What do you think of this bike?
Fi
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Hi there,
I'm new to this forum - looks good. I'm going to do a sprint triathlon. At the moment I train in a very heavy old mountain bike (which I think makes good training) but have been web-surfing for a road bike...I'm after a favour. I'm not 'made of money' but I was wondering if I could get people's opinion on the attached bike link below? (It should be a Focus Variado 2008 Road Bike). It really is around the top end of my budget. If anyone could reccommend shoes and the clip pedal things that would be great.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5360032370
I'm female but I've always ridden a man's bike so I'm not limiting myself to certain models. Any advice or thumbs up or down's would be most gratefully received as I don't want to be blowing my budget.
Thank you so much,
Fi
I'm new to this forum - looks good. I'm going to do a sprint triathlon. At the moment I train in a very heavy old mountain bike (which I think makes good training) but have been web-surfing for a road bike...I'm after a favour. I'm not 'made of money' but I was wondering if I could get people's opinion on the attached bike link below? (It should be a Focus Variado 2008 Road Bike). It really is around the top end of my budget. If anyone could reccommend shoes and the clip pedal things that would be great.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5360032370
I'm female but I've always ridden a man's bike so I'm not limiting myself to certain models. Any advice or thumbs up or down's would be most gratefully received as I don't want to be blowing my budget.
Thank you so much,
Fi
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Shoes and pedals, well Wiggle do the DHB range which seem to get good reviews and cheap although might be better to get to a shop to try them on. Also look at Shimano. Maybe Specialized. Again, depends if you want triathlon specific shoes. Type of pedal, either SPD - SL or Look if you're gonna be serious or normal SPD and non-recessed cleated shoes if you want a more practical set of shoes. If you hunt around you can usually get some good deals on shoes from various makes.
Fi [:)]
Tri bars are one of the cheapest and easiest ways to save time no matter how fast you cycle, however, I'd leave it a few weeks/months until you get some just because it is harder to control the bike with tri bars on. Once you are comfortable with the new road bike handling get a set, well worth it!
Dropping onto my aero bars from an upright position at 25kph is worth an extra gear to me. The difference between riding on the aero-bars compared to the normal drops seems to be comfort only: the stretch out position is far better.
Agree with transit: Make sure you are happy with the bike, particularly changing gears and knowing what gear to be in for any given situation before you start trying to steer it with your elbows, though.