Bike Review - Kuota Kharma Carbon Road Race

Not everyone has the money to buy the Tour de France miracle machines on the market. More and more people for a good value in a powerful carbon road bike look. And 'here as a motorcycle races Kuota Kharma entering Many of the features of high-end models with a more modest price. Four years ago, a picture like this would have been $ 6,000 on a bicycle. Now the bike is less than half.

Kharma is the race to build a complete bike or frameas you want. The wheels are available with Shimano 105 or Ultegra or SRAM Rival. I tried the Rival equipped bikes. During a review of the group for another article, it works fine. Shifts are quick and precise feel with a good lever.

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The heart of any bike is the frame, and what the heart of the race was Kharma. The trajectory of the fall of the upper tube directs our attention to the cluster based aerodynamic. All pipes come together. Unusually for a bike of this price range are the frame tubesaerodynamically optimized to help cut the wind. This includes a cutout to the back of the seat tube and a support surface is shaped like a saddle. Help the air resistance accounts for about 90 percent of the resistance when driving on level ground, every little. The fit is a bit 'more relaxed than it is high-end siblings, with a slightly shorter top tube the same size all the tubes are shaped to provide a good balance of aerodynamics, stiffness and weight. And the Italian asThe design is a glow certainly clear that you do not see too many of the major brands. They are characterized by the stroke of a local group Kuota Kharma, because they are not cookie cutter production motorcycles.

But this is just the design. The ride quality is the real star of the show. As I already said that this was a top of the frame a few years ago, he was not exaggerating. I used to drive the Orbea Orca and it reminds me what this bike. Stiff, but not hard. Light and. Management is responding fast but not nervous. Very good balance with a good feeling. If you right out of the saddle sprinting or climbing a mountain, is the driving force to the rear wheels. This does not seem a starter bike in carbon fiber company. If you put on a series of racing bikes you can drive any race or have the legs for the competition.

The kit is equipped to build the bike is solid with Deda bars and stem, Selle San Marco Ponza saddle, and Shimano R-500 wheels. Theirmay be necessary, its parts well, as the fit of this exchange is not a matter for everyone, but it is common to every bike. The only area I suggest an upgrade if you want to run or would simply speed wheels. The Shimano wheels are fine as a training wheel, but either are not bright enough to ride or wheel aero carbon rims unless you have deep circles ridden you will not find a problem.

The race is part of my Kharma criteria of a working class movement. It 'easy, butdifficult. Good price on it significantly with the price tag performance.

Bike Review - Kuota Kharma Carbon Road Race

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