Tri bike on the cheap
grant1974
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Hi,
I have two major events next year, 70.3 UK and 70.3 Germany. I have only got a road bike which I love, however during races I feel at a big disadvantage. Now these events don't come cheap as I know many of you will be aware. I was wondering if it possible to build a half descent tri bike from scratch, well, buy all the parts second hand and build myself.
Has anyone else done this, got any advise to pass on?
I have two major events next year, 70.3 UK and 70.3 Germany. I have only got a road bike which I love, however during races I feel at a big disadvantage. Now these events don't come cheap as I know many of you will be aware. I was wondering if it possible to build a half descent tri bike from scratch, well, buy all the parts second hand and build myself.
Has anyone else done this, got any advise to pass on?
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You shoud upgrade your current bike wheels, groupset (you lose a lot of weight from this), etc.
Once you done the upgrading you should have the old bit which you can use to put on a crappy frame of ebay.. then sell it as a complete bike and use the profit, on top of sale of your main bike, to buy a decent bike.. job a good'n!
Get a tri-bike, that would be a great way to deal with the disadvantadge.
It will make your bike leg faster, but most important, it will also improve you run spectacularly.
If you can't/don't want to afford 2 bikes (like me), sell your current bike and get the cervelo soloist team. It can be used as road bike and tribike , simply by shifting the seat post to become the geometry you need.
there are a few threads about it:
http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=17996
http://forum.220magazine.com/fb.asp?m=21640&key=cervelo%2Csoloist
I had my Cervelo P2C with full dura-ace groupset, full carbon cockpit, easton ea 50s for 1500, which I think is pretty cheap as the frame alone normally retails for 1300!