I bought the Redshift because it can be turned upside down to provide lift, where the eesilk can’t. I needed the slight lift that it provided.
Use it on my ‘standard’ Aspero, and it’s pretty a pretty darn stiff frame. Fell in love with the deep burgundy color.
I’ve the regular Aspero and, as stock, the compliance on it is significantly stiffer than my Evo. I swapped the seat post out for a Roval Terra which helped. I’m eyeing up a CraneCreek Silk stem as well, we get a lot of washboard gravel here and I think that will be a good addition.
The bike is perfect for me, if I was bike packing on multi-day adventures I’d probably have gone for something a bit smoother. Cervelo’s marketing is pretty much spot on with the bike, it’s built for pace!
I have the eeSilk stem on my Headlands II. It’s fantastic. I think you’ll like it a lot.
You have the full cane creek eesilk setup on your aspero 5? So both the stem and seat post? I have the seat post but I was told they couldnt add the stem because of the cable integration. How did you get around that - run them outside? Thanks!
Ah, I have a normal Aspero with external cables.
Putting extra bar tape under and around the rubber hoods certainly helps with vibration/buzz. Obviously this won’t do anything for the big hits. Hands are here 90% of the time. Super cheap and easy to implement.