This is an excellent specification bike as detailed below:
Frameset
Frame Focus aluminium alloy
Fork Focus carbon aero with alloy steerer
Headset FSA Vision
Groupset/Transmission
Brakes FSA Energy
Brake levers FSA Aero alloy
Front derailleur SRAM Rival
Rear derailleur SRAM Rival, 10-speed
Shift levers SRAM carbon TT bar-end shifters, 10-speed
Cassette SRAM 11-28
Chainset FSA Gossamer TT alloy, 53:42
Pedals Keo
Wheels Easton Vista
Tyres/tubes Schwalbe Ultremo 700x23c
Finishing kit
Saddle Fizik Arione
Seatpost Alloy aero section supplied with frameset
Stem FSA alloy
Bars/Aerobars FSA alloy aero base bar and clip-ons
Tri-Bar Vision by Full Speed Ahead
Extract of Review from http://www.tri247.com
Out of the box, the bike looks great. The ‘Euro’ bright green colours show that it's not one to shy away from a crowded market place for tri-bikes, the FSA Gossamer chain set with its solid chain ring, and the excellent FSA aero bars and brake levers really look the part. If you top this off with the carbon SRAM gear levers, the Fizik saddle and Easton wheels and you get a spec-list that is almost unbelievable on a bike at this price-point.
Of course, looks aren’t everything. It certainly talks the talk, but can it deliver the all important walk?
Throwing a leg over the bike and getting out on the road would always be the real test. I took the bike on a number of different rides – once with a road group, a couple of interval sessions, a couple of turbo sessions, and then the final, all-important, test ride round Richmond Park.
In every situation, the bike felt great. In a group, it's often difficult to ride a committed time trial bike; they can be twitchy, over stretched out, and nervous on the road. The Tria was stable and sure-footed at all times. Given the broad range of gears supplied (11-28) it could climb pretty much anything in the area, and the brakes were reliable. The skinny aero brake levers got a little bit uncomfortable on a long descent, but this really wasn’t what the bike was designed for.
The fact that it felt so good riding in a group may have you wondering whether it would be as good on solo time trial efforts. Is it trying to be to much of a ‘Jack of all trades’?
In a word – no. I’ll put this in simple terms; the bike rips along. The excellent Schwalbe tyres feel fast and smooth, and the gears work in all situations. I have to say too, the carbon gear levers are lovely. It may be a small thing, but these are top of the range and exactly what the pros use. The fact that on their own they cost nearly 15% of the total bike price makes their presence even more incredible.
On a straight, flat piece of road, this bike feels great. The aero-bars are really comfortable and feel so stable, you find yourself happy cornering in them, rather than coming up to the ‘tops’. The aero tubing of the frame obviously helps the bike cut through the air as I found myself riding at higher speed than I would normally have done.