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[Closed] Benefits of new road bike over my old one?

johndoh · 2016-07-20T15:41:41Z

After longer than I care to admit to being out on my road bike, I am getting the urge again – I regularly do extended spin sessions at the gym (at least 3 x 1 hr sessions a week in either cardio or peak heart zone) but I fancy restarting my road riding again (and have also been asked to take part in a 100k charity ride). So my question is - would there be a marked difference in the ride of a nice new spangly carbon bike (looking to spend around £1200) over my 10 yr old Specialised Allez with alu frame.

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johndoh

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Well that's a turn of events - I noticed a crack in the steerer tube when I was checking it over today and Specialized Concept Strore said I really shouldn't ride it as it could snap at any moment. So no beating the flash guys on my old cheapo bike - I'm now riding on my brothers Giant Carbon expensive flash thing :-/

Posted : 24/09/2016 10:31 pm

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Anyway - I stayed with the split in the fast group despite riding a bike that was too big for me 🙂 Great fun.

Posted : 26/09/2016 9:25 am

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