Cyclist33
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i thought you got someone else to build it.This. For me it's the enjoyment of shopping and buying as much as the end product. Doing the build and buying all the parts was great
n+1..... Why?
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If I were only allowed to have one bike it would be the CX bike as it is quick and very versatile.
Pretty much, yeah. That's why I bought one as my first bike. It was great for fast rides, commuting and rides in the park with the family. But then I joined a club and wanted to faster, so bought a Road Bike. Now, I want to do more off-road stuff and am buying a MTB. However, I've sold the CX bike as I simply don't have space and can't really justify 3 bikes. The MTB will do off-road, the road bike will do club runs and both bikes will share the commute to work. That suits my needs perfectly, I wouldn't want to have a bike that was only ridden once or twice a month.
vickster
Legendary Member
Yes, I went from an alu/carbon giant avail road bike with tiagra to a genesis equilibrium steel/carbon road bike for a several reasons
A) steel less jarring for my creaking joints on rubbish roads
B) wanted sram shifters rather than shimano
C) the genesis is a very pretty colour and from a British company, although the parts are from all over the world and the frame was likely made in the Far East
D) I get bored quickly, I'd had the avail for over a year I guess and I like new shiny things
E) because I could...
The genesis is probably lighter, build from parts rather than stock, it has better wheels, it takes proper mudguards, however no mount points for a fixed frame
The cost to change was around £1000. The genesis will do the same as the giant. I also have a carbon roadbike which was actually my first roadbike, just lovely to ride on sunny days when I don't need to carry much
A) steel less jarring for my creaking joints on rubbish roads
B) wanted sram shifters rather than shimano
C) the genesis is a very pretty colour and from a British company, although the parts are from all over the world and the frame was likely made in the Far East
D) I get bored quickly, I'd had the avail for over a year I guess and I like new shiny things
E) because I could...
The genesis is probably lighter, build from parts rather than stock, it has better wheels, it takes proper mudguards, however no mount points for a fixed frame
The cost to change was around £1000. The genesis will do the same as the giant. I also have a carbon roadbike which was actually my first roadbike, just lovely to ride on sunny days when I don't need to carry much
RussellZero
Wannabe Stravati
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- New Forest, Hampshire, UK
I bought an Orbea Aqua Tiagra a couple of years ago, didn't want to spend a fortune in case I didn't get the cycling bug, so went for what I thought was a decent compromise. Don't regret it at all, and after 2 years and several thousand kms on it, I've invested in a full carbon jobbie. I'm keeping the Orbea as well, it doesn't owe me anything, Ive got more than £900's worth of fun out of it by far, and may continue to use it if I feel the need to keep the new Focus in pristine condition and Im going out in the rain. Did the ride to work thing as well a year ago, got a 29er hardtail for the forest tracks. That deal's finished now so might well go out and see if I can get a CX bike on the same scheme. Did the road bikes on interest free credit, and the c2w scheme works out very reasonable cost wise. But - at the end of the day the justification is more "why not - life's too short to be umming and ahhing should I/shouldn't I". This is the cheapest hobby Ive had in a long time - motor boat, light aircraft, fast cars, motorbikes...
.. and don't forget the different types of recumbent:
Long wheelbase
Short wheelbase
Medium wheelbase
Delta trike
Tadpole trike
Lowracer
Medium racer
Hiracer
. and combinations of above
The wife and kids need better paid jobs!
Made me smile
Andrew_P
In between here and there
I have I went from a Specialized Roubaix Shimano 105 to Cannondale Supersix Evo Red. I preferred the colour scheme so it was a lot better.
It does ride different, and has a different geometry and I prefer SRAM. I had full VFM out of the Specialized 15k+ miles on it for £1500 in 2011. As I have said before I have a Boardman CX that I bought as winter bike in 2012 as I bought in to the "you can't ride your best bike through the winter" and all the N+1 hype. I rode the Boardman for 3 months that winter and I really didn't enjoy it, swapping over in March and the Specialized felt like a much better bike to ride. I was dreading the new Cannondale I bought Jan would not feel as good as the Specialized, luckily it feels better. So I sold the Roubaix. As I said I have one bike it does everything I want from cycling. Commuting, social and rides with kids on trails etc.
