Suggestions for new bike?
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Suggestions for new bike?
It looks like I need a new bike.
On Wednesday I was out for a ride, and heard an ominous sounding crack. It sounded like I'd broken a spoke. I checked the spokes - all good. I checked the chain - all good. I checked the saddle - all good. I checked the front spokes - all good. So I concluded the crack was the spring in the pannier rack catching, or a bit of grit or something.
Today I took a check over the bike because I'm supposed to be riding a 200k brevet on Sunday and found the frame is cracked, where the seat tube meets the top tube. So no brevet for me, at least not on that bike. I may enter it anyway and ride my MTB, but I'm still going to want a replacement for the broken one unless I can get it welded.
The dead bike is a 2009 Specialized Tricross Sport.
The main usage for it is road riding, I'd like it to be able to cope with light off-roading (e.g. short sections of gravel paths) but if I want a mudfest I've got a mountain bike for that. It needs to be able to take a rear pannier rack, which I suspect rules out anything carbon fibre.
The only complaint I've had with the Tricross is the height of the top tube - mine is a 58cm which is a little too short, but the 61cm raises the top tube just high enough that I fear a hurried dismount would cause the top tube to hit the parts of me I'd really rather weren't hit. The slightly more sloping top tube of the Secteur looks potentially appealing and I've also been looking at the Trek Domane 2 series.
I'd prefer a triple to a compact, and don't want the thumb shifters you get with the bottom-end Shimano gear - I prefer the dual-paddle approach that I've gotten used to.
Budget wise I'd like to keep it under £1000.
Any thoughts?
On Wednesday I was out for a ride, and heard an ominous sounding crack. It sounded like I'd broken a spoke. I checked the spokes - all good. I checked the chain - all good. I checked the saddle - all good. I checked the front spokes - all good. So I concluded the crack was the spring in the pannier rack catching, or a bit of grit or something.
Today I took a check over the bike because I'm supposed to be riding a 200k brevet on Sunday and found the frame is cracked, where the seat tube meets the top tube. So no brevet for me, at least not on that bike. I may enter it anyway and ride my MTB, but I'm still going to want a replacement for the broken one unless I can get it welded.
The dead bike is a 2009 Specialized Tricross Sport.
The main usage for it is road riding, I'd like it to be able to cope with light off-roading (e.g. short sections of gravel paths) but if I want a mudfest I've got a mountain bike for that. It needs to be able to take a rear pannier rack, which I suspect rules out anything carbon fibre.
The only complaint I've had with the Tricross is the height of the top tube - mine is a 58cm which is a little too short, but the 61cm raises the top tube just high enough that I fear a hurried dismount would cause the top tube to hit the parts of me I'd really rather weren't hit. The slightly more sloping top tube of the Secteur looks potentially appealing and I've also been looking at the Trek Domane 2 series.
I'd prefer a triple to a compact, and don't want the thumb shifters you get with the bottom-end Shimano gear - I prefer the dual-paddle approach that I've gotten used to.
Budget wise I'd like to keep it under £1000.
Any thoughts?
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