台灣 Team Cinelli Ritchey 車隊

This week I retired my trusty steed Cinelli Strato, and began anew on Cinelli’s Pro Best Of.

（阿丹 note: 這週 Rick 換新車，車架換 2012 Cinelli Pro Best Of：他之前的 Strato 是 XL，今年的 Best Of 用小一號的 L 。主要的原因是可把龍頭放的更低。Best Of 的座管雖是車架一體成型款，但也可裝入普通的座管。Rick 的車沒有裁座管，直接搭配全 carbon 鎖環和 Ritchey 的 SuperLogic 座管 ~ 這應比我的 Best Of 要輕，也更好調整座墊。。。hmmm… 也許我也應該這樣“升級”我的 Best Of? 除了 Quarq 功率大盤外，Rick 的戰馬比較有趣的是用最新，比 4-Axis 更輕 20克的 WCS C260 龍頭和還未正式上市的 SuperLogic 輪組。Rick 對新駒的印象：比 Strato smooth，但在出力時絲毫不軟）

The Strato has been a great bike for the past two racing seasons. Stiff, responsive, and light, however I feel the XL size may have been a bit too big for me. For the Pro Best Of I’ll be riding the L size. You can see by the photo that I’ve been able to get the fit right without having to do anything unusual. So far I’m two rides in and have an excellent first impression. I find the Pro Best Of is smoother and more supple at speed, but get this, It feels just as responsive as the Strato at higher intensity efforts, in and out of the saddle… Perhaps this is where the name “Best Of” came from, best of all riding characteristics! I’ve gone with a black color theme which I think helps focus on the frame’s striking graphics, I’m pretty crazy about it. What do you think?