![]() ![]() “It’s not like we have this magic chainstay that makes the thing comfortable. “It’s really about the balance,” said Opus brand manager for road, cyclocross and urban bikes, Raynald Deslauriers. In terms of design, none of these features draw particular attention to themselves. The frame has familiar tube shapes for a carbon-fibre structure: a beefy down tube and 1 1/8″ to 1 1/2″ tapered head tube for stiffness, and skinny seatstays to help with compliance and road feel. ![]() It’s lively in corners, but can settle in when the road straightens out. While the Vivace is a race bike and it’s featured in many crits, it’s not a skittish, tight-circuit race machine. He also rode it in the Montreal crit series Mardis Lachine. Opus/ OGC rider Hugues Lapointe won the national masters criterium championships on a Vivace. ![]() ![]() The cold-weather riding seemed appropriate for a bike designed in Montreal and made in mainland China in same factory that puts out a more expensive Tour de France winning bike frame. It has a great feel, making it a pleasure to take out on a lunch ride – even though I’d seem to spend most of the lunch ride suiting up – or out for hours. I was game to get on the bike as much as I could, not just in the name of research, but because it was so fun to ride. Winter was trying to make riding difficult, but I was watching the weather closely for openings. I did the bulk of my testing on the Opus Vivace 3.0 when most riders were hanging up their road bikes for the season. ![]()
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