Hopefully the delivery condition of the Q-RC 800 was a slip-up: sharp burrs in the dropouts of the fork initially made it impossible to fit the front wheel. In addition, the steerer tube was borderline short. Visually, the bike is appealing and the colour coordination of the frame and components is successful. The impression of unpleasant hardness on the saddle remains from the ride test, which the measured value on the oversized seatpost does not adequately express. The fact that the well-made Fulcrum aero wheels are very stiff vertically and the Ardea saddle from Fizik hardly flexes at all only exacerbates this. Sluggish cables with unfavourable routing impair the shifting behaviour. A BB386 crank with adapters sits in the BB30 bottom bracket shell. Why not a BB30 crank?
Price 2300 Euro
Weight 7.8 kilos
Available in specialised shops
Reference/Info www.conway-bikes.de
Weight frame/fork/steering bearing** 1,126/437/80 grammes
Frame sizes*** 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60 cm
Seat/steering angle 74°/72,5°
Seat/top tube/head tube 560/555/155 mm plus 9 mm headset cap
Wheelbase/caster 995/59 mm
Stack/Reach/STR**** 558/396 mm/1.41
EQUIPMENT
Steering bearing FSA, top 1-1/8, bottom 1-1/2 inch
Brakes/gears Shimano Ultegra
Bottom bracket FSA Gossamer (50/34 t., BB30)
Wheels/tyres Fulcrum Racing Quattro/Schwalbe Ultremo ZX
Handlebar/stem 3T Ergosum Pro/3T ARX-Pro
Saddle/post Fizik Ardea/3T Dorico Pro (31.6 mm)
*The frame set accounts for 40 % of the overall grade, the equipment for 60 %. The grades are calculated up to the final grade with all decimal places; however, for the sake of clarity, all grades are given with rounded decimal places.
**Weighed weights.
***Manufacturer's specification, test size bold.
****Stack/Reach: projected vertical/horizontal measurement from the centre of the bottom bracket to the top of the head tube; STR (Stack to Reach): 1.36 means an extremely race-like riding position, 1.60 an extremely comfortable riding position. A typical sporty position is in the range of 1.44 to 1.49.
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