internal cable routing and a cleaner seat post clamp, but lets face it, I'm no Peter Reid

When I went for the test ride I had just finished up a three hour 55 mile hill ride on my Giant TCR. My butt and legs were sore and from what I'm told, that was the best time to test ride a bike. I swear, even though I was tired and sore, the S22 gave such an awesome ride - without adjustments, I thought I was in a Cadillac. After the adjustments, man I just had to ride the sucker home.

Long winded response. Sorry Hard to contain the excitement!



Edited by ChuckyFinster 2006-03-26 4:03 PM

Nice ride. Here's a picture of my Black Beauty.

Edited by triwor 2006-03-26 4:42 PM

Never attached a file to a post yet. Can anyone tell me how it's done. Thanks

my files were to large to attach earlier. Eventually figured it out. This is my first tri bike. Can't wait to race with it.





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Very nice ride!

I bought a Felt F55 on closeout this winter, it has the same color scheme as your Felt. I went with white bottle cages though, not sure if I like it or not..... Congrats though, sure looks nice.

-Matt

BTW, if that's Black Beauty.....How many horsepower???  

thx I guess "Black Beauty Part Deaux" is a bit long (and what would the original BB think?). I kept calling it my "baby" but then my wife started getting upset. So I'm at a loss right now.

*ahem* Black Betty is taken...so be careful we don't hurt her feelings. she's not a tri-bike, but a kick-arse roadie.
Great ride!!-black is best.
Can I suggest something more terrifying than "black beauty"? How 'bout DARTH VADER???

ohhh, I like that name! Vader for short

haha, the Morey loaner!

SEXY!!

I know I should be happy for you...but I am SO jealous!

Seriously though...I am happy for you. Enjoy!