Oct 1, 2007 9
Blue RC4: Best Handling Bike Ever Designed?
Blue is a new bike company that has only been around for a few years. Two or three as the Blue reps told me last month at the Chris Thater both. But that did not ring true even as I was feeling the after effects of my crash. My Lemond Chambery was not in the best shape (back to working order now), so the test ride offer seemed enticing. Its a company I’ve heard of before and I even had a chance to purchase one at a Team Colavita discount when Maxpowercycling.com was a Colavita Regional Amateur team in 2006. I did not know too much about Blue at the time and passed on the offer.
Blue bikes have been around for at least four years as they have been sponsoring the Colavita Women and previously the Quark team since at least 2004, so greater that three years if the answer.
In 2006 only the Colavita women’s team were riding Blue bikes. In 2007 the Colavita men switched from Felts to Blue and the name recognition grew at least in my realm of influence. So, I dropped my info and took the bike for a test drive. I figure this would be a good section to start for Velochimp.com. I can setup test rides and have every major dealer send me their bikes to test.
