Score!!

[kacie tri-ing]

OK, so the bike arrived last night. It's bee-you-ti-full! I will need to cut the steerer tube (I'm going to contact my fitter about that) and all the cables still need to be routed. I also still need to buy pedals but for now, I'll just borrow the ones off my road bike.

The odd thing? It came with a compact crankset! Why in the world would they sell a tri bike with 650 wheels with a compact? I actually topped out on my road bike (also 650's) in a flat race this summer with a 52T large ring. On a tri bike? There is NO WAY a 50T ring will be big enough! I'm now shopping for a replacement.

Anyone have an extra standard double crankset with 165mm arms lying around unused?

Once I get it fully put together, I promise to take photos.

Compacts were made for triathlete s

I have a standard that I HATE. Lemmie check the length of the arms. Ridden a very very few times, and I took it off, cause I like my compact. Mine is an ultegra.

[Owlie]

Ooh, pretty. And a good deal too! I await pictures.

[GLC1968]

Compacts were made for triathlete s

I have a standard that I HATE. Lemmie check the length of the arms. Ridden a very very few times, and I took it off, cause I like my compact. Mine is an ultegra.

Really? Ooh, yeah, let me know what you find!

I can see how a compact would be beneficial for longer races and/or in conjunction with bigger wheels...but in my case, I think it will be a waste. As it is, I never used the small ring on my road bike in my races last year and my middle is a 42T. I can't imagine that I'll ever need smaller than a 39T.

Of course, when I do my first IM at 50, I'll be singing a different tune! That's still 8 years away though...

[Bike Chick]

How exciting! I can't wait to see pictures!!!

My tri bike came with a standard double and I really thought it would be too big and I would be changing it to a compact but that's not been the case. It would be nice to have a compact for a hilly course though. I use my Luna bike for that though.