 So I've just got back from my second ride on the all-new Specialized S-Works Venge and I'm doing a full review on this bike, on this channel, in a couple of weeks time. But what I thought I'd do is, first impressions, what I normally do as part of my review is I'll go half a day to almost a day of researching all the technicalities of the bike before I blend in my riding experience. But what I thought I'd do this time round is do a video up front, first impressions before I do a full review. So rather than do it here, I'm going to go to the local park because my kids are inside getting ready for school and if I go in there, it's going to be hectic. So if you have just landed on this channel, this is where I do cycling videos, both inspirational and entertaining, some deep dive cycling product reviews, which is what I'm going to do right now. So if that sounds up your alley, you can sit or subscribing below. Now it's funny, I did just walk inside before and when my wife's getting the kids ready, it's hectic or when I'm in there getting them ready, it's always hectic in there, but we're getting prepared to move. I'm moving to Noosa at the end of the year with a family, which is Queensland. I live in Victoria right now and we've got a real estate agent coming over today to take photos of our house to get it ready for rental. And my wife was steaming around the house this morning and I've got that feeling when I walked inside that sort of, you know, that desk there you get, like you're out riding, I'm doing things in the house, getting things prepared. It was probably one of the worst desters I've ever had. Anyway, his little spot over here is where I want to go to do this review. So let's just start high level. The bike looks good. You've got to give it that. What I've found over the years with these aerodynamic race bikes is they can become a little bit too much, a little bit overwhelming, but Specialized have done a great job with the S-Works Venge of making it look clean and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. In fact, at the local cafe this morning, in addition to my wife saying it's the best road bike she's ever seen me bring home, I had a number of people come over to me and say that's a great looking road bike. So it ticks the eye catching appeal. The second thing is weight. When I first picked up this road bike, I did feel that it was surprisingly lighter than I anticipated. The thing about aerodynamic race bikes is they are normally noticeably heavier than the all round race bike. And riding the Tarmac SL6 and this, I was really surprised at the weight of this bike. Now, I'm going to weigh this down at my local bike shop. This part of the major review. But for now, first impressions is it feels pretty light. Second of all, we've got Shimano Di2. You can't go wrong. It's got a Specialized power meter and got the disc brakes. It's interesting to note that Specialized are only offering the S-Works Venge in a disc brake version at the moment. So it says a lot about the future of rim versus disc. But for me, I ride rim and I really noticed this morning in the local fast bunch ride that the disc brake version gave me a lot more confidence. And I think above all else, that's what it does. It gives the rider a lot more confidence in braking performance. So just going into some of the things that I've noticed on the frame. The seat tube here is definitely interesting shape that I want to drill into. Got the aerodynamic seat post here on the back of the seat post. You've actually got the junction box for the Shimano. Di2. We've got a power saddle for a power bike. Cool little light clip on here. Whilst we're speaking about features down here, Specialized have parted with some computer mounting company. I'm not sure which one yet. The handlebars, they're pretty technical. Once again, something I need to drill into for the major review, but certainly aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Forks. Once again, an interesting shapes, a lot different to the Tarmac SL6, which was going for an aerodynamic shape. And this is an aerodynamic bike, but these forks look a lot different. So once again, an interesting thing that I want to drill into in the review. Now, the frame is clearly an aerodynamic shape. And what I found the other day when I was riding on this bike, just by myself, there was some slight crosswinds, 33 kilometers an hour. It's got the Rovel 64s on it. It was getting blown around just a little bit. And I'm not quite sure yet, because I haven't road tested this for long enough, whether that was the wheels doing that or the frame. But certainly in a straight line, this bike felt super fast, particularly when I joined Fast Bunch Ride this morning. I was feathering the brakes a lot because I was just getting sucked along by the aerodynamic nature of this bike. I have road tested the Trek Madone recently. And first impressions are that bike felt a little bit better at handling sort of multiple wind conditions. This one feels faster in a straight line. And the type of carbon fiber that you use is Fact 11R. So I believe that is an upgraded version from the previous Venge. I know on the Tarmac, the SL6, their most recent version, they've upgraded the carbon from the SL5. And that made that bike lighter, stiffer and more compliant. So I'm feeling the same applies here, because something that surprised me already on this bike, I rode the original Venge. And the thing I didn't like about that bike was it was quite unforgiving, particularly on some harsh bumps that you get on the road. Whereas this bike right here, it's no Roubaix, but certainly the comfort factor is higher than I anticipated. On the Ravel 64s, well, they're aerodynamic and they make the bike look hot. We'll see in the review I do down the track what impact I feel they have in the crosswinds. But in a straight line this morning, they felt super quick. So I'm gonna leave it at that for review coming in a few weeks time on this magnificent machine right here. I'll catch you in the next video.