Point me on the path of righteousness please
Avoneer
Posts: 525
Hi All,
Does anyone else get into the bad habit of buying a shed loads of bits and realising after a few months that you still only have one good bike, loads of bits and no money left?
Anyway, I have my Giant Defy 4 with tri-bars that I use for long training runs when it's sunny and Duathlons.
I also had (sold this weekend) an old steel GT mountain bike on skinnies that I used day in day out for commuting all year round - it had full guards, was very predictable and bullet proof - wondering on whether I should have sold it now!
Leaving me without a bike to commute on in all weathers,
I don't like drops for commuting.
Anyway, I currently have an old Scott YZ4 shcool run bike that I'm trying to sell and a Cyclocross frame that I have been working on to try and make it into my new commuting all year all weather machine but........
I got the Cycloross bike all set up, but have ended up with something just like my Defy 4 for drops and gears etc. and it's not working for me as a commuter.
Thinking of now turning it into a tripple (it's currently a compact, but it's hard work in the Yorkshire hills on my commute with it's current 36 and 25) using MTB gears, changing the cantis for v brakes and fitting a flat bar - will have to buy some more bits though to do this and still might not like it!
The Carerra Gryphon does it for me and seems like a well sorted bike.
Anyway, here's what bits I have - can someone throw me some words of wisdom before the wife finds out and give me some thoughts/ideas/suggestions please.
Cyclocross frame with canti's, full Sora 9 speed compact set up and nice wheels (Shimano RS20's).
SRAM Attack shifters.
1 Mavic front wheel.
I could sell the Sora groupset, and the Cyclocross frame etc. and buy a Gryphon, but don't want to end up out of pocket and I need to sort something quickly.
Help,
Hope that reads ok,
Pat...
Does anyone else get into the bad habit of buying a shed loads of bits and realising after a few months that you still only have one good bike, loads of bits and no money left?
Anyway, I have my Giant Defy 4 with tri-bars that I use for long training runs when it's sunny and Duathlons.
I also had (sold this weekend) an old steel GT mountain bike on skinnies that I used day in day out for commuting all year round - it had full guards, was very predictable and bullet proof - wondering on whether I should have sold it now!
Leaving me without a bike to commute on in all weathers,
I don't like drops for commuting.
Anyway, I currently have an old Scott YZ4 shcool run bike that I'm trying to sell and a Cyclocross frame that I have been working on to try and make it into my new commuting all year all weather machine but........
I got the Cycloross bike all set up, but have ended up with something just like my Defy 4 for drops and gears etc. and it's not working for me as a commuter.
Thinking of now turning it into a tripple (it's currently a compact, but it's hard work in the Yorkshire hills on my commute with it's current 36 and 25) using MTB gears, changing the cantis for v brakes and fitting a flat bar - will have to buy some more bits though to do this and still might not like it!
The Carerra Gryphon does it for me and seems like a well sorted bike.
Anyway, here's what bits I have - can someone throw me some words of wisdom before the wife finds out and give me some thoughts/ideas/suggestions please.
Cyclocross frame with canti's, full Sora 9 speed compact set up and nice wheels (Shimano RS20's).
SRAM Attack shifters.
1 Mavic front wheel.
I could sell the Sora groupset, and the Cyclocross frame etc. and buy a Gryphon, but don't want to end up out of pocket and I need to sort something quickly.
Help,
Hope that reads ok,
Pat...
"Campagnolo has soul, Shimano has ruthless efficiency and SRAM has yet to acquire mystique. Differentiating between them is a matter of taste"
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