Westmorland County Showground, Cumbria! Long old way away. Need to shift this cold that's going around otherwise i'll be getting 1 or 2 laps in. Although smashed my hand at the weekend into a post (check strava) which also needs to calm itself down as it's quite big currently...
Diag box has come in useful on many occasion.
Ouch! Hope the hand continues to heal and is feeling well enough to ride. Video was amazing! Thanks for the entertainment! Guess the hand is from hitting the barrier after your slide?! Still amazes me your club skinsuit has so much white on it! Must be a b1tch to clean!
Yeah - my intention is it likely replaces the Cube. Cube likely ends up on turbo or for particularly climby fast rides in Summer. I've got a Giant Propel still for flattish fun.
Cube barely even fits the stock 25mm let alone anything bigger. I think 32mm a little on the low side but option for ~35mm would be nice. Fairlight Strael may even be an option. It looks comparable to the Sonder Colibri.
Yeah I changed small ring. Luckily I've managed to buy big rings on discount every single time so not quite swapped a chainset yet. That crankset has done near enough 65k miles. Maybe 3 big rings and on it's 3rd small ring now. I've got a spare 105 52/36 chainset though that I bought (on discount) again in case I didn't find cheap chainrings. Maybe it'll end up on new bike though for off-road stuff 52/36 is likely too much...
Ahhh, I'd forgotten about the Propel. Maybe part of it could be how you 'like' the Giant, as the Defy is looking pretty damn good for the money, but Giant's always do.
Tech me how to find chainrings on discount obiwan!
Chain needs swapping on mine. Sounding very rough and easily over the 0.75 on the chain checker last time I looked (mid December...) Was holding off until the worst of the winter road salt was over (as I'm barely riding outside) but the next week looks grim so just going to do it. Have been thinking hold off for nice weather, then do chainrings/cranks at the same time (not got replacements yet), while also thinking switch to Di2 as well so the whole groupset is 'new' together.
Then again the money I've 'saved' so far (doing things so piecemeal) just plumb the £200 for a R8000 crankset when the actual time comes and stop being a tight welshman!
Going round in circles trying to decide on a new bike - it's doing my head in, I'm not normally this indecisive
In the mix we currently have:
- Bianchi Impulso Allroad Disc 11 speed at 2200 Euros
- Bianchi Via Nirone Allroad Disc at 10 speed at 1700 Euros
- Canyone Inflite SL6 at 2000 Euros and tbh this one is dropping down the list as time goes on
- Rose Pro SL Disc at 1700 Euros which is the curveball of the group as it's less more road and less off road I suppose (I would put 32 mm gravel/mix tyres on it)
We have a half decent forest surrounding Vienna and my old Felt F95 just cannot do it, and I'm missing that this winter.
I think in my heart it's Bianchi v Bianchi, and asking myself if I will notice the 500 Euro price difference between the Impulso and the Via Nirone.
The Rose with it's beautifully formed frame and enclosed cockpit is visually appealing but the colour leaves me cold and I just don't think it will feel as "special" as owning a Bianchi (always wanted one but never got round to it)
Without really knowing what you ride, your 'history' and what you're looking to do - apart from the comment about forest riding above - really hard to judge.
But they're all much of a much-ness price wise looking at that, so don't use price to judge. I think you're after comfort (?) endurance with some slight off road capability. The Inflite is a CX bike so likely not that comfortable (?). Your heart is saying Bianchi so really think even if the Rose was more 'sensible' you'd be thinking 'what if' if you got it. Don't really know Bianchi's range, to really know those models, but rough google shows the Impulso as a carbon frame and some of the Nirone as alloy? Both are endurance bikes and 'allroad' means they'll do up to 35mm tyres (so you can likely fit 32's and guards if that is your thing). What groupsets are the 11 speed and 10 speed? At a guess 105 vs Tiagra/Sora. So if the €500 difference is for 105 and Carbon over Sora and Alloy then easy to say go the Impulso, as both should be solid upgrades worth it when buying at that value. If both frames are carbon/alloy then really you're choosing between groupsets. At that value on the initial cost I'd be very tempted by 11 speed, although modern Tiagra/Sora are still great groupsets.
Check the Rose's clearance for the tyres you want to use/fit, they're not known for being great.
The Bianchi Impulso All Road GRX 400, Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Allroad GRX 400, and Rose PRO SL DISC 105 are all aluminum frame endurance bikes with shimano grx 400 hydraulic disc brakes. The Impulso All Road GRX 400 has 700c aluminum wheels, the Via Nirone 7 Allroad GRX 400 has 700c wheels, and the...
99spokes.com
Bit of a guess on which years models and groupsets (went for older thinking you looking at deals)...
Bianchi geometries are the same:
https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=62c87ce32ea0f9001d5e3ba9,5f46417e61f49e001736a48c,
Bianchi and Rose, makes the Rose a bit more racey:
https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=62c87ce32ea0f9001d5e3ba9,63bf836709ee0f001c7744cf,
Just ordered a 46/30 chainring for my bike because... I'm doing the Fred Whitton this year.. GULP! I am currently down to 106KG from 119KG, and Hope to be low 90s before the event but I really need more climbing gears to help keep the cadence up and not smoke the legs! Also ordered another pair of the Lake shoes I had fitted a couple years back.. they are amazing!
Goodluck! Brutal one, really worth some hard training for!
Not sure if you got it sorted yet. Been busy driving trucks about and less biking. I'm an expert in electric pallet trucks and tachographs now.
Haha awesome, change in job then? What you hauling? Be careful with that tail lift! Our guys are always smacking them and needing services. Seem to be slowly moving the fleet away from DAF too!
