New bike? (Procrastinating thread #3)

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So… Endurance vs Road Race vs Gravel…?

At the moment I’m aligned to a TCRAdvanced (road race) on a big discount. Assuming it’s there next month.

There’s a newer Defy Advanced (endurance) much more expensive but within range with nicer wheels.

Then I watch a YouTube video reviewing the Revolt Advanced nearly as fast as the TCR…

So if speed isn’t a significant factor which bike do you get?

And is an endurance bike significantly “more comfortable” than a road race? I mean, with 6+ hours bleeding in a tri saddle being your benchmark…

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It is for me

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I went CX over gravel and have road tyres for it. It was for light off road (woods) and commuting. I was torn between the two but wider tyre possibility on the cross bike made that the winner eventually.

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So assuming the TCR di2 disappears, I’m mulling over this much more expensive Defy because, it has nicer wheels, it has “pro” in the name, and I like the paint job.

The use of the word “sangria” instead of “red” is also a major factor.

Thoughts?

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Lovely looking bike

But

Saddle’s too high :grin:

Also, a few of us find PF BBs are a bit of a turn off.

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For about the same price as the Defy with mechanical 105, you can get a Canyon Endurace with Ultegra Di2.

Or for £1100 cheaper than the Defy an Endurace 105 mechanical.

Or for £400 cheaper an Endurace with SRAM AXS.

I’m not a Canyon fanboy but it’s hard to go past their value for money compared to anything else.

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Thanks. So I’m constrained by the fact that I can only acquire a new bike through debt, specifically the Halfords cycle2work scheme. There seem to be few online vendors who accept them and even fewer ie 2 that I know of don’t constrain or add 15% fees to discounted stock. Balfe’s and Tredz.

I’ve done some googling but not found any Canyon I can get, Canyon themselves only accept some other scheme.

Basically the above Defy is a trade off for carbon wheels and better quality carbon fork for di2, and although popular opinion is for di2 and I’m keen on it, it doesn’t actually make you faster. And carbon wheels look and feel cool. Not sure that cool though…

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Ah yes, forgot you said that way up above at the start, Defy is a solid option then, I just think £3.5k for a 105 mechanical bike is a bit mental. :grin:

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Yeah that s kinda why I posted it. :smile: I think it’s mental but…is it really all about electronic shifting?

Is it mental, or actually are the other component parts worth the extra. Talk me down!

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interesting guide here to all the various bottom bracket standards

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Allez sprint 600 sovs

Why not?

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Only available in 44cm, good for your kids as first race bike though.

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Well, it’s more a why not a cheaper alu, rim brake, mechanical, shifting sort of question

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No reason.
Was good enough even just a handful of years ago, cycling hasn’t fundamentally changed.
Still “good enough” now.
Especially mechanical shifting and a good aluminium frame (could argue safety for disc brakes)

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I think it was quite a long time ago that 8speed was “good enough” though, it’s quite a compromise

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Yes, but I doubt many people on here were riding 8 speed 5 years ago.

I think my roadie is 2013 model and is still either 10 or 11spd mechanical, works fine.

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10 speed mechnical is more than enough for me.

Maryka still rides a bike from the last millennium as her “best” bike.

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Every time I change a cassette there’s only about 5 used sprockets :joy:

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Weirdo!

Or TT’er

Although that’s the same thing maybe.

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Probably guilty on all counts.

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