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Back in January of this year I broke the frame on one of my bikes and asked for help from readers concerning whether or not it was worth considering a repair job. In the comments on the post those with experience told me it should not be welded, but rather brazed . I am not familiar with welding terminology and decided I would pursue the issue, but was not in a hurry because I have two bikes.

I hopped back on my road bike, which I had put on the shelf for the winter, and immediately felt like I had made a quantum leap in bicycle enjoyment. I had not ridden my road bike in some time and the first day I rode it I noticed how light, responsive, and fun it was to ride.

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Fit : The most important changes to the new Shiv are frame geometry and fit adjustability. Specialized won’t be introducing a new UCI-compliant Shiv for 2012. This allows the use of readily available stems or Specialized’s own aero stem to clamp virtually any aerobar on the market. But maybe we’ll see some details taken from the tri Shiv when they do unveil a new model for the time trialists out there. It could only accommodate a single aerobar, the headtube didn’t lengthen as the bike got larger and the basebar could not be raised. As Specialized engineer Luc Callahan put it, “The Shiv was positioned really aggressively, and honestly it didn’t work for everybody. Tube shapes go well beyond the UCI’s 3:1 ratio and the fit is better suited to longer events, instead of super aggressive World Tour positions.

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