Specialized sirrus good or bad?

[User6179]

I ride flat bar and there are only two names you need to know. Ridgeback and Whytes. Specialized you are adding on at least £500 for the name.

http://www.ridgeback.co.uk/
http://whyte.bike/gb/

Ridgeback are extraordinarily light andf well made for the money, Whytes are the more premium brand.

Plus 1 for the Ridgebacks!
A friend has a Ridgeback Flight T3 I think , a few years old now but a really good bike , I would call it a Flat bar road bike rather than a hybrid.

 

[Southside Mike]

I have a 2013 Sirrus Elite Disc and have been using it for an urban commute through Glasgow twice a week for the last 9 months - 24 mile round trip. It is not a flat bar road bike - the geometry is very different. The commute is a mixture of potholed cycle lanes, shared pavements and cycle routes with only a small amount of gravel tracks. I think it is ideal for this sort of activity - high riding position to see and be seen, disc brakes for the odd occasion in Glasgow when it rains, fairly quick, can take decent size tyre and mudguards. It also looks good IMO. There is a tendency on forums for people just to look at the groupset and decide value for money based on that but those bits wear out - it's the frame that really matters.

For urban commuting I would definitely recommend the Sirrus, but for longer rides away from the city, I find the upright position doesn't really feel right - I have a road bike for that - however, I far prefer the position of the Sirrus when dodging traffic.

One thing I would say is that I never really liked the Tektro brakes it came with - I always seemed to be fiddling with them - bleeding etc to stop them squealing or losing power. I've replaced them with Shimano SLX which I haven't had to touch since they were fitted and are far better.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

http://www.freeborn.co.uk/specialized-sirrus-comp-disc-2015?gclid=COLY5vCir8ACFYrpwgodBD8A0Q

Can't find the weight anywhere

Nice! Don't know much about the MS shifters though. Magura make decent brakes.

Not a great deal of love for flat bar road bikes in the UK although in retrospect I wish I had got one instead of my CX. Maybe next time!

I have become used to the combined shifters/brake levers but tbh much preferred the XTR rapidfires & separate brake levers on my MTB.

In Germany you see a lot more FBRB's - normally ridden at considerable speed by athletic looking guys and girls!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Just find one that's under 10kg and you'll be fine

I'd have a look at this myself, stick better wheels on it to lower the weight, but only 8.65kg stock

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXSLPFBTIA/planet-x-pro-carbon-shimano-tiagra-flat-bar

if you don't have to have disc brakes (carbon melts in the rain, disc brakes are only really helpful in the rain, so an impossible, unnecessary combo )

Actually no one appears to have told Planet X this, 9.5kg

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXXLSFB/planet-x-xls-shimano-tiagra-flat-bar-road-bike

That XLS is one nice looking and specified bike - not seen that before.

 

[tjones]

I was in a similar situation to you with the drop bars so I bought a second hand 1980's road bike with shifters on the frame so I can try different bars. I have now done 200 miles on drops and will change to flats in a few weeks. Time and miles travelled with different bars is the only way I will make my mind up.

I also took a mates road bike out for a 30 mile spin with shifters on the brake leavers

If I get to the point of wanting to spend £600 to £1000 on a road based bike hopefully I will choose wisely. I only wish I did this with my mountain bike as the first one I bought I was never that happy with (but then I did not know what I was looking for at the time)

I do not do that many road miles so it could take a while for me to get 200 miles in on flats and at that point I might go back to drops who knows. Oh by the way my road bike is about 2-3mph faster than my mountain bike, but then again I do not go out to go fast.

I know this has not answered your question but it might be worth looking at

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I've got a Sirrus, done over 10,000 miles on it, including a few metric hundreds on it, fantastic bike in my opinion.

 

[rb58]

I had an entry level Sirrus for a couple of years as my all weather commuter. It was very reliable, good quality and very fast. However, flat bars are just not versatile enough on longer rides so it's drops all the way for me these days. I really think the OP needs to try a few before deciding (although it seems he's already made up his mind). Worth pointing out of course, that most riders will spend as much time on the hoods as on the drops and I find the vertical wrist position which results more comfortable and natural than the horizontal position on flat bars (which I suppose is why so many flat bar bikes have bar ends).