Test the Velocite Syn aero road bike & keep the frame for a steal

Marketing genius!

Might want to dish the front wheel

I do agree with Mike: cross winds might send you flying. But having said that: If yo=u (live in an area where you) benefit from a aero frame this is certainly “something special” that not many of your mates will ride.

Question: These adapters to mount Post Mount brakes to a Flat Mount frame, anybody know where to get these (online), preferably in Europe? I’ve got exactly these HY/RDs, and need to mount them on a Flat Mount frame (not exactly this Syn though). Not much luck finding the adapters so far, not even through my LBS…

Properly thinking puppies would understand that an aero frame with disc brakes is faster than a non-aero frame with disc brakes. It’s not a hard concept to grasp. Aero benefits don’t disappear when you have disc brakes.

BigBenny…Marcel Kittel won quite a few races last year. Also, when Cav was with Scott, Cervelo had the only good aero road bike. A good aero frame is more important than an aero rear wheel(not as much of a factor as an aero front wheel). With internal cable routing and wide downtubes, regular road bikes aren’t too slow these days when you’re comparing them to an aero road bike that also has two bottles. That said, its still a difference and even more so when these guys are flying so fast in the last couple kilometers

@BB_NL- Flat mount frames exist in the wild??

I’d like to test it out!!!….
200milers in a day solo.

“test rider” or early bird buyer???

@BigBenny

An aero bike will go faster, given same conditions and road.
But what will do you better than an aero bike is sitting in the bunch all day then following a train of four team mates, the last of which could have a go as a sprinter in his own right.
An aero bike is for riding by yourself in the wind, which is what most of us do, at least more so than Cav does in races.

@ bb_nl. I have the same KTM frame as you. Been there, got the t-shirt my friend, there is no solution until shimano release their OEM 140 mount in August! My KTM Canic is also solemn in the rack having bought a frame kit 🙁 it will be awesome though! In August…..

Regarding aero bikes ridden to the podium:

Kristoff, anybody?

@ Moffaman Hmmm, bummer! 🙁 KTM dealer said he will/might be able to get them, and I’ve got another shop that was also hopeful. So without trying to second guess you… I surely hope you’re wrong 😉 The Canic wants to go out and play!

Aero frames are silly if you’re not racing. The Bicycle Quarterly folks put a bunch of riders and bikes in a U Washington wind tunnel and found what matters for everyday touring and rando riders:
* position on the bike
* clothing on the rider
everything else is pretty much noise including aero wheels and frame. And non-racers would be better served by non-aero bikes that handle well in weather. Which means cross wind handling matters…

ALL wind tunnel data for bicycles is more or less useless. When you ride a bicycle wind almost always hits the rider and bike from TWO directions as the rider creates a headwind from cycling forward and there is usually a natural wind coming from a different direction. Combine that with the nature of bicycle road racing, which creates a ever varying number of drafting and wind combinations and ANY DATA FROM THE WIND TUNNEL IS MEANINGLESS.

For those that pursue triathlon there is somewhat more validity to wind tunnel data but given the ever changing nature of 2 direction wind it is still very suspect.

Aero bicycles are mostly about marketing, but then EVERYTHING about road bikes is about marketing these days.