New 2013 Time ZXRS Takes Top Spot

Simply the best carbon frame on the market I guess, and it’s not made in asia, but in France by french workers and they are using their own fiber in their own factory. I’ve visited the factory in Nevers this year.

Anyone know what the “hunchback” is supposed to do (I don’t see any bells to ring….)?

I never owned a better bike than my TIME. I think I’ll mortgage the house or sell a kidney and buy another one (ya get what ya pay for!)

The tight weave is used through out all the layers. but to each their own!

I so wish it were made in Japan (not Asia) by Japanese workers with all-Japanese technology. The best carbon fiber is Japan-made, and the best workers are Japanese, not “Asian”. China and Japan are like polar opposites!

European products are generally substandard when it comes to comparison with Japan.

Stop hating.

Richard you’re a joke, and a big one. Thanks for all the fun! The best carbon fiber is Euro or US-made simply because we have better aerospace industry.

Just for the record, any Japanese products are third-world made compared to Alex Singer bike.

The hunchback is probably to stiffen the headtube junction up… grab a time by the hangers n twist them as though ou were sprinting. Ive never seen a bike flex at the headtube like it.

Well, let me chime in. First, the carbon weave on the top layer of most bikes is simply cosmetic. Most carbon bike fans like it. I don’t really care one way or the other, but to each his own. Time claims the hunchback stiffens up the top tube. And I find the comment about the bike being dreadful to ride really interesting. Ali says it doesn’t corner and descends like a nightmare. I haven’t ridden this new ZXRS, but I still own the ProTeam, their second-level bike from seven or eight years ago. And that bike still has the stiffest front end on a bike I’ve ever owned. I’ve had Ridleys, Looks, Pinarellos, you name it; nothing has as solid a front end as my seven year old Time. It descends so well at 48mph that I’ve sat up, taken my hands off the bars, and just let the bike go. I don’t recommend that, but the point is, it’s solid as a rock. No shimmy, no vibration, no front end wandering. I never had any problem turning this bike, either. Maybe the new ride is different, but my experience with Time is the exact opposite from Ali.