hi,
just thought i would introduce myself. i've been mountain biking for around 4 years, and road riding for around 8 months. i got a road bike purely for winter riding (fed up with spending aload of time washing the damn thing), un-fortunatley or fortunately, i kind of got hooked on the road riding!
the cove is more of a play bike rather than a xc bike (pretty obvious really).
the giant is my first road bike, its a great bike, but i'm just waiting for the delivery of a cervelo soloist frame

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"no hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle"
Sir Winston Churchill

Welcome to the board....which Soloist frame did you end up buying?

gone for the soloist team, couldn't justify forking out for the soloist carbon.

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"no hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle"
Sir Winston Churchill

Frame-cervelo soloist team 58cm
Forks-wolf cl
Seatpost-cervelo alu(will upgrade to carbon next month)
Groupset-shimano ultegra + shimao R700 compact chainset
Pedals-crank brothers quattro
Wheels-mavic aksium(will upgrade next summer)
Tyres-michelin pro race 2
Bars-easton ea70 42cm
Stem- itm the 90mm or giant 110mm(still sorting out position, will then get a new stem)
Saddle-selle italia SLR
Cages-tacx tao

only done a quick test ride but so far, i'm loving it!

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"no hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle"
Sir Winston Churchill