I am planning on using the best bikes I have ever owned for RAAM 2008. The first pictured bike is definitely the fastest bike I have ever ridden. It is a bike I purchased on E-bay this winter and needed some work, esp. the addition of two really fast wheels! It is aluminum with carbon rear triangle, seatpost and fork. I plan to use it on flatter stages; it puts you really low and is not as comfortable as the second bike, the Marinoni. The latter is titanium with carbon rear triangle, fork and seatpost - a bit lighter and definitely absorbs the bumps better. Everything is Campagnolo Record, as with the other guys on the team; so parts are interchangable. Clinchers are faster and more convenient, and we will use them predominantly. However, the Zipp wheels are mounted with Zipp Tangente tubulars, which are both supple and still fast. My concern is trading speed for comfort - hopefully there is not too much fatigue in riding an extreme aero position. But I think that team RAAM gives one a chance to switch out equipment that is not working and make decisions on the fly.
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