Comments on: HSG Review: A love letter to Ben Serotta http://supersquadra.net/?p=231 2009 Two Time Junior National Track Champion | 2009 TX Premiere Cup Team Champion | 2009 TX State Cup Individual and Team Champions Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:38:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Asaka http://supersquadra.net/?p=231&cpage=1#comment-512 Asaka Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:36:45 +0000 http://supersquadra.net/?p=231#comment-512 Nice blog! Thank you :) Nice blog! Thank you :)

]]> By: Rick http://supersquadra.net/?p=231&cpage=1#comment-259 Rick Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:32:24 +0000 http://supersquadra.net/?p=231#comment-259 I also ride an HSG iT, and I agree it is a wonderful frame! I originally feared it would be a bit too aggressive, especially for the kind of riding I do, but I agree with Ian that the bike keeps one feeling fresh over the long haul... I've already ridden two very hilly centuries (> 10K feet), and while they weren't my fastest I finished feeling better than ever, and simply finishing with so few training miles under my chamois says something in itself. Last weekend I rode Cheat Mountain Challenge, the day after a root canal (ouch!), on a set of Velocity Deep-V wheels (not climbing wheels in anyone's book)... I feel this bike is the best investment I've ever made. Better yet, I NEVER see myself coming and going like so many Trek pilots do. Not sure why, but that's important to me. This bike absolutely excels on the flats and sprinter hills, and begs to be ridden in the drops. It's the only bike I've ever owned that felt perfectly comfortable, hammering out of the saddle, while in the drops... It also takes a nice set on a fast, curvy descents, making it easy and fun to carve corners at speeds that normally make the hair on the back of my neck stand! This weekend we're riding Blue Ridge Extreme. I'll be spinning on a brand new Mavic SL wheelset. Yeehaw. (I think). BTW, my other bike is an '07 Look 585 Pro Team, an admittedly lighter, but way less fun bike to ride! - Rick I also ride an HSG iT, and I agree it is a wonderful frame! I originally feared it would be a bit too aggressive, especially for the kind of riding I do, but I agree with Ian that the bike keeps one feeling fresh over the long haul… I’ve already ridden two very hilly centuries (> 10K feet), and while they weren’t my fastest I finished feeling better than ever, and simply finishing with so few training miles under my chamois says something in itself. Last weekend I rode Cheat Mountain Challenge, the day after a root canal (ouch!), on a set of Velocity Deep-V wheels (not climbing wheels in anyone’s book)… I feel this bike is the best investment I’ve ever made. Better yet, I NEVER see myself coming and going like so many Trek pilots do. Not sure why, but that’s important to me.

This bike absolutely excels on the flats and sprinter hills, and begs to be ridden in the drops. It’s the only bike I’ve ever owned that felt perfectly comfortable, hammering out of the saddle, while in the drops… It also takes a nice set on a fast, curvy descents, making it easy and fun to carve corners at speeds that normally make the hair on the back of my neck stand!

This weekend we’re riding Blue Ridge Extreme. I’ll be spinning on a brand new Mavic SL wheelset. Yeehaw. (I think). BTW, my other bike is an ‘07 Look 585 Pro Team, an admittedly lighter, but way less fun bike to ride!

- Rick

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