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specialized road test day
Going to a speciaized road test day at a motor racing circuit on Sunday hoping to ride a new Roubaix. Has anybody been to one and know how how it works in terms of getting to ride the bike you want and how long you get etc?
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Not sure using a race track would be a particularly good test of the new Roubaix though? That said the local circuit here at Castle Combe has its fair share of road surface "imperfections". Bit like when I hired a ti bike in Mallorca, whilst it was very nice I couldn't really tell if it was the bike smoothing everything out, or whether the beautifully surfaced roads meant there was nothing to smooth out!
I went to one last year and it was brilliant. They had nearly all the sizes of the Tarmac, Tarmac Disc, Venge Vias, Roubaix, and Diverge. As it was held at a race track you got two or three laps of the track to try each bike, so probably around 20 minutes each. Sometimes there was a bit of a wait for the right size to become available but it was definitely worth the time spent there. All you need is your cycling kit, and your pedals and shoes.