Re: Colnago EPS or C59?
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:51 pm
Eps is a great bike. Round tubes look nicer than the c59 shaped tubes. The eps is just such a great performer even better than my extreme power. It feels more lively
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Yeh the tyre clearance issue is frustrating, my CLX is similar, can only get 23mm clinchers in (Corsa SC on Archetype) or 25mm tubs on my 303s.GonaSovereign wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 12:54 amI've said this elsewhere, but the EPS is the Goldilocks bike from Colnago. It's a full-on rocket ship race bike, but strangely has more tire clearance than the others C-series bikes or the EP. I ride 28s no problem, and have put 32 clincher file treads on to test (it fits; just).
In a moment of weakness, I offered this up for sale and asked almost nothing for it. Thankfully no one grabbed it before I came to my senses.
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The EPS has round tubes vs shaped on the C59, but as the former owner of a Master, I know the tube profile has little to do with the ride.
Short story: they're both really nice. The tire clearance kept me from picking up a C59. I suppose they'll address that with the c64 next week....
Bigger tubes than what? The tubes are a round cross section with three internal ribs. My EPQ is an EPS top tube/downtube with C59 lugs and stays. The fork is the same on the EPS/EPQ and C59. Really... with every iteration of the C-series... I have never felt... "holy crap, this is so much stiffer I can't even ride the thing". There are a lot of lighter bikes that are "stiffer", but they feel brittle in comparison. Almost as if they'd snap in a bad situation, whereas something with a little more material might have a bit more "give" to it.fromtrektocolnago wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:12 pmI think the eps has bigger tubes and is stiffer. for me that's not something I want
I currently have Schwalbe 28mm tubulars on my EPS. No problemo. Here's a pic taken 30 seconds ago.