Pearson Minegoestoeleven Dura Ace Di2 review

Dave Bradford sets a PB on his test loop riding the aero machine from 1860 founded Pearson

Cycling Weekly Verdict

This bike is good-looking, high-specced and very fast; it absolutely fits the bill as a flagship model. My one hesitation is that, for most of us, a buying decision when you’re spending £6,750 has to be made very carefully, even if it does still represent good value over the competition. The Minegoestoeleven is a very worthy ‘pride and joy’ model or ‘Sunday best’ for sultry, Segment-stealing summer weekends, but I’m not convinced it’s quite as versatile as you would want if it were to be your one and only bike. To use a car analogy, it’s more sunny day convertible than everyday hatchback. When you’re feeling so good that tearing along at 10/10 just isn’t quite enough, this is the bike you’d want to be on; it goes that one setting higher.

Reasons to buy
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    Subtle, uncluttered style

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    Aerodynamic - it’s fast

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    Top end Dura Ace Di2 build at lower price than mainstream brands

Reasons to avoid
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    Single race focus

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What first strikes you about this bike is its weird name, and a look through the Pearson collection will demonstrate that this is no one-off: every bike from the 1860 founded retailer turned manufacturer has a creative title.

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David Bradford
Features editor

David Bradford is features editor of Cycling Weekly (print edition). He has been writing and editing professionally for more than 15 years, and has published work in national newspapers and magazines including the Independent, the Guardian, the Times, the Irish Times, Vice.com and Runner’s World. Alongside his love of cycling, David is a long-distance runner with a marathon PB of two hours 28 minutes. Having been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in 2006, he also writes about sight loss and hosts the podcast Ways of Not Seeing.