hi road aven,

I guess I could refit a road frame into a time trial bike... but right now I just have an old steel frame bike on a trainer and my road bike, an Obera bike. So looking for a bike for TT.

I guess my question needs to be rephrased. when you were looking for a new bike, certainly you've tried several bikes before settling on the one you bought or you've ridden other bikes in the past. And my question is has/did it make any real noticiable difference in your performance.

I think performance depends on the wheel and how aerodynamic you could get on a given bike. Handling wise, I think they are all pretty much the same. they all have similar head tube angle (how stable or squirrly), seat tube angle (better for climbing/endurance/speed), length of chain stay (stability, weight distribution, shock absorption along with seat tube angle...) and so on. So maybe I should settle on a frame that I like in terns of color and price and forget the rest. Then build them up with the components I can afford.

For me, I don't think my performance would be all that different between Cervelo P2, Gurubike, QR Seduza/Caliente, Kuota, LiteSpeed Blade, Griffen etc.

Or does it?

Shawn