Rose Xeon CDX 3100 Di2

Morning Frans. I noticed a couple of times that the date went out, then came back in to the original quoted. If you have any worries just drop Rose an email (I used to do that) or call them. Mine took over 10 weeks, so at least you aren't having to wait that long.

Did you choose Matt or Shiny ?

I believe many items on the Rose website don't fully translate from the German original into English. It's good, just not quite flawless

I think the only improvements the CDX can have in '16 / '17 model years are a move to standard 12mm Thru Axles and the ability to fit wider tyres. The former will be a necessary standardisation across the industry and the later is a personal choice for me. Although the 25's fitted already balloon out slightly.

Stunning bike. Excellent value.

Morning and gratz on chosing a great bike and getting such a fast delivery time. I guess this is to do with the time of year.

Usually Rose present a couple of dates. Build date and Delivery date. Build date is when they physically build your bike in the specification you have chosen and only takes a day / two. After that it will go through a QA process for another couple of days, then sent out for delivery. Therefore Delivery date will always be a week later than Build. Hope that helps.

As for the brakes I'm not entirely sure about the question or answer. However I understand that the 2015 bikes used the adapter / mount to fit the calipers to and '16 bikes use the Shimano direct flat mount. However I haven't really seen anything offical yet detailing the 2016 CDX.

Welcome Happymanc. Manchester to London, fair to say you've thoroughly tested it now. Your thoughts mirror mine, these are seriously fast bikes. The discs and Di2 may add a little weight to the scales, but I think are more than worth it.

The 11-28 must give you a lot of very close smooth gears. Being only 4/5 months back in the saddle I still need the extra range. I don't use the top of my 11-32 very much, but when I do I'm very glad it's there. Even with my setup I find the gears gradual and smooth, no big jumps like I used to have on my 9-speed.

And I just love the Di2 Garmin interface.

Keep the thoughts coming.

Rattle seems to be solved now, although testing this week has been limited to a 25 miler last night due to bad weather every time I wanted to ride this week. Issue seems to have been due to an unsecured cable bouncing around in the downtube. A little disappointing Rose don't think of that happening but the quality everywhere else has been excellent, so I'll forgive them. Besides, the LBS said they have seen this many other times with other brands.

The PBs aren't an illusion, this is a seriously fast bike.

Great to hear you are enjoying yours too. Keep the feedback coming.

After another weekend out on the bike it just keeps getting better and better. A combination of improving fitness and this bike is meaning that personal bests keep not only falling, but being smashed.

Right now I couldn't be happier with this purchase and the fact I hardly ever see another one is the icing on the cake. Almost all the people I ride with want to know more about it and the compliments it attracts for the design too are pretty much unanimous. This is one sleek looking stealth machine.

Finally the rattle. I took it into the LBS,they took it for a quick spin, dropped the BB out to take a look and diagnosed a cable bouncing around inside the downtube. They have packed it to resolve the issue, tested it and think it's fixed. I haven't have the chance since to take it out and prove it, looking forward to Wednesday to give it a try.

Great to hear you've joined this select club BriCee. I have a feeling that you'll be a more experienced rider than myself having spec'd those wheels and (as you say) the 50cm is a very small frame making a very light bike. But then if we were too worried about weight we wouldn't have spec'd Di2 and Discs

What did you think to the Matt Black / Blue colour ?

I've stuck with SPD pedals so far (Ultegra version now), the ability to walk normally in the shoes + a high degree of float are the reasons keeping me with them. But I am considering Speedplays due to even more float and bad knees.

Got caught out in the rain yesterday. I found that the brakes will take some getting used to. Since riding as a kid we've become used to brakes that are less effective when wet, yet now there's no difference at all. Unfortunately the tyres don't have the same grip, so its very easy to lock the wheels, especially the rear and I slid along a few yards several times. My brakes have even travel left and right, so if you have much more travel on one lever than the other it might be worth getting it checked.

No buzz here either. However I am getting some "rattle" from somewhere low on the bike when riding on badly surfaced roads. Everything is tight on the bike, so not sure what's causing this. Further investigation required.

Keep reporting back. Great to hear more thoughts.

The red details certainly stand out more than the Blue. Furthermore the ROSE transfers are a lot more solid / striking.

And here are a few pictures of the new beast.

@Curto80 - Glad to hear your Xlite turned up.

The Di2 transmitter forwards information from the Di2 to your Garmin, therefore allowing you to see (for example) the gear you are in and the battery remaining.

Linked a picture below to illustrate. Hope this helps.

Hi Gizmo

Luckily the damage is very small, it was more the initial alarm to see the hood coated in dust from the box and knowing how much it must have rubbed to do that. Credit to Shimano that they are so tough.

I'm very particular and if it was noticeable I'd need to change it. To be fair I haven't even reported the issue to Rose and I'm sure they would send a new cover if I did. They have been excellent so far whenever directly contacted.