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New bike purchase
Postby murone07 » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:37 pm
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Postby Bnej » Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:48 pm
If you want a CF road bike there is a wealth of choice in your bracket, you could probably get a TCR Composite or a lower end Trek Madone.
If you wanted to stick with the OCR geometry then there is the OCR Composite range, I have an OCR C3 and it's very smooth and comfortable but not super light.
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Postby europa » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:11 pm
Buy yourself a specialist TT bike, seeing that's what you're doing, and keep the other bike for training.
Clutter in the house is a factor of how you do it - sitting nose to tail, two bikes don't take up much more room than one. There are many bike stands that take two bikes, one higher than the other so there's no more room used up.
Ask your missus how she'd feel if you spent squillions on a TT bike, got rid of the old bike, then had the new one stolen because you had to leave it chained up somewhere - those are the sorts of trips you should be doing on the old bike.
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Postby Bnej » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:30 pm
I think you should try and have a go on one in any case. Also look at a 2 bike stand and argue that actually there would be *more* room left over with a second bike.
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Re: New bike purchase
Postby triode12 » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:36 pm
Cervelo Dual or Soloist.murone07 wrote:HELP!!! I have a 2005 OCR ZERO looking to upgrade to a new ride, I enjoyed the old bike but its time for her to leave my bedroom. I weigh 75Kg and most of my riding is Triathlon & half IM, with around the bay and the Alpine classic for fun.I was thinking full carbon to see what they are like. My budget is 3-4K. I have looked at BH, Argon 18 and a Probike kit bike from England. Any help or advice or information would be much appreciated thanks
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The Soloist new is about $3.5K with Ultegra drivetrain. It is unique in that you can convert it between road and tri geometry by reversing the seatpost.
http://www.cervelo.com/bikes.aspx?bike=SLT2007
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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:43 pm
I agree,you would not be a happy boy trying to do the Alpine Classic on a tri bike.Ideal is obviously 2 bikes but if the OWMBO says no...then NO!.Bnej wrote:If you can really only have one bike, then I'd pass on the TT bike - they're not so great for riding when you're not doing your TTs. Especially if you're doing the Alpine Classic I think you want a conventional road bike there.
I think you should try and have a go on one in any case. Also look at a 2 bike stand and argue that actually there would be *more* room left over with a second bike.
Not really my specialitly but get a bike with a steepish seat tube angle so you can get a good position when in tri mode.You can get a tri bar set up that bolts onto the front plate of the stem so very easy to do an on and off.I think one of your biggest considerations would be the wheels...
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Postby Bluerider » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:00 pm
Now that is a very good post, I presume your not married MG ?MountGower wrote:Stop being a Simpsons watching femme and politely tell the girl there will be two bikes in the house next week. There is only room for one bloke in a marriage and hope, for the sake of your future, it's not her. You are the man of the house and I assume your name is not f%&$ing Homer.
Sorry to be so blunt. Actually, probably cancell the sorry bit.
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Postby mattyb » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:04 am
Why?
You have to be generating a lot of power, and consistently, to need something like that. I was watching the world tri champs last night and many of the women did not have what looked like tri specific bikes and some didn't even have aero bars. This is the world championship so if anyone needed the stiffest, most aero crazy bikes, these are the athletes.
Funnily enough, I watched my girlfriend in the Super Sprint series tris ride past guys on tri bikes similar to the TT bikes I saw on the Tour de France (disc rear wheel, wing style bars with the gears at the end on the aero bars, all weighing about 8kgs). She was on an Apollo swift - flat bar road bike with 700 x 32 tyres pumped to 80psi that weighs 11kgs.
I'm not saying you're a hack, or she'd do the same to you, but you can see what I'm getting at.
I think, as you have indicated you will be using it for other riding, you'd be much better off getting a road bike that allows lots of adjustability. Seat posts can be raised, turned around, saddles can be moved fore and aft, aero bars can be fitted and removed, but if you get a tri bike, you'll be pretty much stuck with that ride position.
Your budget says whatever you buy is going to be good quality so just make sure you get something with a good frame and light wheels and worry about the rest if that comes into the decision.
Anyway, that doesn't take into account needs vs wants
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Postby murone07 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:23 am
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Postby Blybo » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:00 pm
More closely reading about O'Grady riding the R3 (I think its called) to victory in the Paris-Roubiax. Tough race that 1
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