Here it is... in all its glory on Pete's balcony

So, here it is... Cervelo R3 in 08 white. Feels great, only difference from Bianchi setup is that the bars are a little lower and not as far out, but that gave me no trouble, in fact feels a little more confortable if anything. I was going to get anatomical carbon bars but listening to advice from the shop they recommended an aluminium 'cockpit' because carbon is fragile if bashed from the side plus to go for traditional shape. Must say the shape of the bars better than bianchi, shallower curve and not anatomical, feels much more confortable on the drops.

This is one very light bike, reputadly 14lbs, which is half a stone saving on my aluminium Bianchi - might not sound a lot but i know what it takes to loose half a stone in weight!

I notice a big difference on acceleration and the wheels themselves are very light too, though still a little concerned by their lack of stability in strong cross winds coming down that hill, I suspect going to windy on top of Tourmalet. Very disconcerting knocking sound coming from my cranks during 100 mile ride, pretty sure its the bearing in my pedal but hope its not the bearings in BB - bad news in a brand new bike. Anyway, may nip out in Portland and get some new pedals to check that out.