New Bike

adam said:

Hi all,

Been reading here for a while, first post...
I'm in the market for a first roadie (jumping off the MTB)... keen to limit
the budget to $2500 (give or take a hundred bucks)...
So far I'm looking at ...

Trek 1500 ($2500 - Full Ultegra, alloy frame, Bontrager entry level rims
etc)

Giant TCR A1 ($2795 - Full Ultegra, carbon/alloy frame, Mavic Aksium rims
etc)

or anything else? I've been told the TCR might be bit of a pain to ride
frame-wise for what I'll use it for i.e.. training, road rides, the odd
commute, no racing,

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Adam

PS Apologies for the '10000th new bike? post.

Maybe an OCR??? if Giant still make them? They are (or were) more entry
level with a more stable frame for the "non-racing" types.

--
Bean

"I've got a bike
You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket
A bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it" Pink Floyd

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adam said:

Hi all,

Been reading here for a while, first post...
I'm in the market for a first roadie (jumping off the MTB)... keen to limit
the budget to $2500 (give or take a hundred bucks)...
So far I'm looking at ...

Trek 1500 ($2500 - Full Ultegra, alloy frame, Bontrager entry level rims
etc)

Giant TCR A1 ($2795 - Full Ultegra, carbon/alloy frame, Mavic Aksium rims
etc)

or anything else? I've been told the TCR might be bit of a pain to ride
frame-wise for what I'll use it for i.e.. training, road rides, the odd
commute, no racing,

Any suggestions?

As always, I'd suggest go and testride as many as you can. Visit a
few LBS's, see what they have, see how well you think they'll look
after you for service and advice and setup etc as well as the bike
itself.

Everyone here has their own biases, go testriding. If you can't get a
testride of a particular bike (and a testride isn't 5 minutes on a
spin trainer, it's actually going out on the road and riding the thing
for a good 15 mins or more) then don't buy that bike, or at least,
don't go back to that LBS. You wouldn't buy a car or a motorcycle
without a decent testride ...

I'd worry more about how well the bike fits you.