Winter and summer roadies

kirk72
kirk72 Posts: 9
edited July 2018 in Your road bikes
Summer (dry day bike).

Giant TCR Advanced Pro 1 medium 2018

Stock Ultegra R8000 groupset but have a Durace 54/34 chainset.
Deda Superega carbon bars.
Waiting on a delivery of some pro one Tubeless easy tyres as the stock Gavias are extremely portly.

Great bike, stiff, fast light and relatively comfortable.

28102420267_a458466a81_k.jpgtcr by john Kirk, on Flickr

Winter Bike.

Cannondale Supersix Evo disc.

Ultegra again but the older R6800, still runs great. Switched the bars for some FSA 4D trimax carbon aero bars and most importantly got rid of the heavy aksyium wheels and replaced with DT Swiss RR21 dicuts which are a very light 1400gm for disc wheels. managed to get the weight down to around 7.8kg with pedals and bottle holders etc.

29098144928_b4a6bf485b_k.jpgsix5 by john Kirk, on Flickr

Did have a carbon seatpost and ultra light SLR saddle but ive recently listed the bike on ebay to make some space in the man cave.

Thanks for looking. :D

Comments

  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Do you use clip-on mudguards on the "winter" bike?
  • kirk72
    kirk72 Posts: 9
    I have some of those velcro on mudguards for when its proper raining. most of the time I just use a rear. its more the case of being the wiser option for winter given locally we have lots of good fast down hills so the disc brakes help to keep me out of trouble most of the time and if not at least give a little more confidence.

    TBH both are comfortable and fast enough for most types of rides.
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Kirk72 wrote:
    I have some of those velcro on mudguards for when its proper raining.

    Which model of guards? All the clip-on guards on the market look like they'll rattle and not provide great protection.

    I actually considered that same 'Dale, from TriUK right? I'm slightly torn between getting a disc road frame and using temporary guards or getting a "proper" winter frame that has actual guard mounts and wide tyre clearance etc. The problem is it's tricky to get a reasonably priced carbon frame for that purpose and they all have slack as hell "endurance" geometry.

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