Overall the Gran Fondo Scandium is well designed and built. The scandium alloy tubes provide comfort while also building into a stiff frame so that none of your power is wasted. Its ride quality and overall balanced feedback is where it plays it ace, benefitting the rider as time in the saddle increases. With mudguard and rack fitment providing huge versatility it literally can be a one bike does all, 365 days a year. It looks good too, (which we all know is important), in either the black or white colour option with a thick unblemished paintjob. It's getting on for half the price of it's titanium stablemate but it is certainly much more than half as good. If i had the money I'd go for the GF_Ti but if I didn't have that sort of cash I wouldn't be too upset at settling for the Gran Fondo SC instead. Other than the toe overlap issue, taking price, ride, finish and build quality into account there ain't much not to like.
(Posted on 06/10/2011)