Road or TT
shadowone1
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Ok,
I'm wanting to reignite the old debate. Road bike or TT.
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. At the moment its a road bike made up of Argon Frame, shimano 105 groupset, fulcrum racing 5's.
I'm debating whether to go for a TT bike. As much as they are cool looking I'm undecided.
My budget is £1500 and I can get a TT bike but with a crap frame or a really really good frame on a road bike...... at the moment I'm thinking really really good road bike frame. Ok the groupset is not the best but this goes back to an earlier debate. I won't notice the difference between 105 and ultergra cause I'm crap.
So good rood bike or save for TT........ (I want a new bike now though!!!!)
S11
I'm wanting to reignite the old debate. Road bike or TT.
I'm in the process of buying a new bike. At the moment its a road bike made up of Argon Frame, shimano 105 groupset, fulcrum racing 5's.
I'm debating whether to go for a TT bike. As much as they are cool looking I'm undecided.
My budget is £1500 and I can get a TT bike but with a crap frame or a really really good frame on a road bike...... at the moment I'm thinking really really good road bike frame. Ok the groupset is not the best but this goes back to an earlier debate. I won't notice the difference between 105 and ultergra cause I'm crap.
So good rood bike or save for TT........ (I want a new bike now though!!!!)
S11
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I went for a good road frame rather than TT, but then I was considering selling my old bike at the time. Now that I've kept the old one as my training bike I'm not sure if roadie was the way to go. Still it will do me for a few years. At my present level I'm not sure that I'd get that much benefit from a TT frame.
Orbea Ora frame £1,1174 (Primera Bournemouth have it on 24mths 0% finance), swap across your components, add the bars and shifters, upgrade at leisure, sell the Argon frame, Any money left over buy a road bike.
Cliff Pratt Cycles have the whole bike for just under £1,500 http://www.cpcycles.com/products.php?pl ... 1629&rs=gb only one size though
No doubt other suggestions will flow but that is what I would do.
if you really want something that fulfils both roles well go for the Cervelo S1 (review: http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/review ... 2009.shtml)
If not go for the focus tria (about a grand) and spend the change on an aero hat and wheels.
p.s. agreed... the Oreba is very pretty!
I like to go for decent lengthy cycles and I live in a valley surrounded by really hilly areas so road bike for me, which I'm being told I'll be able to tweak to get a better set up for when I stick aero bars on it.
keeping the old steed, to be honest the old girl has done well but I need to be better. So Argon Frame, Fulcrum 5 wheels, 105 groupset..... can't wait.