Our CTO, Jordan Rapp, also found that the sizer exported a solution that is probably one size down from the frame size he’d likely ride. I have an Andean, I measured it, and the sizer prescribed a set-up that yields a position 20mm longer than what I think I have on the Andean in my garage. Honestly, either I measured wrong it the sizer is wrong. Twenty minutes and you’re pedaling down the street. I didn’t know Fedex and UPS allowed boxes that big. What Diamondback released today is something you might expect Canyon to offer, but I think Diamondback would bristle at this, because it believes it’s already executing what Canyon has so-far yet to do in the U.S.: successfully selling top-caliber bikes consumer direct.ĭiamondback is building, as we speak, an assembly facility at its headquarters that will place on the Andean the build kit the consumer wants, with the desired wheels, and so forth, and ship it to the consumer pretty much ready to ride. Still, visually, its shopping site pales compared to what Diamondback released today, bearing in mind that Diamondback only had to worry about one model of one brand, whereas Wrench Science has that multiplied by at least an order of magnitude. When considered as a tri retailer there are two very desirable brands in Wrench Science's stable: Orbea and Argon 18. One of these days I’m going to investigate Wrench Science more closely, because they do what they do under the radar. We’ve seen this kind of thing from Chain Wiggle or Competitive Cyclist, but not with a frame anyone would want. Today is our first glimpse of the Andean’s Project-One-style buildable shopper, the Andean Custom Studio, with a Pad X/Y sizer built in.įirst, it’s one of the few desirable frames built into a shopping module like this. That bike was launched a couple of months ago.