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Road bike for climbing?

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    #32
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    RonanCFD wrote: »
    Only €99 over budget:

    http://www.bunnyhop.de/de/fahrraeder/rennrad/cannondale-caad10-force-racing-edition-2015

    i bought this from bunnyhop.de about 4 or 5 weeks ago. It was 1499 (plus 65 quid shipping and paypal charge). Really nice bike.


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    #33
    lethal dose
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭lethal dose


    lennymc wrote: »
    i bought this from bunnyhop.de about 4 or 5 weeks ago. It was 1499 (plus 65 quid shipping and paypal charge). Really nice bike.

    Lovely choice of colour too.


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    #34
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Hydraulic road discs...have you tracked down one you can test ride.


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    #35
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    Will be in a similar position next year and am looking at the Canyon Ultimate AL SLX with Ultegra. Its 200 above your budget but at 7.25 kilos and with the new Ultegra 11 speed its fantastic value ( the 105 5800 is incredibly smooth, so expecting the same from the new ultegra ) . Geometry is harsher than the Endurace, but should be a good bit more responsive for those hill attacks.

    https://www.canyon.com/en-ie/road/ultimate/2016/ultimate-al-slx-9-0.html


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    #36
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Decided that financial benefits of buying online are better than what B2W can offer ;)

    So close to pulling the trigger on this one...

    http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/radon-ignite-9.0-sl-239565/wg_id-6668

    Full Ultegra and Ksyrium Elite wheelset... and under 7kgs.


    Would and alu frame that light (1,170 g) be reliable long term?


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    #37
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Alek wrote: »
    Decided that financial benefits of buying online are better than what B2W can offer ;)

    So close to pulling the trigger on this one...

    http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/radon-ignite-9.0-sl-239565/wg_id-6668

    Full Ultegra and Ksyrium Elite wheelset... and under 7kgs.


    Would and alu frame that light (1,170 g) be reliable long term?

    Which child are you selling?


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    #38
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Which child are you selling?

    The inner one :P


    No, I'm not. Nearly clicked on the big fat BUY button last night.... but then, at the last line of defense against the New Bike Demon, decided to check what would be the real scientific gains of having a 3kg lighter bike for hills.

    Speed difference while climbing an 8%, 5km long hill:

    361425.JPG

    Power needed to go up that hill @ 11kph:

    361426.JPG

    As you can see, feck all for 1500e. If I was racing or something, it would be different, but I'm not spendng this kind of money for 4-5 places up the Strava leaderboards.

    I know that a new bike would improve my motivation significantly, but novelty wears off and then I'd be left with another bike, no space to store it and endless deciding "which one should I take today" ;)

    Case closed.




    For now :D


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    #39
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,009 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Alek wrote: »
    at the last line of defense against the New Bike Demon, decided to check what would be the real scientific gains of having a 3kg lighter bike for hills
    No good can come from so called "science".


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    #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Alek wrote: »
    The inner one :P


    No, I'm not. Nearly clicked on the big fat BUY button last night.... but then, at the last line of defense against the New Bike Demon, decided to check what would be the real scientific gains of having a 3kg lighter bike for hills.

    Speed difference while climbing an 8%, 5km long hill:

    361425.JPG

    Power needed to go up that hill @ 11kph:

    361426.JPG

    As you can see, feck all for 1500e. If I was racing or something, it would be different, but I'm not spendng this kind of money for 4-5 places up the Strava leaderboards.

    I know that a new bike would improve my motivation significantly, but novelty wears off and then I'd be left with another bike, no space to store it and endless deciding "which one should I take today" ;)

    Case closed.




    For now :D

    Hey Alek, what site is that bike calculator from?


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    #41
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Hey Alek, what site is that bike calculator from?

    http://bikecalculator.com/

    :D


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    #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Alek wrote: »
    http://bikecalculator.com/

    :D

    I actually know that site well, I didn't see the comparison on it any where!
    Interesting.


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    #43
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Comparison tools are here: http://bikecalculator.com/oldStuff.html :)


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    #44
    kuro_man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭kuro_man


    Its €750 really - that's an aggressive bike, so you probably gain another minute on the descent for the other €750
    If you do 750 climbs, that only €1 per climb - seems like a bargain to me ;)


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    #45
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    so you probably gain another minute on the descent

    I can gain 3 or even more minutes at no cost, by undoing the brakes :P


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    #46
    BarryAlfaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭BarryAlfaro


    Really helpful suggestions here.Thumbs up.


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    #47
    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭cython


    Alek wrote: »
    I can gain 3 or even more minutes at no cost, by undoing the brakes :P

    Probably only the once though, so probably €250 per minute per climb at that rate :D


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    #48
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Demons have won.

    Funds are being allocated.

    When is this Ice Cream hill climb Daragh?

    http://www.radon-bikes.de/en/bikes/rennrad/wettkampf/ignite/ignite-90-sl/


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    #49
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Alek wrote: »
    Demons have won.

    Funds are being allocated.

    When is this Ice Cream hill climb Daragh?

    http://www.radon-bikes.de/en/bikes/rennrad/wettkampf/ignite/ignite-90-sl/

    I'll be interested to know how you managed bike maintenance while homeless! ;p


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    #50
    [Deleted User]
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    Alek wrote: »
    Demons have won.

    Funds are being allocated.

    When is this Ice Cream hill climb Daragh?

    http://www.radon-bikes.de/en/bikes/rennrad/wettkampf/ignite/ignite-90-sl/

    Sweet bike


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