From MensJournal.com
A week in the French Alps aboard a former EF Pro Cycling Cannondale race bike taught me that modern race bikes aren’t just lighter—they completely change the way you ride.
showed up in France just months after hip surgery with only 13 training rides under my belt. Waiting for me was an actual Tour de France race bike once ridden by EF Pro Cycling’s Georg Steinhauser—and three of cycling’s most legendary climbs.
Over the next five days, I climbed more than 16,000 vertical feet on Mount Ventoux, Col du Sarenne, and Alpe d’Huez. I expected to learn how much I’d suffer. Instead, I learned just how much difference a true WorldTour race bike can make.