The Nanolight review in Cycling Plus was of the OLD frame – not the current Hi Mod one. There are significant differences in terms of stiffness between them and I wouldn’t give a hapeth for that review as, as far as I understand, it doesn’t represent the current product.
I have a Nanolight Hi Mod, weigh 13.5 stone (ahem) and genuinely, seriously consider it a better frame than either the S-Works Roubaix that it replaced, or the Litespeed Ti frame that I had before that.
It’s stiff but compliant, very fast and remarkably comfy on long rides. Given the state of the roads round here (Cheshire / White Peak) it tracks very well, is confident on the downhills and, given my overall mass, is remarkably rapid on the ups. I’ll be doing the Geoff Thomas / Cyclestore sportive this weekend on it and can’t wait to get out on it. Mine’s got Dura Ace 7800 and Mavic Ksyrium hoops; that have evolved through both previous frames over the years. It’s a top ride – go for it.
The only caveat is that you’ll not be able to run greater than 700×23 tyres, but you wouldn’t really want to on that sort of frame anyway, I don’t think.