I forgot about that KOM!
That was not long after I started cycling and the amount of fear I had matched the amount of kids (zero). I may have just been more stupid 
If it wasnât so sketchy Iâd like to see how much faster I could do it with this new Venge. At that speed, aero makes a substantial difference.
I hear you on that descent! Couple years ago I was 7 months newbie on a road bike, two teenagers, and did that descent during DR (no cars) riding my disc brakes. Brakes were howling by the end LOL! Still ended up almost 25mph with only 20 seconds of pedaling.
Was talking with your dad at the open house last month - turns out we both went to same âarctic tundraâ college - and I pointed out you held that KOM. He shared a story or two about your training, including a Hwy 4 / Ebbetts pass story.
Can you guys give me some feedback on how the Venge handles long, straight, fast descents? I like the technical, twisty descents but get nervy once the speed starts heading 40 and upwards. Does the Venge feel nice and stable at high speeds?
Handles great! I think I hit 52mph yesterday and 50mph today. Stable and smooth all the time.
Woah, 63km/h for nearly 9 mins 
Itâs good. I hit 51.8 or something like that and felt stable.
Guys,
Bit of a geeky question - iâm thinking about an S works Venge as a âOne bike to rule them allâ
Admittedly if you are using a road bike in any guise as a TT bike there will be some level of compromise that there is no getting away from (stack height and seat tube angle) putting this aside I was thinking - how feasible would it be to have a Venge with 2 sets of handle bars (one road and one full TT) - using a Shimano J-kit for the hydro brakes and inline connectors to disconnect and reconnect the DI2?
BTW iâm not interested in the Tri handle bar that they offer for the venge as that looks terrible and doesnât maximize the aero benefit of a TT set up
any one who could shed light on this?
Tom
Itâs debatable if the Venge is even the best road bike Specialized makes. The Tarmac is still really good.
I think the only thing that would trip you up is that in the road setup - youâd have to have all the connectors for di2, and the hoses on that part under the stem and line everything up perfectly.
If youâre using the stock venge stem - that might be a bit tight if youâre using the cable bat at the front of the stem to hold all the hoses together. This probably would really suck for short stems too as that space would be smaller.
You can of course, just let the cables flap in the wind a little bit and not use the cable bat. Or use a standard stem too where youâd have more space to put the connectors. Less aero tho I guess.
Yes that was what I was thinking - thanks for getting back to me though! I think the venge would be pretty awesome with a deep front, disc wheel and a set of SES Enve Aerobars or something!
However iâd probably go for a 54cm frame and a longer stem say 130mm or so so I might have enough length under there.
On this weeks Podcast @Nate_Pearson mentioned that he was having problems with the bottom bracket on his Venge. I wasnât clear if the problem was with the Ceramic Speed bottom bracket or the Sram Dub one. Can someone clarify which it was?
I think he was talking about his new âlightweightâ Tarmac build actually. I think it was Ceramic Speed.
I had problems with my cranks on the Tarmac, they were just not tonight enough. Fixed now.
Ok, so the problem was not the BB itself, thatâs good to know
Thanks.