Carbon bike for a newbie?
tripe
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Hello, newbie here looking to buy my first bike for London triathlon in August. A lot of the buying advice I've seen for newbies is to get a decent entry level bike such as the SCR 2.0 or Spesh Allez but if I stretched a little more I could probably get a carbon bike such as the Focus Cayo 2007 which I've seen for around £750. My question is for a newbie who haven't cycled for over 20 years, will getting a lighter carbon bike really make that much of a difference in terms of speed? Would it be better to improve my cycling ability before upgrading to a better bike? Appreciate any advice from you knowledgable lot.
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Just a view, and I'd be interested to hear what others think.
its always the same dilemma, will you enjoy this triathlon lark, will you end up getting an expensive bike and then not use it.
In my experience I know when I like some thing, i did it with playing the guitar, within a few months of starting playing I was hooked and bought a les paul for an obscene amount of money. But 10 years later I still play the guitar, I still have my les paul.
my opinion is, get the best you can for the money you have. Get a quality frame, get carbon, then ideally you will never need another one!
Btw I'm intending to do most of my training on a turbo due to time constrants and being too chicken to attempt cycling through the city to work. Does this make any difference to bike choice?
I personally dont like clamping a carbon frame into a turbo, lots of unecessary stresses. Buy second hand bike or borrow as mentioned. The only thing that will get your times down in the begining is improving fitness.
An average frame with good wheels would be better than a good frame with cheap wheels also get somone to sort out your position on the bike that will give you more speed and its free.
I read alot of good reviews from various mags and website's before buying it all of which rated the cayo highly, i Fell for the reviews hook line and sinker but i'm over the moon with it! I upgraded the wheels and saddle (was like a razor!!) and simply love riding it.