Pardus bikes

[lazywalrus]

Looks like Pardus has opened a D2C shop for US/Japan at least: https://www.pardus-bikes.com/
Also possibly a new version of their aero road frame? https://www.pardus-bikes.com/products/bike-frame-pd-fb-73

Anyone got any experience with them?
They sponsor a team on this side of the world, and the Spark EVO looks good. Seems to hold up to racing demands.

[toxin]

They're supposed to make very good bikes, but they aren't particularily cheap

That aero frame looks really nice for the most part, but the shallow bb junction is a bit questionable

[Dareios]

They make the Storck aero frames (who have a deeper fork), so the quality of their aero bikes should be good. Do they also make the Storck Aernario? The geometry seems to be different than the one that their (similar looking) climbing bikes have.
As always, a team riding a Chinese bike is always good news (Incolor now also have an Italo-Romanian CT team riding their frames) and they seem to have some of the best Chinese aerobikes, alongside Bross.

[lazywalrus]

I was surprised at how low they seem to be pricing their framesets. I thought they would be Elves type range.
Fork on that new aero frame looks very inspired by the deep Stork fork. Wonder how close it would get in the tour magazine wind tunnel.

[Rebel_Yell]

I was surprised at how low they seem to be pricing their framesets. I thought they would be Elves type range.
Fork on that new aero frame looks very inspired by the deep Stork fork. Wonder how close it would get in the tour magazine wind tunnel.

I agree.  The frameset looks like a very good deal.  The frame also looks familiar but can’t figure out where I saw it.  Headset area is what looks so familiar to me.

Looks very tempting to get. 

[Dareios]

I agree.  The frameset looks like a very good deal.  The frame also looks familiar but can’t figure out where I saw it.  Headset area is what looks so familiar to me.

Looks very tempting to get.

Storck Aerfast? Edit: looking at it longer it reminds me more of a slightly updated Orbea Orca Aero, with a more hourglass shaped head tube that looks slimmer in the mid section.