My new „black ops vehicle“ 
2020 Diamondback Andean
custom raw carbon finish with blacked out ENVE 7.8s, SRAM Red AXS and TriRig Alpha One/Zipp Vuka cockpit
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Certainly a crazy build and I really that you build something like this. It doesn’t speak to my sense of aesthetics, but certainly stands out.
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The whole gang:
PS.: don‘t tell my wife. To her, there is „the orange bike“ and the „black bike“… XD
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Quite the stable you have there. I usually don’t like the look of TT bikes but the Shiv looks like an absolute weapon
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I use trainer road for fitness to ride my cargo bike. Big Horn is on Mount Evans - rode up Evans with a load of camera gear. The kid in the red helmet is autistic, so she can’t ride on her own. Riding smooths her out and she likes the local crushed gravel trails. The dog cut his paw - so he got to ride for the trip home.
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I‘ve wanted this thing ever since it hit the market so it was an aesthetic thing all the way. Fast forward three years and the machine is finally here.
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Awesome, dadwatts. No better reason to train in the world than hauling kids and cargo to 14130 feet for a day of good fun!
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All the power to you. These things are very personal. The build and images are amazing. If I like the general frame aesthetics or not is the least important thing on this planet.
Have great fun with it.
Great fleet and +1 for using „the black bike method“. I successfully used it as well but blew up when replacing a black with a silver bike - since then I am under close supervision.
How do you like the Aethos? In my mind it was a surprising move by Spesh to release a more traditional lightweight bike after pushing integration and aeroness for years.
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I gave a little initial review on the bike here:
Long story short: Great bike, but many high end bikes are. It is very good, but not the revelation that media outlets claim it to be (and I never expected that).
I was surprised also that specialized went in this direction. I like big S very much, and it is a good Addition to my stable. I will be looking at aero bikes again, once things have cleared up on UCI regulation changes…
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Dad Of The Year.
Awesome.
Although at first I thought your brought the kiddos and the dog up Evans in that cargo bike!!!
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How do you like this? Through my employer I can get one for about half price but haven’t seriously looked before.
Are you in the UK? If so, I guess that would be the cycle-to-work-extremely-fast scheme…
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Live in the US
The machine is seriously fast but maybe I am impressed easily coming from a slightly outdated Scott Plasma.
Although the bike‘s body has a lot of surface area it is remarkably stable in crosswind conditions, same applies for the wheel-set.
I was warned before that I shouldn’t expect product quality on Specialized oder Cervelo level but so far I have nothing to complain.
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What is connected to the steerer tube above he stem on your Open UP?
At least one kid is a bucket list goal, actually. They get bigger every year tho, so the cargo bike will eventually yield to a tandem. (Hase Pino)
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Here’s something different… built up my Specialized Expedition that I bought new in 1984 as a winter training bike. Nine speed Frankendrivetrain (Ultegra, Dura Ace, Deore XT and Sora) and misc parts from the bin. Super smooth heavy retro ride yet still managed to set a couple of [unimpressive] Strava PRs on yesterday’s 20 mile outdoor ride.
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