Is this worth 2700??

[TheGiggler1991]

OK, so there's no purpose in buying such a bike, unless you just fancy it - which is fine btw, not intended as a criticism.

That's nowhere near fast enough to justify any speed benefit you'll get, and you could spend the same money on something more of an all rounder which would suit your abilities far more.

What do you ride now?

But if you just fancy a highish end pure speed bike for the hell of it - go ahead, life is short!

At the moment I ride a 2018 Orro Pyro, fairly sure it's classed as an endurance bike. Little bit big for me but I bought it second hand and got an excellent deal.

In terms of why I want to upgrade it's purely design, I love the look of aero bikes. I know that sounds shallow but may as well be honest 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

But that bike is pug ugly.
Nothing aesthetically appealing at all.
And if by any chance it is an ex team bike then I'd steer well clear. Team bike are generally just thrown around. Everything works but you will have no idea how often it has been crashed or simply tossed around.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

At the moment I ride a 2018 Orro Pyro, fairly sure it's classed as an endurance bike. Little bit big for me but I bought it second hand and got an excellent deal.

In terms of why I want to upgrade it's purely design, I love the look of aero bikes. I know that sounds shallow but may as well be honest 🤷🏻‍♂️

Like I said, then if you just fancy a highish end pure speed bike for the hell of it - go ahead, life is short!

You can always sell it on and regard any loss as a rental fee for a few weeks if it's really uncomfortable (it will be really uncomfortable!).

 

[simongt]

I would not buy a fast road bike that can only ever run 1 chainring.

But this appears to be the trend nowadays; single chainring and 10 + sprockets on the cassette. Don't know what it does for chain wear with all that out-of-line running.

 

[cougie uk]

But this appears to be the trend nowadays; single chainring and 10 + sprockets on the cassette. Don't know what it does for chain wear with all that out-of-line running.

It's a trend for gravel bikes but not really on the road. 3T tried to make it a trend and their bikes were running double chainsets before too long.

I don't know of any team racing 1x on the road ?

 

[Chislenko]

To be honest I wouldn't buy it but that's what all my mates who drove Cavaliers and Escorts said to me when I bought an Alfa 75 3 litre!!

 

[DRM]

View: https://youtu.be/872TfTFMCPA


Does this look familiar, it is an ex Aqua Blue Team Bike, if it is a large did it belong to Conor Dunne? Looks like it's about 3 Years old too.

 

[Twilkes]

...as I said being 90+kg it's just not that fun climbing for prolonged periods.

At 100kg and 6ft5 i beg to differ.

Although it depends how the 90kg is distributed - I'm built like a basketball player with the legs of a T-rex and the arms of a T-rex, so it might be that more of my mass is functional cycling mass.

 

[Milkfloat]

The bikes are team replicas, yes there might be a few true ex-team bikes, but there will be far more replicas than ex-team bikes.

 

[BalkanExpress]

I love the look of aero bikes. I know that sounds shallow but may as well be honest 🤷🏻‍♂️

Nothing wrong with that You love what you love.... better to embrace it than pretend otherwise. Ultimately all that matters is you are happy on your bike

 

[fossyant]

I just think the single ring will be very limiting, and it looks like there is no way to fit a front changer. It's also very ugly.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I just think the single ring will be very limiting, and it looks like there is no way to fit a front changer. It's also very ugly.

Apart from that, you love it 😂

 

[T4tomo]

I just think the single ring will be very limiting, and it looks like there is no way to fit a front changer. It's also very ugly.

Not necessarily, I use a gravel bike as a winter road bike with slick tyres, its 1X10 38T & 11-34. its fine, lacking a little bit of top end so spins out earlier than some, but I can live with that. However this ugly pig is 50T & 11-32. god help your average leisure cyclist on hilly terrain with 50-32 as a bottom gear, albeit solvable with a change of from chainring.

 

[fossyant]

Not necessarily, I use a gravel bike as a winter road bike with slick tyres, its 1X10 38T & 11-34. its fine, lacking a little bit of top end so spins out earlier than some, but I can live with that. However this ugly pig is 50T & 11-32. god help your average leisure cyclist on hilly terrain with 50-32 as a bottom gear, albeit solvable with a change of from chainring.

OP would have to change the front ring - but a 50T everywhere.... no ta.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Not necessarily, I use a gravel bike as a winter road bike with slick tyres, its 1X10 38T & 11-34. its fine, lacking a little bit of top end so spins out earlier than some, but I can live with that. However this ugly pig is 50T & 11-32. god help your average leisure cyclist on hilly terrain with 50-32 as a bottom gear, albeit solvable with a change of from chainring.

50/32 would be fine in any hills up to about 10%