Need Major help on my road bike
09-27-19, 12:24 PM
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I did a quick Google search and could not find the word imperceptible or impeccable in the RDT topic. It was the same person.
Either way, you're good. Ride your bike, enjoy it.
I bought a 2015/2016 Propel when I couldn't even make it up any reasonable hill. I probably looked like a sausage squeezed into my kit. Nobody I knew said anything but "sweet bike".
Have fun, make progress.
Either way, you're good. Ride your bike, enjoy it.
I bought a 2015/2016 Propel when I couldn't even make it up any reasonable hill. I probably looked like a sausage squeezed into my kit. Nobody I knew said anything but "sweet bike".
Have fun, make progress.
09-30-19, 11:35 AM
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09-30-19, 12:33 PM
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09-30-19, 12:47 PM
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It's always been My experience that someone who trashes another purchase he usually can't afford what you bought . So he demeans it > Plus you have to keep in mind Everyone is a Doctor, a Lawyer and a Bike Expert, Gun Expert, Master Guitar {Player} . AND ALL THE WOMEN LOVE HIM He's a Legend in his own mind : The heart is wicked and deceitful . Many love to POP someones Bubble : You're New So perfect Target
Get what satisfies You within Your Means : Nobody can keep up with the Jones : So don't worry about them. They've maxed out their credit anyway
Get what satisfies You within Your Means : Nobody can keep up with the Jones : So don't worry about them. They've maxed out their credit anyway
Chet Atkins walks out of a recording studio. A man says "Boy, Chet, that guitar sure sounded good." Atkins puts the guitar down, leans it against the wall and asks, "How does it sound now?"
Any of the bikes you have talked about will do everything you want them to as long as you saddle up. Otherwise the Tarmac will smoke a Roubaix if all they do is lean against the wall.
09-30-19, 05:30 PM
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I have a buddy I used to smoke and I was riding my $1200 Bianchi Vigorelli SRAM Apex (steel). He bought a Tarmac. I still smoked him. He got carbon wheels. I still smoked him. And he's younger than me. He bought a smart trainer and now Zwifts in the offseason. Now he smokes me. I'm retired and I don't have time to "train." lol
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10-10-19, 02:35 PM
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I have a buddy I used to smoke and I was riding my $1200 Bianchi Vigorelli SRAM Apex (steel). He bought a Tarmac. I still smoked him. He got carbon wheels. I still smoked him. And he's younger than me. He bought a smart trainer and now Zwifts in the offseason. Now he smokes me. I'm retired and I don't have time to "train." lol
I just bought a Lynskey R270 disc earlier this season. It took me until September to start (barely) beating most of my PRs from last year.
It really isn't about the bike. Just have something that you're comfortable on and like riding. Then go out and ride. And if all your chasing is street cred, your Tarmac will get beaten by an S-Works Venge. And that S-Works Venge will get beaten by a Pinarello Dogma. And you know what? Heading up that next climb, some guy on a thirty year old Schwinn Paramount will tear all of you to shreds. At which point, it's better to be comfortable in your own choices rather than look slow on what other people think looks cool.
