Focus izalco tria or Focus Cayo or something else?
rush1884
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Ok im looking to purchase a new bike in and around £800-1000. Ive been looking at past threads and reviews and it appears that within this price range the 2 focus bikes, the cayo and the tria are great value for money. My question is - could I use the tria as a training bike? Or is that not a sensible idea using a TT bike for training? Im not expecting to do any training rides over 50 miles and will be sticking to Olympic distance events (whether this effects anything I dont know).
Any advice, or is there any other bikes I should be seriously considering?
Any advice, or is there any other bikes I should be seriously considering?
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As for alternatives, there are loads, look at Planet X, Ribble and Cube bikes to name but a few - these are all road bikes though, not Tri bikes.
Thisbike can be used for road race and TT/. The seat angle can be shifted in order to achieve the correct geometry for both. Ideal if you can/want to afford only one bike,and it is in the price range you wanted.
I bought this bike a month ago, couldn't be more happy with it; not only did it improve my comfort on the bike, it also massively improved my running of the bike splits (=more than a minute and a half off on 5 k run). [8D]
I do bike with the guy who owns the store sometimes, he's a brother-in-law of a friend of min, so maybe he gave me some discount, but I'm sure everybody gets discounts if you dare to ask on and on!!
So I guess, if you get it without the aero-bars , cheaper pedals and wheelset, you can get it for 1100-1200£??
You can always upgrade later (as will I myself).
http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=14306&mpage=1&key=㸮
Still have my Giant SCR2 which I train on but absolutely delighted that I bought the Tria rather than a road bike, this for me is all down to geometry which has not only improved my bike but has had a tremendous difference on my run, but it was a carefully researched decision based on my strengths and weaknesses:
http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=17568&mpage=1&key=䒣
If you go down the road bike and clip aero bars on you may want to look at this
http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/features/sbend.shtml
Keep trawling and searching keep asking yourself and the forum questions until all the 'so whats' are answered