March 16th, 2009 by 
thien
Pedal Force TT2 Time Trial Bike First Impression - By Steve Cooper
- Full carbon monocoque frameset
- Triathlon/Time Trial specific geometry for 700C wheels
- 515, 525, 545 mm (c-t)
- Aerodynamic chain stay profiles for fatter disc wheels
- Ultra-slim/low head tube
- Head tube for 1-1/8” Campagnolo compatible integrated headset
- Aerodynamic tear-drop profiled seat tube and seat post
- Horizontal adjustable rear dropouts (to minimize rear tire to seat tube clearance)
- Replaceable rear hanger
- Internal cable routing (no outer cable housing needed)
- English threaded 68mm bottom bracket
- Carbon monocoque fork and steerer 1-1/8″.
- Frame/Fork/Seat post MSRP: $900.00
- Invoiced total for bike as reviewed: $2189
13. That’s how many coworkers came over to check out the fully built TT2 parked outside my office. Whether they were a cyclist or just interested in the knife edged profile, their first impressions were universal. Hyperboles, peppered with wows, oohs and aahhs. My coworkers are used to seeing test bikes, but the TT2 stood out even to those that know nothing about bikes. But when it comes to the cyclists who get what a TT or Tri bike is for, the reactions were grounded, yet dramatic approvals.
Then I’d drop the bomb and tell them how little it cost.
Lest I risk slipping into metaphors, let me cover a few working details. The TT2 is an aerodynamically sculpted, steep seated time trial/triathlon carbon weave frame with an equally slippery fork, teardrop seat tube and seat post. The 54.5 cm frame as furnished by Pedal Force weighed in at 1420 grams, the fork with full length carbon steerer weighed in at 460 grams and seat post at 260 grams. Out test frame’s geometry is time trial steep and the wheelbase short, with a 75.5 degree seat tube, a 73.0 degree head tube, spanning a crisp 980 millimeters axle to axle. Top tube lengths match seat tube heights across the size range.
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March 16th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Looking forward to reading more once you get the riding time in Steve.
Sounds like a pretty sweet bike.
March 17th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
First impression looks great – thanks for this and looking forward to the ride comments
June 17th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Steve, I was looking at the TT2 at the pedalforce site… However I’m thinking of building it into road bike configuration (road bar, standard ergo shifters level and standard road parts). Want to get your opinion whether the TT2 is suitable to build up as a road rig instead. Is the frameset stiff enuf for road riding? is the geometry too low? handling?
July 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I thought I’d let you know about some things I ran across. Being in Import/export, you might be able to cut out the middle man and save yourself some money. I’m almost positive that the bikes that Pedal force sells are re-branded bikes produced by:
Independence Co. Ltd.
10 Honearn 2 Lane,
Sec 3 Seatown Rd.,
Taichung, Taiwan
Their sister company (and retail division) BikeDomeWorks (www.http://www.bikedomeworks.tw/) has the frame in question listed here. http://www.bikedomeworks.tw/images/products/BFR-C016T.html With the listed 12k Carbon weave being shown better on the listed time trial bike here http://www.bikedomeworks.tw/images/products/BFR-C015T.jpg
I had never heard of pedal force until today, but my guess are they are an importer like me. Save the cash and do it yourself.
August 4th, 2009 at 12:44 am
James is right. So far, I have seen this same exact frame under a thousand different labels.These include Parkpre, Quest, Seigler, Attack, and MANY others.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
in the photo, it appears that the rear wheel cutout does not align properly with the rear wheel. better tt framesets will allow the rear wheel to almost touch the cutout in order to reduce turbulence around the rear wheel (preferably a disc). uci rules require that the gap between the wheel and the cutout be at least the thickness of a credit card. in the image, the gap looks quite large, near the top, no where near optimal. yes, we’re are only talking about seconds, but that’s the life of a tt frameset. if you look at cervelo, even the affordable p2c has very tight tolerances on the rear wheel cutout. even their bikes which are designed for 650c wheels have cutouts which are scaled to permit the wheel to sit very tight against the cutout.
another consideration on generic “nude” carbon frames is that the bonding resin will yellow under uv light. there is a reason oem’s paint these frames. unless there is significant tinting in the clearcoat with uv inhibitors, the resin is going to yellow. always ask about this issue before ordering a generic nude carbon frameset. you may be surprised by the answer. often, they will tell you that the frame is intended to be painted, by you!