Swapping Chainset - 3.5 Madone into a 4.9 Madone

hippak
hippak Posts: 7
edited September 2014 in Road buying advice
Hi All.

I have the following two road bikes:

Trek Madone 3.5 C H2 2013 Road bike
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... e-ec040347

Trek Madone 4.9 Compact Ultegra Di2 2014 Road Bike
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... e-ec054319

I've been using the 3.5 for about 3 months now and it'll now be sent back to Canada to be used about 2 months a year when I head back for vacation. The 4.9 will stay with me in the Netherlands to be used daily for training. The chainset on the 3.5 is an ulShimano Ultegra, 50/34 (compact). The chainset on the 4.9 is a FSA Gossamer(compact). Should i swap the two since the 4.9 will be my primary ride or performance wise are they both the same?

In addition is this a difficult procedure and is there any other parts (given that both bikes are stock) that I should swap?

Thanks!

Comments

  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    By all means change them if you want to make work for yourself, but it won't make any noticable difference to either bike...