Working at Sugar Cycles, I truly have the best options of TT bikes on the market today. The; Orbea Ordu(which has won the WC twice), Specialized Transition(which has won the WC once and several top five finishes), BMC Time Machine, Jamis Xenith T2, Stork Aero or a custom Lynskey Ti time trail frame. I am currently ridding a Lynskey R430 road frame that I have converted over to a TT setup. I love the bike and the fit works great. But it is used for short intance TT distance in road stage races.
So picking a new TT bike took a little time, but only a little. Out of all the frames I had to pick from, one always stood out for the Ironman distance. The Specialized transition won out in the end and with good reason. And just to throw it a worthy bone, the Orbea Ordu was a close second. I had the opportunity to be on Hawaii in 2007 when Specialized introduced the newly redesigned Transition. And saw all the research and development that went into designing the bike first hand.
The Transition just feels slippery when you are putting out the power to the cranks. Specialized puts so much focus into their BG fitting on all of their bikes. So I could very easily be fit as comfortable and aggressive as my body and fitness could bare on this frame. Combine with a full carbon FACT 9r frameset and carbon Roval Star wheels for a comfortable and areo ride. This made the most sense for staying fresh for the run, but still putting in a solid bike time. I have left the bike pretty much the way I found it, except for some minor changes. Right out of the box It is extermly hard to beat the S-Work Transition.
Pictured above is a example of the S-Works Transition that I will be ridding. I am currently working on installing my power meter, Quarq Rotor cranks. As well as dialing in the fit. I will be racing on the Zipp 808 clinchers. The Roval carbon Star wheelset is a perfect fix of training and performance. Once it is fully built with all my personal touches I will post the final result and specs.
