Whilst mine is down.
I’ve just borrowed an old but unused Giant TCR, not sure of the model, but equiped with Dura Ace and DT Swiss lightweight wheels (same as the old T-Mobile pro bikes) And made from Torray T800 which I think is as good as you can get.
Just done my usual 43 mile pre race ride, and compared to my Planet X SL Pro it felt akin to cheating.
First of all, absolute zero waste when pulling away or coming out of a corner. Then when I hit Ivinghoe Beacon it just went straight up in the big ring.
The difference is that although hills are still work, the bike felt like it was doing what I wanted it to do, it was coming up the hills with me without feeling like I was dragging it up. And once at the tops…bang off you go no need for any recovery.
The wheels are just under 500g lighter than mine, and are standard not deep section.
The frame is the exact size as my PX a small which I now know to be too small. Shame as I could have had this frame cheap.
After all these years I didn’t think the difference would be so obvious to someone like me.
Definately going to buy well and have another pop in the LVRC.