Bike Upgrade

Pole_po1er

Hi all,

I'm currently riding a 2015 Specialised Allez sport, I'm thinking of upgrading soon, my brand preference is Canyon, Scott or Specialised. ROughly the £2000-£3000 range. I'm not sure which geometry I should go for, endurance or race. I'm not even sure what sort of position the Allez is. I do approx 50 mile rides over the weekend. I am looking at getting into sportives and possibly racing (I currently competitively row). I appreciate it's quite a broad question but could I have some sort of guidance which geometry/bike I should be looking at?

Thanks in advance.

cougie

That's a big upgrade. You'd be best off trying bikes at the LBS.

What kind of racing? Road races ? Criteriums ? TT's ?

I don't think the labels on bikes are that useful - you need to see what suits you. And if you're planning on bunch racing don't race anything you can't replace.

svetty

The Allez is generally quite a racy geometry. I'd be tempted to get some decent wheels and race on that and get a more endurance type geometry for Sportives. The Cannondale Synapse range is generally well-regarded but you will find advocates for the Canyon Endurace range too

imposter2.0

Keep the Allez - it will be fine for what you want to do. No reason to change, unless you are desperate to spend money..

Matthewfalle

Nah - fuggit. You work for your money and life is too short to not spend your money on whatever you want.

3k should get a nice Cervelo or CAAD as well. Best thing is to nip onto an internet site or two, set budget, see what pops up that you like the look of.

Then post bikes here once you’ve decided what type of racing you want to do.

Just don’t buy a Trek.

w00dster

I think you should buy a Trek, but before you start racing join a Club......Just to annoy Matthew....

https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bike ... 6000-2018/
https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bike ... 1990-2018/

Or look for a Supersix Evo and a good set of wheels to go with it? Lastly have a think about a powermeter as well if you haven't already got one. I'd shop around for a discounted 2017 model, possible to get the Ultegra version for £1500 size dependent, then £750 on wheels and £400 on a power meter.

w00dster

Or this...

https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/cannondale ... 7-ID_70739

with nice wheels.

Pole_po1er

I guess I fancy a bit more carbon than just the front forks! particularly given I’m surrounded by hills

cougie

Carbon doesn't fly up hill alone. You have to pedal still. Weight matters a lot less than the marketeers tell us.

Matthewfalle

cougie wrote:

Carbon doesn't fly up hill alone. You have to pedal still. Weight matters a lot less than the marketeers tell us.

This exactly.

Something like a CAAD will be lighter, stiffer and better than a mid range carbon.

Carbon is not the panacea of all ills.

Matthewfalle

w00dster wrote:

I think you should buy a Trek, but before you start racing join a Club......Just to annoy Matthew....

https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bike ... 6000-2018/
https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bike ... 1990-2018/

Or look for a Supersix Evo and a good set of wheels to go with it? Lastly have a think about a powermeter as well if you haven't already got one. I'd shop around for a discounted 2017 model, possible to get the Ultegra version for £1500 size dependent, then £750 on wheels and £400 on a power meter.

I personally wouldn’t bother with the power meter - pane e agua.

400 spondoolies can buy a lot of nice summer cycling or 1150 can buy some lovely wheels.