Dolan Arc

no, i agree. horrible aesthetically. i really hope they're at least comfortable to ride.

Surely not, as a matter of taste, but for what they are they are amazing! I have B123 and B127 on other bikes, so I definitely like the more classic stuff as well, but I'll take the Sphinx any day over Deda/Cinelli pistas for a bike like the Arc.

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The Sphinx bars are super comfortable. They were engineered along with Cameron Meyer for endurance racing where one alternates between sprinting and level high speed. The idea is that one uses the drops for sprints, and that one adopts the sphinx position by hooking the wrists inside the bend with palms facing outwards. But you also have two more great positions; riding on the top forward corners (brakehoods) which allows you to have a firm grip for pulling when accelerating or climbing, and riding on the back corners where the wrists rest gently on the outer part of the flat aero wing - which is very comfortable compared to the closed in position you would get on traditional pista/keirin bars that curves in early. UCI-compliance might be a problem though as it is quite a bit longer than traditional bars. I should probably note that I don't compete, but my bike does.

Carbon is nice, but I like steel and alu as well...just for different purposes. =)

I've never ridden SPD actually, so it is just what I'm used to. I do ride with Aurora though, which is pretty much the tightest strap available.

So wait… you don't even race with this bike? What do you mean "my bike does"?

So this is just a commuting/street bike?

It really baffles me that you would have an Olympic quality build… and not even race. Please explain.

A 3,000 dollar carbon track frame as a commuter / apartment art. Those handlebars have to be some of the ugliest I've ever seen, but the rest of the bike is cool. Well, the wheels look cool, but a aero spoked wheel would definitely function better on the street and track.

Well, for me it is an interest in bicycles, and when I do something I don't do it half-ass. =) Personally, I only ride it off the track, but not a whole lot in the city exactly...the gearing is quite high so it is not really suited for arguing with taxis. I would love to race it on the track (not competitively), but there isn't any track where I live.

When I wrote "my bike does", it was merely that the current Norwegian champion in 1000m and 4000m will be borrowing the bike for an event in Sweden this September. So at least my bike gets SOME real action. =)

And just so you don't think I'm a total douche...the frame was bought at a heavy discount, as was the wheels. So even though it has been expensive to build it hasn't been craaaazy expensive. Kick me in the head if I upgrade to iO/Comete wheels or something...

Whatever makes someone happy. I'm cool with that. I totally understand.

However, since you don't even have the potential to ride this on a track, for which it's intended and built for, I question why you did not build just as awesome as a time trial bike, or even road bike. Both of which, you could surely feed your same addiction to building a nice bike, but have something that you could actually use for what it's made for!

Hell, for all I know, you have a killer TT aero bike built up too, along with a road bike. Haha

He is saying his bike is faster than your bike.

lulz commuter biek