Hello from noob

micmax

Hello all.

Just thought I'd drop a line and say hi as I've been browsing here a while now. First road bike still to be purchased and infuriatingly, the shortlist is extending rather than shortening, as is the budget.

What started off as an easy decision for a spesh allez at around the £500 mark, has now developed into agonising over Bianchis, Pinarellos and Felts closer to the £1k mark.

I know the best bike for me is the one that fits, within budget and is adorned in white bits, but it's bloody hard to choose.

Hope I can contribute something here in the future!

sub55

:?:
well it could be a complete disaster , the extra height on the rear wheel will alter all the angles of your frame.
making the head tube steeper , which in turn will make all the handling twitchy . you`ll find that it will rotate your hips further forward. so you`ll have to pick the nose of the saddle up slightly to stop you sliding off the front.
you`ll also probably need two rows of bar tape as the more aggressive riding position will put more weight on your hands. as your not a competitive rider , we wont worry about the uci regs all that incurs .
hope this helps

schweiz

I've never tried it but can't see why it would be a problem. Mountain bikers often run different tyres front and rear and just about every motorbike on the road has a wider rear wheel for putting the power down and handling is no problem.

father_jack

sub55 wrote:

:?:
well it could be a complete disaster , the extra height on the rear wheel will alter all the angles of your frame.
making the head tube steeper , which in turn will make all the handling twitchy . you`ll find that it will rotate your hips further forward. so you`ll have to pick the nose of the saddle up slightly to stop you sliding off the front.
you`ll also probably need two rows of bar tape as the more aggressive riding position will put more weight on your hands. as your not a competitive rider , we wont worry about the uci regs all that incurs .
hope this helps

Also your bike will burst into flames, and you'll die.

micmax

thanks

MattC59

Am I missing something here ? None of the replies have anything to do with the OP :?

Warwickshire Whizzer

I'm confused too, that OP is a carbon copy of my first post, though the replies seem to relate to something else...

dmch2

Has the OP edited the first post and accidentally pasted in your post?

qwerty1982

lol glad some one else pointed this out, I thought I was going mad!!