Sweet spot bike between road and triathlon - list is getting longer :-(
zalmanium
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Hello everyone,
For quite some time now I have been looking up on the internet about which bike would suit me the most, according to some of my preferences. But in the end, I don't know where to look anymore.
In a nutshell, I have a Cube Aerium LTD Pro (from 2012) which has done his job perfectly fine.
Being a bike between road and triathlon was a perfect fit to my tasting.
This is something I want to find again and preferably under 2000€ (new or second hand).
This is a list of bikes I already found:
Cannondale SuperSix
Cannondale CAAD12 or 13
Cube Litening C:68 SL
Cube Agree C:62
canyon ultimate
canyon endurace
specialized tarmac
specialized roubaix elite
BMC Teammachine SLR01, SLR02, SLR03
BMC Timemachine
BMC ALR
What do you think would suit the most according to my previous bike and sit between rad and triathlon?
Do you also had to do such a choice and which one did you chose in the end?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Ben
For quite some time now I have been looking up on the internet about which bike would suit me the most, according to some of my preferences. But in the end, I don't know where to look anymore.
In a nutshell, I have a Cube Aerium LTD Pro (from 2012) which has done his job perfectly fine.
Being a bike between road and triathlon was a perfect fit to my tasting.
This is something I want to find again and preferably under 2000€ (new or second hand).
This is a list of bikes I already found:
Cannondale SuperSix
Cannondale CAAD12 or 13
Cube Litening C:68 SL
Cube Agree C:62
canyon ultimate
canyon endurace
specialized tarmac
specialized roubaix elite
BMC Teammachine SLR01, SLR02, SLR03
BMC Timemachine
BMC ALR
What do you think would suit the most according to my previous bike and sit between rad and triathlon?
Do you also had to do such a choice and which one did you chose in the end?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Ben
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Boardman Air 9.4. £3000 down to £1799 on a Black Friday deal.
Di2 for under £2000!!0 -
Well its gotta be an 'aero' road bike hasn't it tbh? So some of those could be scrubbed from the list in all honesty (though may be great bikes still)
The boardman above looks great but only small sizes left1 -
Save a chunk of your budget and opt for the Planet X XC130. £1600 for an Ultegra or SRAM Force 22 build.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/EBPXRRULTR8000/planet-x-ec-130e-shimano-ultegra-gs-aero-road-bike
5 star review in Cycling Weekly - albeit from 2016
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/reviews/road-bikes/planet-x-ec-130e0 -
One of these. Sell off the wheels unused and replace them with some 60mm carbon ones from Farsports or Lightbicycle...
https://www.rutlandcycling.com/bikes/road-bikes/cannondale-systemsix-2019-carbon-aero-road-bike-blackred_460762?currency=GBP&chosenAttribute=C11229M5054&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsKeLiPyR5gIVTbDtCh25ZQOFEAUYASABEgIPWPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds0 -
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What do you want the bike for ?0
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Thank you for the great comments already!
The Planet X is a great looking bike too indeed.
@mrb123 It's a bit above the budget, would a SuperSix also fit?
@fenix Let's say 1 training per week (on the road, in a pack) and 2 1/2 IM and couple of 1/4 triathlons a year.
@cookiemonster So some of those could be scrubbed from the list in all honesty (though may be great bikes still)
-> which one can be removed then?0 -
All the ones that aren't aerozalmanium said:Thank you for the great comments already!
@fenix Let's say 1 training per week (on the road, in a pack) and 2 1/2 IM and couple of 1/4 triathlons a year.
@cookiemonster So some of those could be scrubbed from the list in all honesty (though may be great bikes still)
-> which one can be removed then?
Supersix, Tarmac, ALR, Roubaix etc aren't aero bikes. And you wouldn't want to do a tri on themFat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.0 -
If you want to do triathlons properly especially for the longer distances (i presume all of this is non drafting) then dont splash out on a pricey bike. Get a second hand TT bike. Plenty of them around. You'll be so much faster than on a road bike.
Go look at any picture of a cyclist head on - it's the rider causing most of the drag so your position needs to be good. You need to be aero and the TT bike will give you that.
You can train on any bike that's over £500 or so. If it's not keeping up with the other riders it's down to you - not the bike.0 -
In the end, maybe that is the real question here.
Invest in a more recent road bike or just keep the Cube from 2012 and buy a TT bike for races...?0 -
Another vote for the PX, top tubes run long so they work for racey positions plus they only have black in stock so you wont have to worry on silly paint schemes.0
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This is what I got when I was pondering a similar question, but I went for frame/forks/seatpost only, rather than a full build. Looking now I would probably go for a full build with Force22 and disc brakes, as my own build came out at a similar cost, and that was with rim brakes and Shimano 105.arlowood said:Save a chunk of your budget and opt for the Planet X XC130. £1600 for an Ultegra or SRAM Force 22 build.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/EBPXRRULTR8000/planet-x-ec-130e-shimano-ultegra-gs-aero-road-bike
5 star review in Cycling Weekly - albeit from 2016
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/reviews/road-bikes/planet-x-ec-130e
I put clip-on aero bars on and have done a few tri's on it now, including one 70.3 and it was fine - I think before my first Iron distance race next year I'll get a proper bike fit though.0 -
This is the correct answer. If you are serious about triathlon, you will want a TT bike. If not, just get whatever bike you'll enjoy riding most, and don't worry about it.oxoman said:Keep the cube for training and get a tt bike for the races themselves. That way any gain you get from training on the heavier cube should be amplified on a proper lighter TT bike.
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