Wilier Wonka

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[KarlC]

The ride:

The primary thing (perhaps only thing) I preferred about the Evo compared to the T2 was the handling. The STA and HTA on the T2 were quite standard "race geometry" which I'm not totally crazy about. I have a preference towards high speed stability over low speed agility and the Evo was good there. The Wilier, however, is great there. Italians just know how to setup a bike to get downhill fast. It had been so long since I'd owned a Wilier that I couldn't really compare it with Colnago handling - now I'd say Wilier is absolutely on par. It's fantastic to have so much control of your line (and changing your line) mid-corner. There's jut no drama with this bike.

From a ride quality/compliance perspective, I'd say the Wilier is at least as comfortable as the Evo. For a bike with so much aero shaping, it is remarkable how compliant they've managed to make the front and back end. Now, it's still carbon so it doesn't take off that buzz like titanium, but it's excellent nonetheless.

From a climbing perspective (which there's a lot of around me), I definitely prefer this bike to the Evo - which I always felt a little soft out of the saddle. I also preferred the climbing traits of the T2 over the Evo - but the latter pulled ahead again (literally and figuratively) on the way back down the hill.

I've obviously not been to a wind tunnel (might actually over the winter though) but I've been able to take a bunch of KOMs on this bike. Some easily - some less so. When considering the very confident handling mentioned above - there have been a few times I've tried for PRs on fast segments and felt like I totally screwed up a corner. Only to look back at the data and see that I was traveling 5mph faster than ever before. The speed of this bike definitely sneaks up on you! So much so, that I keep spinning out on my compact gears and thinking it's time to head back to mid-compact...

Nice ride report, thx for adding that.

It's interesting comparing yours and Ryans notes.

Thx

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[dereksmalls]

That's a slick looking bike. Nice one

[beanbiken]

That's a slick looking bike. Nice one

Totally agree.............

BB

[VTR1000SP2]

From the saddle to bar drop, hood placement, stem angle, saddle placement, angle, chainrings, cable routing, picture backgrounds, ... I dig everything about this build.

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[mcfarton]

Gloss black on the stem would look better


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[caballero]

How wide is the stem at the steerer clamp. ?

I’m thinking of putting one on my rig, but it’s Columbus max tubes, might look monstrous.

[KarlC]

9100 crank looks great, not so keen on the Sprint stem, maybe Superlogic ?

[tonytourist]

KarlC thinks you need to run 90mm wheels, minimum.

[KarlC]

KarlC thinks you need to run 90mm wheels, minimum.

LOL ..... Because Aero ?

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