![]() ![]() Tifosi have specced a direct mount Shimano 105 calliper on the underneath of the chainstays. At first I thought geometry but this thing is set up like a race bike, as previously mentioned it very similar to the Bianchi and that had no such issues. The Scalare got flustered, the feedback from the front wheel became vague and the usual tweaks of body position did little to tame it. It all starts off with a long gentle left hander to pick up speed before it tightens into a chicane, tight left first then steeply into a right with both bends having a lot of camber so you really need to kick your bodyweight over to get the bike to bank and pick up the second apex. I have a couple of routes that every bike gets tested on, one of which has a short twisty decent that I must have ridden down hundreds and hundreds of times, I know every line, pothole, drain cover and gravel mound. The one place that the Tifosi can let itself down though is when things get technical at high speed. Again, those shallow bars allow you to get low and descend in the drops. ![]() Straight descents and those with gently swooping bends can be taken with confidence with plenty of feedback travelling from road to rider. The handling remains on the neutral side of lively as the speed increases. Thanks to the 145mm long head tube on our medium sized frame you can get into a decent aero tuck without requiring a huge range of flexibility helped by the rather shallow drop of the Cinelli bars. On the flatlands this allows you to find a rhythm and ride at pace for a good few hours without having to stretch or shift your riding position continuously. ![]()
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