Selling hybrid for roadie
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Selling hybrid for roadie
I've decided to up my cycling game, trading my Specialized Sirrus Comp for a road bike. I'm doing the BPMS150 Houston to Austin ride next April. I test road a Specialized Roubaix, it was nice, but wasn't thrilled with future shock as much as I thought I would be. Granted, it smoothed out the paths I was riding on, but when I really got on it, the front end felt really spongy?? Component set was the Shimano Tiagra. Today I'm testing Giants Defy Advanced 2 with 105 group set. Same price as the Roubiax. Also going to try out the Giant TCR Advanced 2 w/105s as well.
I've read the TCR is great for racing & distance, while the Defy is more distance & comfort. On paper, I'm thinking Defy. The test ride will be the proof.
Hopefully riding a new bike this weekend!
Cheers
I've read the TCR is great for racing & distance, while the Defy is more distance & comfort. On paper, I'm thinking Defy. The test ride will be the proof.
Hopefully riding a new bike this weekend!
Cheers
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some day you're gonna want that other bike. here's a vote for keeping it & just getting another bike
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I've decided to up my cycling game, trading my Specialized Sirrus Comp for a road bike. I'm doing the BPMS150 Houston to Austin ride next April. I test road a Specialized Roubaix, it was nice, but wasn't thrilled with future shock as much as I thought I would be. Granted, it smoothed out the paths I was riding on, but when I really got on it, the front end felt really spongy?? Component set was the Shimano Tiagra. Today I'm testing Giants Defy Advanced 2 with 105 group set. Same price as the Roubiax. Also going to try out the Giant TCR Advanced 2 w/105s as well.
I've read the TCR is great for racing & distance, while the Defy is more distance & comfort. On paper, I'm thinking Defy. The test ride will be the proof.
Hopefully riding a new bike this weekend!
Cheers
I've read the TCR is great for racing & distance, while the Defy is more distance & comfort. On paper, I'm thinking Defy. The test ride will be the proof.
Hopefully riding a new bike this weekend!
Cheers
How did you like the Giant Defy.?? Nice bike. I'm wondering how you liked the D-Fuse stem and seat post.
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If you can keep them both, do it! You will not regret it. I am glad that I have a non road bike to ride on sometimes. Its just handy as heck!
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The Sirrus, and similar hybrids, are GREAT for the urban ride where it can be like an obstacle course to dip and duck in and around curbs, potholes, suddenly dive out of the way or cars and pedestrians, find a random traffic cone in your path and need to jump up into the grass to avoid smacking it... etc etc etc. And that's not to mention the constant starting and stopping that make a low geared triple chain ring (yup, I went there) easy to work with as I can get up to speed fast in traffic without the slower acceleration time of a high geared road bike that is built for distance.
I find my straight bar hybrid is PERFECT for those conditions. ESPECIALLY if I want to weigh it down with a lot of stuff when I commute on it.
But my road/gravel bike is horrible for those same conditions. I hate riding it around town. It takes longer to get it up to speed. I can't run at it's top speed anyway because I have to stop so much. Curbs aren't fun on it. It's not as nimble for the ducking and dodging stuff. And the smaller tires (if you have a true road bike) are not very forgiving with things like speed bumps and potholes
Now out on a long trail or open road without obstacles....the drop bar bike is long distance speed and comfort at its finest. The hybrid, by comparison, feels like riding through waste deep mud. It takes a lot of effort to keep my hybrid moving at a constant 15mph on a long trail. But my road/gravel bike will sustain 18-20mph with less effort, letting me to bursts up to 30mph.
So each bike has it's proper place and use. The Sirrus will outperform the road bike in certain places. And the road bike will leave the Sirrus in the dust in other places.
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I concur with the above comments that you should keep the Cirrus. Hybrids used to be kind of trainwreck, but in recent years, they've really dialed in the concept, and I've gotten to be a fan, myself.
In fact, I just built a hybrid-type bike, and I'm really digging it. It fills the gap between my road bike and mtn bike. Plus, I kinda like ditching the road shoes and LOOK pedals, and just running tennis shoes !
In fact, I just built a hybrid-type bike, and I'm really digging it. It fills the gap between my road bike and mtn bike. Plus, I kinda like ditching the road shoes and LOOK pedals, and just running tennis shoes !
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As I always say to my wife, my road bike is for cycling, my hybrid is for biking...there's a difference!
It's nice to just fool around in the neighborhood sometimes.
It's nice to just fool around in the neighborhood sometimes.
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I concur with the above comments that you should keep the Cirrus. Hybrids used to be kind of trainwreck, but in recent years, they've really dialed in the concept, and I've gotten to be a fan, myself.
In fact, I just built a hybrid-type bike, and I'm really digging it. It fills the gap between my road bike and mtn bike. Plus, I kinda like ditching the road shoes and LOOK pedals, and just running tennis shoes !
In fact, I just built a hybrid-type bike, and I'm really digging it. It fills the gap between my road bike and mtn bike. Plus, I kinda like ditching the road shoes and LOOK pedals, and just running tennis shoes !
There have been some dogs, for sure, but there have also always been many many good ones. Trek was making fantastic hybrids in the late 80s/early 90s in their 'Multitrack' line - lightweight lugged cromoly frames and forks with enough tire clearance for ~40mm wide tires. Specialized had Crossroads models that were also lightweight and simple and fast. Both these companies also made higher-end versions of these bikes - carbon frames and better components - that pre-date the marketing concept of 'flat bar road bike' by at least 10 years. Both Diamondback and Bianchi made hybrids in the early 90s that were essentially 29er mountain bikes, but it didn't catch on.
However, the name for a bike that was neither a 'racing bike' nor a 'mountain bike' used to be 'bike'. 'I believe things started to get very specialized (small 's') in the late 70s/early 80s... you want to ride on the road? you need a road bike... want to ride on a trail? Mountain bike. Well, those roads and trails have had bikes rolling down them for decades, but until then there was little effort made toward designating specific bikes for each purpose. Then after mountain bikes and fat tires were popular, companies needed to make a specialized category of bikes for non-specialized categories of riding.
In general, the only 'hybrids' that I dislike are the cheap ones that came with suspension forks - a decent suspension fork costs at least $500, so what quality of fork is going to be included on a $330 bike?
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Those clunkers left me with a bad impression of the hybrid concept for years afterward.
My first mtn type bikes I ever had were some of those 90's chromoly, rigid fork Treks and Specialized, that I put some road friendly tires on, and got great service out of. In fact, I've had my eye out for a nice clean one to refurb, but they're either over-priced, or rusted out junkers (my neighbor has a red GT that fits the bill, but in it's condition, it'd have to be free for me to take a swing at fixing it up.)
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After reading the replies (Thanks a million)....I'm thinking, keep the Sirrus and throw on some gravel type tires for neighborhood cruising, minor curb hopping when necessary, etc.....
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The formula for bike ownership is n+1, n being the number of bikes you currently own. Unless you're terribly strapped for cash, hold on to that bike!
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Especially if you have kids who want to go riding with you around the neighborhood. I can't ride with my kids on my gravel bike with the higher gearing and drop bars. I'm all kinds of wobbly trying to keep uprights with the constant starts and stops an an average speed of 3mph. But the straight bar hybrid in low gear......I can do that all day.
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I traded in my Specialized Sirrus Expert for a 2020 Roubaix Pro. I don't miss the Sirrus one bit - the Roubaix is so superior in every respect. If you haven't ridden the 2020 model, it has a new generation Future shock, and I love it.
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