Help a newb pick a road bike
11-26-17, 10:34 AM
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Help a newb pick a road bike
Yes, I am a newb. Been riding a hybred for 18 months and now I am ready to move up to a "real" bike.
I think what I want is an entry level carbon fiber Endurance Road Bike, looking to spend about $2k. I hear good things about Shimano 105 stuff, rim brakes are good enough for me.
Do the experienced folks on this forum have a recommendation of what to buy?
I think what I want is an entry level carbon fiber Endurance Road Bike, looking to spend about $2k. I hear good things about Shimano 105 stuff, rim brakes are good enough for me.
Do the experienced folks on this forum have a recommendation of what to buy?
11-26-17, 12:00 PM
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Where, more than what.. #1 pick a Bike Shop .. that you like for their service .
#2 then test ride bikes there for size.. some places , like here, nobody wants carbon, Because of cost.
so the one in the store mostly just got picked up to feel its light weight, and took a few years to actually sell.
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#2 then test ride bikes there for size.. some places , like here, nobody wants carbon, Because of cost.
so the one in the store mostly just got picked up to feel its light weight, and took a few years to actually sell.
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11-26-17, 07:34 PM
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Yes, I am a newb. Been riding a hybred for 18 months and now I am ready to move up to a "real" bike.
I think what I want is an entry level carbon fiber Endurance Road Bike, looking to spend about $2k. I hear good things about Shimano 105 stuff, rim brakes are good enough for me.
Do the experienced folks on this forum have a recommendation of what to buy?
I think what I want is an entry level carbon fiber Endurance Road Bike, looking to spend about $2k. I hear good things about Shimano 105 stuff, rim brakes are good enough for me.
Do the experienced folks on this forum have a recommendation of what to buy?
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/ro...=240081-128889
11-26-17, 11:27 PM
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Depends on if you are comfortable picking out a bike on your own or not.
Both options have positives and negatives.
11-27-17, 11:59 AM
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If you are switching from a hybrid to a road bike the first thing i'd recommend is finding what fits you.
Some bikes (like that Felt) are designed for serious speed riding---short head tube, long top tube, big bar-saddle drop ... great if you have the strength and flexibility, and if you need that set-up to go really fast. Painful after a while for some.
Unless tow grand is chump change for you ... (in which case buy three or four bikes and sell the ones you don't like) then go to a bunch of shops and ride a bunch of bikes. Try to imagine what the riding position might feel like after a few hours ...
I rode a Cannondale 6-13 for a while which was super-comfortable until about the two-hour marks when my neck and shoulders would suddenly start screaming from being overstressed by the long, low riding position.
Some bikes (like that Felt) are designed for serious speed riding---short head tube, long top tube, big bar-saddle drop ... great if you have the strength and flexibility, and if you need that set-up to go really fast. Painful after a while for some.
Unless tow grand is chump change for you ... (in which case buy three or four bikes and sell the ones you don't like) then go to a bunch of shops and ride a bunch of bikes. Try to imagine what the riding position might feel like after a few hours ...
I rode a Cannondale 6-13 for a while which was super-comfortable until about the two-hour marks when my neck and shoulders would suddenly start screaming from being overstressed by the long, low riding position.
