I picked up one of these Team Editions for myself a few months ago, size 510, flipped the stem over when setting up the cockpit with 1/2 of space under them stem, 1/4" spacer on top of the stem. I got it specifically to ride on dirt/gravel roads. For what I intend to do with it, the WTB 34mm tires work well on smooth dirt roads, but stink on gravel; I need to get some 40mm tires with tread for gravel. I think 40mm are about the reasonable limit of what can fit into the frame--may be able to go a bit bigger in front. My only two unfixable complaints are that this thing costs enough that you might want to compare it to the Officina Battaglin Power+ Disc, and it doesn't ride quite as well as that one; and also that the bottom bracket is a bit lower than I would like for leaning into turns. Therefore, the Breezer Inversion would not be my choice for cyclocross racing. It would not be my choice for the Dirty Kanza, since it can't run 44mm or 2.1" tires. I shopped mine against a Ritchey Outback, but this was cheaper and comes built up with everything but bottle cages and pedals. Be it known that all Breezer road bikes use a very long top tube. My previous Venturi was the same as this one. I ride a 54 Cervelo and a 51 in this Breezer, and I still think the cockpit on the Breezer came out a hair longer. Praxis Zayante compact crankset and M30 BB are about the same weight and performance as Ultegra 8000, which I use on my road bike. I have absolutely no complaint with the Praxis kit, except that you're not going to use crank-based power meters with it. I use pedal-based power anyway, so I really like them. These Praxis ones in the steel frame seem fine for climbing out of the saddle and muscling up steep climbs. For sheer sprinting out of the saddle on pavement, I think the bike is fine for that except that these type of tires and the heavy wheelset will slow you down a little bit. Jan Heine must admit that for sprinting on the pavement, you're not going to beat skinny, aired-up-hard and aerodynamic road tires and wheels. Maybe if I got a decent road wheelset for this, I'd like it better on the road. Breezer's adventure handlebar and standard Breezer grip tape both impressed me. The cockpit is nice and stiff, and the flare bar really helps on long climbs. The WTB saddle works so well for me, and I didn't expect that saddle to be so awesome (just wish it was lighter). The Inversion Team is a fun bike to have in my stable for the days when I want to ride over potholes or dirt/gravel-ish roads.
I've been riding the 2018 Team Inversion for three weeks, here are my complaints: The spacers under the stem make awful noises and don't sit flush on one another. The thru-axles are sketch at best what I mean is the mech for unscrewing the axle doesn't work well. If it came with an Ultegra crank I'd be stoked, not too stoked on the Praxis crank. Wish it came with the option to easily switch to a 1x. (None of these are deal breakers for me, just mild annoyances) Here's what I love: The rims are AWESOME, super easy to set it up tubeless, KMC chain, THE BRAKES FEEL DIALED AF, and the color scheme is amazing. What I love about the bike is it's an all-in-one kind of a bike. If you have the budget for a really nice road bike and you like going off-road a lot, but don't want two road bikes THIS IS THE BIKE TO OWN. Keep up the vids homie!
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I picked up one of these Team Editions for myself a few months ago, size 510, flipped the stem over when setting up the cockpit with 1/2 of space under them stem, 1/4" spacer on top of the stem. I got it specifically to ride on dirt/gravel roads. For what I intend to do with it, the WTB 34mm tires work well on smooth dirt roads, but stink on gravel; I need to get some 40mm tires with tread for gravel. I think 40mm are about the reasonable limit of what can fit into the frame--may be able to go a bit bigger in front. My only two unfixable complaints are that this thing costs enough that you might want to compare it to the Officina Battaglin Power+ Disc, and it doesn't ride quite as well as that one; and also that the bottom bracket is a bit lower than I would like for leaning into turns.
Therefore, the Breezer Inversion would not be my choice for cyclocross racing. It would not be my choice for the Dirty Kanza, since it can't run 44mm or 2.1" tires. I shopped mine against a Ritchey Outback, but this was cheaper and comes built up with everything but bottle cages and pedals.
Be it known that all Breezer road bikes use a very long top tube. My previous Venturi was the same as this one. I ride a 54 Cervelo and a 51 in this Breezer, and I still think the cockpit on the Breezer came out a hair longer.
Praxis Zayante compact crankset and M30 BB are about the same weight and performance as Ultegra 8000, which I use on my road bike. I have absolutely no complaint with the Praxis kit, except that you're not going to use crank-based power meters with it. I use pedal-based power anyway, so I really like them. These Praxis ones in the steel frame seem fine for climbing out of the saddle and muscling up steep climbs. For sheer sprinting out of the saddle on pavement, I think the bike is fine for that except that these type of tires and the heavy wheelset will slow you down a little bit. Jan Heine must admit that for sprinting on the pavement, you're not going to beat skinny, aired-up-hard and aerodynamic road tires and wheels. Maybe if I got a decent road wheelset for this, I'd like it better on the road.
Breezer's adventure handlebar and standard Breezer grip tape both impressed me. The cockpit is nice and stiff, and the flare bar really helps on long climbs. The WTB saddle works so well for me, and I didn't expect that saddle to be so awesome (just wish it was lighter).
The Inversion Team is a fun bike to have in my stable for the days when I want to ride over potholes or dirt/gravel-ish roads.
I've been riding the 2018 Team Inversion for three weeks, here are my complaints: The spacers under the stem make awful noises and don't sit flush on one another. The thru-axles are sketch at best what I mean is the mech for unscrewing the axle doesn't work well. If it came with an Ultegra crank I'd be stoked, not too stoked on the Praxis crank. Wish it came with the option to easily switch to a 1x. (None of these are deal breakers for me, just mild annoyances)
Here's what I love: The rims are AWESOME, super easy to set it up tubeless, KMC chain, THE BRAKES FEEL DIALED AF, and the color scheme is amazing. What I love about the bike is it's an all-in-one kind of a bike. If you have the budget for a really nice road bike and you like going off-road a lot, but don't want two road bikes THIS IS THE BIKE TO OWN.
Keep up the vids homie!
Didn't edit this one :P Greetings from PBS100!