It might be a good idea to go with the tires and also get some help with bike fit adjustments. I'm thinking that this will give you more time to research road bikes and figure out what you really want and what you can afford.
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03-03-2008, 04:35 PM #1
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I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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2008 Cervelo P2C Tri bike
2011 Trek Madone 5.5/Cobb V-Flow Max
2007 Jamis Coda/Terry Liberator
2011 Trek Mamba 29er
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03-04-2008, 02:50 PM #2
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I have a 2001 Specialized Rockhopper set up for commuting (35 mile round trip on roads) which is as roadiefied as possible: slick 1.3 tyres, rigid forks, road cassette (11-23) but it is still basically a tank in comparison to my road bike. It was always a heavy bike but I rode it on the road for a few years (without road gearing) with no problems until I bought a road bike. The road bike goes faster for less effort and is a joy to ride on the road (its a cheap roadie as well), I hate having to ride the Spesh for any length of time these days on the road, there is just someting about the thing that makes it feel like "supertanker"
. I use it in the depths of winter for commuting but am always wishing I was on the roadie (and I'm an MTBer first and foremost). I always feel more knackered after riding the Spesh to work than the road bike because I have to work so hard to keep it up to speed, the road bike is much easier.
My Spesh has no clearance for me which is not a problem on the road (its far too big a frame for me offroad), I have a sloping frame roadie to get some clearance as both my current MTB frames are big on clearance. A road bike will feel long too though my roadbike has a much shorter top tube than my Specialized tank.
My advice is to try the slick tyres because they will help and possibly even putting a road casette on the rear to take advantage of close ratio gearing (it should work fine with your MTB rear mech) but to start to look around for a decent road bike, it'll save you some energy when riding in a tri.
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03-04-2008, 06:25 PM #3
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Thanks I have some slicks and tubes I'm about to order sometime this week but Geeze you're really making a girl want to break down and buy a new ride!
Maybe I'll start poking around the local shops and see what's available.
Does anyone know of a biking for dummies type website I can read up on... you know like what's the benefits of 105's versus yadda yadda?
I know just enough to get myself in trouble.
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