The whole point of commuting by bike is simplicity and cost.You want to optimize both.Health is a bonus. A bike, like any tool matches the need; what works for you. I ride a steel single speed 20km on a highway into town . The single speed is fine...it's cheap, I can lock up my bike, walk away and not care if it gets knocked over or stolen.
Heres some answers to your tempting problems Tubeless - Tempting but pricy and you dont need it, its harder to replace on the ride and it deflates once seated for more than 5 hours Disc or Rims? - It depends on you dont mean you use disc you can shame rim users same for rims, rim calipers are lighter easier to repair and replace but lets do face it, you need it on deep descents or on quick emergency stops same for wet roads those calipers will slip on wets, and dont include tour racers theyre experienced and the descents arent a roller coaster Fully ICR - Its harder to deal with and you cant adjust it when you need to but honestly pros and cons Electronic Groupsets - No you dont need it, it wont make you faster, and it wont affect speed that much OSPW - Trust me it has no benefits Carbon Frames - Only for competitives or people that has a lot of cash to burn Long/slammed stem - they only do this because they use smaller frames and they need to get flat while you dont Aero everything - Aero looks cool? Yes, very comfortable? No. Its also heavier Super lightweight - take a diet Super expensive bike - just have fun seriously Known brands only no chinese? - You dont need an aluminum Trek with a Claris groupset that prices the same as a Carbon chinese with a hydraulic 2x11 just because its chinese Hydraulics - then again you only want it unsure if you need it but its useful when the time comes, and that doesnt mean get a hydraulic groupset for a 1.5km ride to the grocery store Expensive Computers with GPS,Sensors etc etc - you only need the speed sensor if you already have extra cash spend a few for a cadence/heart sensor Integrated Handlebars - Its not comfortable you dont get to fit it to your personal needs but if you want it
An almost £7000 bike is never high value. I got my bike for ~ £700. A ridley helium x knight cx bike, not quite world cup level spec or new, but close to new. It has the same carbon frame as top the top nodel, and thus has top value. I could build a bike for 7k that is the same as any world tour bike....
In '84 I had a frame built for me using Columbus in the main triangle and Reynolds 531 in the fork and rear triangle. We used Cinelli lugs, Campy dropouts and a Henry James fork crown. The seat tube cracked so after a couple of years of it hanging in the shed I had it fixed. The frame turned out spectacular painted in a deep red similar to your bike. I pulled a Campy SR 11 spd group off of another bike that I had and a set of Mavic carbon clincher wheels. I purchased a Black Industry's carbon 1 piece bar and stem. Very light, sexy and expensive. I had a Campy SR seat post from 1980 that I used just for some vintage bling. After much internal debate I replaced the fork with a Ritchey carbon fork with a thread less steerer and a Chris King head set. The bike turned out amazing coming in at 18lbs. Such a beautiful bike to ride. Like your bike, it is not "race bike light" but it is a true joy to ride. I have a carbon bike kitted out with Campy SR EPS but it is hanging on the wall of my shop.
I'm looking for a bike that will get me off the couch and outside to get in shape and ride to work across town what kind of bike should I get that is not made for a 13 year old child
I’ve ridden the s-works for a test ride and man it was good. High speed descent on the cobblestones was smooth! But the out of this world price for the sl8…… not for me
Canondale Synapse Smart sense. I have an older Canondale and I've been really happy with it. Upgrading but won't be buying a Canondale. I already have a varia and front light and don't want mandatory proprietary add-ons that might not work in the future.
Naa, I won’t even look at this brand. I have been riding pinarello dogma for 12 years and F12 for 3 years and I don’t need any other bike. Pinarello fits me and it is an owesome bike. If you have a brand that fits you stick with it. No need to be looking for anything else. Like my sidi shoes, I have been wearing sidi for 18+ years. If it works why change 😊
Doesn’t want to break the bank the bank at 9,000 euros! Cycling Weekly no longer a review site just an apologist for a ridiculously overpriced industry. My 2013 Specialized Roubaix SL4 is probably worth next to nothing but still rides beautifully thanks. And yes Dura Ace brakes on it absolutely fine and no need to bleed discs and stuff around with integrated stems.
Ove always been under the impression that a rider is supposed to put in maximum effort using what we have. As long as it doesn't snap under the pressure.
Apparently the Look 795 Blade RS was actually the least aero in a recent test with about 10 bikes from Cycling News. Not saying that Joe's feedback isn't correct, if it felt good to him then fair play but apparently in a wind tunnel it was quite slow. Interesting.
I took a risk and made my bike this year (2024), based on ELVES Falath 2022 aero frame. Rim-brake based of course. One can pick own paint scheme as well.
There's a bunch of obvious idiot sprinters and strong riders, like the aforementioned Jasper Philipsen, Mathieu van der Poel, and so on, and so on, who're still whimsically stubborn enough to ride the abhorring Canyon Aeroad in 2024, go figure, right? ... And what's even more astonishing is that they win again and again and again with this bike, actually they're currently (2024, unless you live in another time...) the best sprinting team, aren't they...
It looks like people in germany ride their gravel bikes on the road for 90%, pack their bike with all kinds of bags full of accessories although riding only 30% of the daily distance of any road cyclist and calling it an adventure on social media. How long do these tires last? I guess I would ride one down in a month.
Good move mate, lovely (neo) retro build, but i dare you to put some skinny amber-wall tyres on it also :) ....so much more interesting than a sea of black carbon faster or not
I switche bikes in 2020, which means I went from the 6800 Ultegra to the 7000 105. I sure as hell couldn't tell the difference. In fact, I felt the 105 to be even smoother. 😅
Not only do you get to ditch the inline barrel adjuster (since the 105 FD-R7000 has an integrated cable tension adjustment bolt), you also get a lower profile rear derailleur thanks to Shimano Shadow RD adopted from Shimano MTB.
It’s kind of weird to call something a ‘miss’ just because it is at the far end of the diminishing returns spectrum. There’s nothing inherently wrong with them; they have value to the people willing to pay for them. The biggest misses are components that fail, are highly proprietary, or have gone obsolete and are unrepairable.
The general mark the cycling industry missed is thinking everybody rides competitively and every ride is a training ride. Hardly anybody needs a powermeter, and while total-integration might make you faster (does it?), it also increases repair/service hours thus reducing your overall average speed.
So true. Regular people are not riding race bikes and even some people who do never race them and have just been tricked into thinking its the right bike for them because its all people sell
@@robbiek4400you think its self righteous to say that most people have no use for a power meter? 😂 i bet you really need to know how many watts your doing when grabbing some groceries
@@zwicker5585 LOL if the extent of your cycling world is for use only as a grocery getter then yeah you may not be the best person to say what other cyclists need or don't need.
Getting a warranty replacement for the Ultegra and Dura Ace 9100 cranks is ok, but you'd be pretty gutted if you had to replace the Dura Ace 9000 cranks. That silver just works on older bikes like this S-Works Allez!
Stems are in fact the parts where going carbon does not make sense, unless you are a carbon junkie. Deda, FSA and a few others offer nice aluminium stems that are about a gram a Millimeter and cost around 100 §/£/€ while most carbon stems are +200 §/£/€ and weigh about 50 to 100 grams more.
