Everti Phoenix

Price Paid:  $3500.00 at Collins bike shop

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
Wolf creek( 74miles)

Bike Setup:
Sram Force, Fulcrum Racing 3 wheels Ritchey Bar,stem, and post.

Summary:
Good stiff Frame for my 6ft 6in 215lb body. Very good welds,handles nicely.

Strengths:
stiffness, but still good ride qualities

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
Scott CR1, Specialized Tarmac Expert

Price Paid:  $1475.00 at direct-Mr. C's

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
all

Bike Setup:
Full DuraAce (except Ultegra bottom Bracket), ITM bars-stem, FSA headset, Bontrager Race X Lite wheels and fork, Fizik Arione saddle and Conti 4 season tires

Summary:
Light but steady, stiff but comfortable, sure but nimble. This a beauty of a bicycle handles very well on tight turns, on fast descents and on climbs. The racing geometry still yields an easy ride. The welds are aerospace quality and the overall appearance of the matt titanium is stunning. I would go so far as to compare the Phoenox to titanium frames costing 2-3 times as much.

Strengths:
Light, strong, well-built and pretty. And much less money than similar frames.

Weaknesses:
The owner need to train more and harder :-))

Similar Products Used:
Merlin Superlight, Serotta Legend, Moots.

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Everti Bicycle, Dunc

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
something flat

Bike Setup:
San Marco Rolls saddle, Full Dura Ace group, Mavic Ksyrium SL clinchers, Shimano Dura Ace 7801 clinchers, Michelin pro race tires & latex tubes, Zipp 404's - tubular (TUFO), Deda zero stem, Ritchey WCS carbon evolution bars, Easton ecs 90 slx fork, Easton ec 90 oversized seatpost.

Summary:
I've had the good fortune to ride some great bikes over the years, two of which are listed below.

The Argon was my introduction to carbon followed by the gorgeous BMC out of Switzerland. Both bikes were very light, flashy and stiff.

The BMC was of course the top end of that description. The finishing flawless, more like artwork than a bike frame and the ride was amazingly responsive to power input.

The thing with a full on carbon race bike though was that it did tend to have a harsher ride (particularly with Zipp 404's) over the rough stuff. After a couple of years it time to try something new, Ti...

The Everti is flashy, bright and shiny, Im a magpie so, very important. Its light, surprisingly so, the same as the lighter carbon frames, shocking really. The ride was a surprise too.

It accelerated quickly, then I discovered how fast and stable it was diving into corners or threading manhole covers on the street. I started doing it for fun like those guys doing gates on a ski hill. It really carves, not sure why it just does. On a high speed descent it's rock solid, no problem there, in fact just like the BMC.

I thought the frame might flex laterally as i had heard ti did that a bit but nope. The tubes are shaped beautifully (not boring) and flare where they attach to the bb and head tube. No flex, nada Im 200lbs on a fat day and 195lbs otherwise.

The ride is more comfortable in the vertical plane than the BMC was when paired with the Zipps fully cranked up and racing on chip seal at 45kph; it felt like the seat was trying to split me in half like a thanksgiving turkey, smooth pave was a welcome relief. This isnt a problem anymore though.

The frame finishing is on par with the BMC and the welds look like jewellry.

Thing is, my BMC built up with Campy and Zipps was about $12,000.00cad when complete. An Everti cost you a bit more than half that for the same performance without the turkey effect.

Big bang for your buck, very light, comfortable yet responsive ride.

Strengths:
Very fast and responsive.
Extremely light and very stiff laterally, no flex, nada.
Flashy, pro team look, fast angles.

Weaknesses:
Its titanium and I've been told it won't degrade over time like carbon or aluminum. How am I supposed to justify buying new gear now?

Similar Products Used:
Argon 18 Helium, BMC SLC 01 Team Machine.