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Bike choices .....
There are too many, you read reviews of all the brands and actually most are good in reality.
I have a fair bit of cash to spend on a new top line bike and now the choice is what.
Do I go for carbon wheels (been told for my size 94kg - will be lower !! that carbon is wrong fro climbing in the alps) ?
Do I go for callipers or disc ?
Do I go mech gears or electronic - edging electronic
Which make - love Focus but is Izalco Max a touch too high, is there better out there ?
You can not ride every bike to test (will be trying a 2014 Max tomorrow) and do you go for the first you are comfortable but try a different make, I love the look of Canyon for example.
Tough eh ?
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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Your cycling coach will be the man to ask then. The worlds your oyster really if you can spend a bit of cash, that dosn't help you choose I know. For that kind of money you could almost pick a bike from anyone of the top brands and get a winner.
It'll all boil down to what feels right when you ride it, spec and what it looks like.
Ride as many as you can. Get your measurements from your current bike so the shops can at least get as close to a level playing field as possible for your test rides.
It'll be no good test riding the right bike in the wrong size.
I'm looking to spend about 1500 and have a shortlist of about..12, mabye 15! Rose look the business to me and the weights seem bang on. The OP said you can't ride every bike, in my experience you are very lucky to get a proper ride on any bike, I mean 5-10 miles on roads you know so you can compare different types.
to be fair I have never really ride any bike to test, it is impossible to do so anyway unless you can go up hills etc.
My coach is tied into a bike shop so whilst I trust him totally on the physical side, not on a bike choice as he would try and sell me what is in the shop.
oh same here, I do sportives, will be going into the Alps in June, got a cycling coach and love Strava. Probably will never do road racing but I like something that is efficient and modern tech.
I have ruled out Carbon wheels, the top end Alu are more than good enough and defo electronic gears. Prefer Campag if possible and callipers I guess.
So it is well defined actually, really, so just stick with the Max
It's a total minefield. What I can say is if you're looking that high up market to start off with and you don't already know the answers to your questions you may receive a few smart arsed replies on bike forums and bombed with shop guff when you go and test ride a few.
Be good for you to know what kind of rider you are or at least hope to be, how you might ride I.e Strava fiend or Sunday morning cake shop jollyist, flat lander or climbing enthusiast etc and take it from there.
Try and read some reviews, The German TOUR magazine is good for techy stuff, loads online elsewhere.
Personally I like Canyons they're great value, good wheels for your money and they look nice.
There's so little between the high end bikes that you've have to get pretty anally retentive to start to notice any differences. When I hear guys start banging on about vertical complience and the like on club/group rides it makes me want to take a shit..
Good luck.