What is it like riding a £10k Team Sky bike on Britain's roads?

Peter Kimpton tries out the new suspension Pinarello KS-8 road bike, a model similar to that ridden by Chris Froome in the Tour De France and tested by Sir Bradley Wiggins

"Did you see that?" said one cyclist to his mates as we whizzed in opposite directions on two parts of London's Olympic Velodrome road track.

"What's going on with that frame?" said another as we briefly cycled alongside each other at the Prudential London-Surrey 100 on 2 August. "Eh? Suspension? How's that working out for you?" said another on a bumpier bit of road on the same ride in central London.