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The Collins Cycle team out of Eugene has been on them since 2003. I

personally really like mine and it is the first and only compact style

road bike I've owned. It is my 4th Specialized road bike. I have it set

up w/ an Easton carbon post. Plenty stiff and very light. I like the

clamping mechanism, which allows you to put a round tube into a bladed

tube.



My only comment pertains to water getting into the frame very easy via

the seat tube on rainy rides w/o fenders. I know that we all discovered

this very quickly during the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic SR that year when

it was rainy. If you were to tip your bike back, water would come

running out of the rear drops and top of seat tube. Quite a bit

actually, like at least 1/2 - 3/4 cup. I think all that weight is the

reason I didn't win. ;)



The remedy was to stretch a section of inner tube around the area prior

to sliding the seat post in. Making a little boot gasket to cover it all

seemed to make it all better. Didn't look that sharp but not bad.



Anyone else out there have comments?



Chris Brandt



martin cohen wrote:

 

Starting to look at upgrading my frame, and the S-Works E5 (56) is on my



list of possible bikes. Anyone ridden these? Currently ride an Allez,

all aluminum, alu fork, so I'm no stranger to road vibration: it doesn't



really booottthhhheeeerrrr mmmmeeeeee!



There sure are lots of them for sale..



Thanks,

Marty