Road Cycling

madindehead · 16 Mar 2016 at 17:29

Roady said:
For my carbon frame, minimum 105 & hydro discs my options are both £2500...

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-Roubaix-SL4-Comp-Disc-2016-Road-Bike_84233.htm

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-Diverge-Comp-Carbon-2016-Road-Bike_83875.htm

8r carbon vs 10r carbon...

Wish they did this colour as a disc option!

Have you checked how much the Shimano hydro brakes are separately? Guessing it's still not worth buying a cheaper disc frame, and then pricing in the extra cost of the shifters and calipers?

BennyC · 16 Mar 2016 at 17:51

Midweek leg stretch. First climb about 6 miles in so just about warmed up. Nice short steady climb to start a ride with :cool:

11 months later, 90 seconds quicker, I'll take that

lukext · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:12

ThaReaperGuy said:
- You're making this harder!!

I've been debating the last 2 week what summer bike I want to buy, someone was selling a Cervelo S5 Di2 2014 for £2400. Then I saw the Canyon Aeroad for £3500, the Giant Propel looks awesome too...

It's escalating quickly, but I definitely want something more aggressive and nicer than my pinnacle commuter!

A nice Canyon for summer 2017? Sorry couldn't resist.

I have a giant propel and its really nice. Not quite as nice as the propel advanced build on here with SRAM eTap on in...

madindehead · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:21

BennyC said:
Midweek leg stretch. First climb about 6 miles in so just about warmed up. Nice short steady climb to start a ride with

11 months later, 90 seconds quicker, I'll take that

Excellent improvement!

madindehead · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:22

Jono said:
Ok so the Diverge is exciting to me. I'll probably never take it down a gravel path but I might next time I tried to ride up Boltby Bank and give up near the bottom, then take the side road up to a nice cafe, which is a farm track (like railway ballast) sort of surface back to the main road at the top. Not the most comfortable route on my current bike.

But regarding "rack" mounts - surely the carbon isn't strong enough to support a rack with anything on it? At least that's what Genesis say about their Datum.
Would love it if it could support a few KG in a rack/panniers/bag (macbook and clothes)

If the carbon isn't strong enough to hold a few KG, I'd be questioning what the hell the bike is made out of. Surely it's strong enough to withstand that...

FrenchTart · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:28

BennyC said:
Midweek leg stretch. First climb about 6 miles in so just about warmed up. Nice short steady climb to start a ride with

11 months later, 90 seconds quicker, I'll take that

Very nice improvement. That turbo training clearly paid off

FrenchTart · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:29

madindehead said:
If the carbon isn't strong enough to hold a few KG, I'd be questioning what the hell the bike is made out of. Surely it's strong enough to withstand that...

Indeed. I wouldn't expect it to hold a full load but a light weight rack and a couple of light bags should be okay.

uv · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:33

madindehead said:
Have you checked how much the Shimano hydro brakes are separately? Guessing it's still not worth buying a cheaper disc frame, and then pricing in the extra cost of the shifters and calipers?

For £2.5k, I'd go the whole hog and build the bike from scratch. With Chinese carbon frame and carbon wheels, <£2000 will get you di2 and hydraulic discs, easy. My Di2 Hydro Genesis build was <£2100, and I could build it cheaper now.

touch · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:38

FrenchTart said:
Indeed. I wouldn't expect it to hold a full load but a light weight rack and a couple of light bags should be okay.

It's carbon, not cheese!
Shouldnt have any bother with a full rack.

Vonhelmet · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:50

If it's designed to withstand 80kg or so of meat I'm sure it can handle a rack and panniers.

In other news, it was horribly windy on the way home. Urgh.

FrenchTart · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:52

touch said:
It's carbon, not cheese!
Shouldnt have any bother with a full rack.

Most carbon bikes I've seen with rack mounts have quite a low weight limit max compared to what you'd normally see on steel/alu.

James07 · 16 Mar 2016 at 19:10

James07 said:
Going from Sora on a 2015 Defy 3 to the following,

Ultegra 6800 11 speed cassette 11-32
105 5800 rear brake calliper
105 5800 front brake calliper
105 5800 172.5 crankset
105 5800 11 speed shifter set
Ultegra 6800 BB 68mm English thread
Ultegra 6800 11 speed chain
105 6800 rear mech GS
105 5800 double 11 speed front mech

Am I missing anything?

I've been offered this, I haven't typed any of the list, what do I need to ask the guy?

Rear mech is 105 5800

BennyC · 16 Mar 2016 at 19:14

madindehead said:
Excellent improvement!

FrenchTart said:
Very nice improvement. That turbo training clearly paid off

Ta

Combo of Turbo, being significantly lighter, embracing the spin

and general experience & smoother riding I think.

PermaBanned · 16 Mar 2016 at 19:43

James07 said:
I've been offered this, I haven't typed any of the list, what do I need to ask the guy?

Rear mech is 105 5800

How much are they asking for the lot?

James07 · 16 Mar 2016 at 20:21

PermaBanned said:
How much are they asking for the lot?

£260

Vonhelmet · 16 Mar 2016 at 20:29

Hmm. How much use has it had? If you're in British Cycling you can get full new 5800 (with 6800 BB) for £270 at CRC. The only 6800 bits on there are the chain, cassette, BB and rear mech, only the last of which is not a consumable.

Saytan · 16 Mar 2016 at 20:33

ribble have a code at the mo, SHIM25 for £25 off £250 making 105 £265 there at the mo

that's a lot of gruppo for the money

FrenchTart · 16 Mar 2016 at 20:35

I'd definitely go for new for the small amount extra the two deals Von and Saytan have posted.

Vonhelmet · 16 Mar 2016 at 20:40

Campagnolo unveil new groupset. The chainset is revolting.

Disc brakes, too.

SoliD · 16 Mar 2016 at 20:44

Had some dopey cow almost knock me off twice in about 30 seconds tonight.

She pulled out in front of me when let out by a car driver, then got to a roundabout and I was sat on her inside, she was so concentrated on being able to get out and she almost drove straight into me. I gave her a right earful, at which point she decided to try to get round me and almost caused another accident.

Lovely evening but it's still bloody chilly with the wind, bit of a tired ride as not eaten a great deal today, but nice few easy days now before my first TT of the year on Sunday! Going to be a cold one!