Focus Cayo 105 - Triple or Compact

Velke

Considering a Focus Cayo 105 as Wiggle sale price £ 999

Should i go for Triple or Compact?

Gazzaputt

MTFU 53x39

Compact.

Kingtut87

Do you know the cassette range on the back? I'd go for the compact. Lighter and with a good range on the back you'll almost get the same gearing as the triple.

Edit: Its a 12-27 on the back right? Should be plenty for all but the very steepest hills (20% +).

Velke

It's Front 50/34, rear 12-27

Gazzaputt - MTFU 53X39 - won't that be abit tough on the hills?


Also just found i can put it though a Bike2Work scheme Total cost £ 501.65 that's a bargin!!!!!

anto164

tbh, i've got a triple (50,39.30) and have never used the granny ring! then again, most of the climbs round me aren't that long (Max about a mile long at about 8-10pc all the way up) and all can be done on the 39.

If i were you, i'd go for the compact, will give you a good range of gearage.

Gazzaputt

Velke wrote:

Gazzaputt - MTFU 53X39 - won't that be abit tough on the hills?

As I say MTFU.

merlinghnd

I have a Cayo 105, went for triple to be on the safe side and found I never needed the lowest gears so if I bought another one ( great bike, very happy with it, 209 model,) I would go for a compact.

sundog

Velke wrote:

Considering a Focus Cayo 105 as Wiggle sale price £ 999

Should i go for Triple or Compact?

Is it your first road bike? Have you ridden other bikes?
Are you intending to tackle some steep climbs? How fit are you?

crazysheep

It is all very well opting for a compact if you live in a flat area. The other posters correctly say that you will rarely use the granny ring.

I ride in a very hilly part of the world and would love a granny ring to drop down to, the compact that I have limits my attempts on the lakeland passes to the "easy" sides as for me a compact isn't enough for 20% hills.

Hence the answer really is that it depends on both where you will ride and how you ride.

Essex Man

anto164 wrote:

tbh, i've got a triple (50,39.30) and have never used the granny ring! then again, most of the climbs round me aren't that long (Max about a mile long at about 8-10pc all the way up) and all can be done on the 39.

If i were you, i'd go for the compact, will give you a good range of gearage.

I'd say a mile of 10% is pretty tough, so well done - there is no way I would want to do that on my 39 ring.

To the OP, the triple v compact debate has been recently (and endlessly) debated on here so I would search for that thread.

benno68

You should get up most hills with a compact and 27t on the back end. I'd go compact.

bikedibley.com

Yeah, the Cayo Ltd edition is only £999 right now. But you can also get the Cayo 105 Triple for the same amount which has a slightly better frame. I'd shop quick because it looks like they don't have that many left.[/url]

IanTrcp

bikedibley.com wrote:

Yeah, the Cayo Ltd edition is only £999 right now. But you can also get the Cayo 105 Triple for the same amount which has a slightly better frame. I'd shop quick because it looks like they don't have that many left.[/url]

Better in what way?

mudslinger

Better in what way?

The LE version is the 2009 frame which doesn't have BB30. Some of the componentry is different though I can't remember what.

bendertherobot

So it's not the TRIPLE that has the better frame then

bikedibley.com

mudslinger wrote:

Better in what way?

The LE version is the 2009 frame which doesn't have BB30. Some of the componentry is different though I can't remember what.

Spot on.

By the way, the 105 is also in stock as a compact AND a triple. Unless you have dodgy knees, are a leisure cyclist or live amongst stupid hills, a compact will be fine. As a mountain biker, I find myself gagging for a standard upfront as my compact is too...er compact.

CLICK HERE to view Focus Cayo 105 at only £999!!!

Plus you have 30 days with Wiggle to ride it and test it and get your money back and free collection if you don't like it!!!