hi
looking for a nice road bike , good for touring and maybe dipping my toes into a bit of racing ..
i want disc brakes
thoughts on DI vs mechanical ?
i cant even service a mechanical properly yet , so should i stick with mech for now ?
concerned with battery life and tech issues on tour type rides.
looking at
specialized tarmac disc expert ( carbon frame/wheels mech ultegra )
canyon ultimate cf slx disc di2 ( carbon frame/wheels di2 ultegra )
trek emonda sl7 disc ( carbon frame/wheels di2 ultegra )
cheers
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Re: buying a new bike
Postby mikgit » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:44 am
can't say for other topics, but Di2, for me is great, I've had it for ~3 1/2 years. Not touched a thing on it, works perfectly. Charge it every now an then, I think I get ~700km and charge it when it's around 50% so for me thats every few months (probably more mtb riding than road nowdays). Only downside is if something does break, its expensive to fix, but it doesn't seem to happen often to people, seems very reliable.
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Re: buying a new bike
Postby Mububban » Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:59 pm
Those 3 bikes are all brilliant. You wouldn't go wrong with any of them for a general/race bike, but what do you have in mind when you say touring? Lots of riders do loooong rides ie over 150km on race bikes with no problems, but many others couldn't cope with their back or neck etc and might benefit from a slightly more upright endurance road bike.caver78 wrote:hi
looking for a nice road bike , good for touring and maybe dipping my toes into a bit of racing ..
i want disc brakes
thoughts on DI vs mechanical ?
i cant even service a mechanical properly yet , so should i stick with mech for now ?
concerned with battery life and tech issues on tour type rides.
looking at
specialized tarmac disc expert ( carbon frame/wheels mech ultegra )
canyon ultimate cf slx disc di2 ( carbon frame/wheels di2 ultegra )
trek emonda sl7 disc ( carbon frame/wheels di2 ultegra )
cheers
Also, many race bikes won't have mounting holes for carrying racks for touring, whereas endurance bikes are more likely to have them.
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Re: buying a new bike
Postby caver78 » Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:21 pm
Mububban wrote:Those 3 bikes are all brilliant. You wouldn't go wrong with any of them for a general/race bike, but what do you have in mind when you say touring? Lots of riders do loooong rides ie over 150km on race bikes with no problems, but many others couldn't cope with their back or neck etc and might benefit from a slightly more upright endurance road bike.caver78 wrote:hi
looking for a nice road bike , good for touring and maybe dipping my toes into a bit of racing ..
i want disc brakes
thoughts on DI vs mechanical ?
i cant even service a mechanical properly yet , so should i stick with mech for now ?
concerned with battery life and tech issues on tour type rides.
looking at
specialized tarmac disc expert ( carbon frame/wheels mech ultegra )
canyon ultimate cf slx disc di2 ( carbon frame/wheels di2 ultegra )
trek emonda sl7 disc ( carbon frame/wheels di2 ultegra )
cheers
Also, many race bikes won't have mounting holes for carrying racks for touring, whereas endurance bikes are more likely to have them.
thanks for the reply.
yeah im talking 100-200k days in the saddle but with no gear storage needed. only water bottles etc.
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