Off came Mavic's latest Ksyrium Elite S wheels, to be replaced with some old favourites. That lack of isolation from the road was quite a surprise, so I set about trying to find its cause. What I thought would be a quick process took much longer than I had expected as I discovered a little more about the bike on each ride and slowly grew to like it. The isolation most titanium frames offer just wasn't nearly as apparent. The most noticeable change was the amount of road shock the frame transmitted to the rider. The stiffness on the first few rides was similar to that of a stocky aluminium frame, something with large-diameter tubes and thick walls. You might reasonably say ‘of course it is', but I was taking into account the added expectation of the Helix tubes. It really was quite a surprising ride much stiffer than the last titanium bike I tried and noticeably ahead of the steel Ritchey I'd just jumped off. Some elements felt just like any other titanium frame, but so much of it felt alien. After all, I've ridden quite a few standard titanium bikes over the years, so how different would the twisted-tubed bike be? I spent the next month or so riding it to get used to its behaviour and seeing how it rode, before stepping off it and on to the round-tubed bike.įor the first few rides I couldn't get my head around the ride of the Helix. Where do you start? Which bike do you try first? I decided it made sense to get right down to it and try the Helix first.
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