This Sunday David and I went to the London bike show and neither of us bought much. In fact I only bought some electrolite tabs as they were half price and I'd been meaning to get some for when the weather picks up a bit.
David had been threatening to buy a bike, but good sense prevailed and so we drooled and enquired, oooohed and aaahhhd, discussed the various merits and asked a lot of questions. One thing that really struck me was how passionate and loyal to the brand they work for many of the staff are.
I went expecting to see the Canyon Endurace and be smitten by it's sensible German attitude and equipment. It is a very good bike, but there was a real lack of passion at the stand. All the Canyons collectively displayed in their incredibly competent and good value spec lacked a bit of sparkle.
Helmets
In my quest to find a helmet that I can't get burnt through and is comfortable on a bald head I spent a fair bit of time looking at helmets.
Bikes
We made the mistake of heading to the Dolan stall early in the morning. To get there we had to pass the Starley stall with their beautiful Stainless Steel bike blocking my path. Beautiful but I don't need a race bike so I'm able to resist. We're heading to the Dolan stall to look at the Tuono but I'm immediately stopped dead in my tracks by the Dolan ADX ti. Very pretty in the flesh and with a really great spec on the show model very unfair. All through the day I kept coming back to it in my mind.
The Kinesis and Enigma both had better frames... The Orro and the Canyon a much more affordable type of performance... but the Dolan had it.
"It"
That weird thing that happens when a bike is just right. The Dolan staff are an absolute credit to the company, being both knowledgeable and passionate whilst remaining helpful and unobtrusive.
The lovely Kask Protone
Giro space age commuter helmet
The Kinesis Racelite GF_Ti
Orro Oxygen
The very pretty Dolan ADX Ti
Front view
Campagnolo Chorus fitted to the Dolan ADX ti
