Worth pointing out that if there's a saving, then a LBS/mechanic is likely only going to cost £100 to build it up for you if you wanted a blend between buying parts but not building it yourself.
Wow £100 seems cheap, or is that just me?! Last time I asked my LBS quoted 150-175 for a bare frame road bike build 'depending on parts' for generally 'at least 2-3 hours workshop time' if all parts supplied by me (and that's me likely getting a deal). Various talks around if they supplied the frame and groupset and suddenly that cost becoming zero. But they are a chain of stores generally building & shifting a lot of bikes so might be priced up for 'hassle factor' of stuff they're not supplying and using all the time.
They still have a 2+ week waiting list for service but have dropped a couple of sales staff as they're not shifting bikes. Meanwhile 2 other LBS have gone out of business/finished up in the last year or two - one of them (
Veloshop) was a very popular one for high end road bikes!
Random thought. My dad has a very old Focus hybrid bike. It's got V-brakes, a 3x8 Tiagra groupset and is generally in a terrible state.
Is there a world where there's any point to tidying it up,
Yes. Pub/cafe bike! Even better if you don't replace the groupset and get it rideable - less appealing to thieves! But again as you're no spanner monkey to tinker and make that affordable, flog it as is with nothing done to it, should get 150-200 for it.
Ooh turbo bike is a great shout. Especially as a future turbo bike would likely include the Zwift hub so no need to worry about groupsets/gear shifter issues.
Zwift hub is no longer available. Zwift have discontinued them and pretty much exited the hardware trainer market with their 'Cog' designed to go onto the Wahoo KICKR Core as their only 'trainer' product left.
Well I thought I was just getting back in to cycling with just some indoor Zwift training to get my fitness up, but after having my bike serviced back to full health, I've really got the itch to go back out on to the roads again.
Do it! And good to have you back!
Alternative to Lezyne is Cateye - good budget friendly and reliable. Let us know if you need any particular pointers. But for probably £50-60 you should be able to get ok quality basic front and rear 'be seen' lights. Nothing amazing for riding in the dark with, but more than enough for you to ride with when things are getting gloomy to make yourself clearly visible.
Fitted the new saddle and it looks nice, and only ridden an hour on the turbo but feels better being slightly narrower. Im a fair weather guy after having an off in the wet and fracturing my hip. Curently Lezyne zecto drive lights as i needed something quick and its all i could find in halfords, id like something brighter so once these are done exposure are at the top of my list as they seem to get really good reviews and from reading they seem to look after you.
I'm getting more and more tempted as that does look AWESOME... Got a direct link to yours
@Junglist ? I'm firmly in the 'going to try it and see' compared to my genuine couple of Specialized Powers I'm riding, but I fancy the mirror seeing if it allows me some relief for over 2+ hours on the turbo without selling a kidney for the genuine one to find it makes no difference - or is even worse!
I already replaced it in the last hour.
the hardest part was cleaning the bike, with my own 105 drive train it seems finicky as hell to get it indexed and setup correctly.... arent the higher end ones supposed to have less slop and higher tolerances....
Are we literally spending money for the quieter shifting only
No spending money for lots of other reasons... I wouldn't say the higher ones have 'less slop' (as they're all good and down to how well adjusted you have them indexed) but certainly the less cogs on your cassette the wider the tolerances are and the 'easier' things get as there's just more physical room for indexing to be 'ok but not perfect'. The more gears you have the tighter things have to be...
