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Article #168: How to choose your road bike

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How to choose your road bike? Well the Shimano Ultegra, unless you can afford
first question is how much do you want to the top components of both manufacturers.
spend and how much cycling will you do? Wheels again would be possibly Mavic,
The answer to the first question is a Shimano or Campagnolo, deep carbon rims
difficult one, many people when they are look Great and have a wonderful ride, but
younger they want to ride there bike all will probably be too expensive, best if
day and what to be the next winner of the you stick to alloy rims for high pressure
Tour de France, but they can not afford tires as tubulars, even though they ride
to spend much on there bike. If they get wonderfully, will be expensive and a lot
fit and win some races and get in a good of trouble. Handle bars, stem and seat
team they will be given a top class bike, pin could be alloy or carbon, if you have
but what usually happens is they have to the money. The frame is the heart of your
give up and work, have a family etc. When bike and you will want a good one, at
they are older and have more money they this price range alloy is going to be the
can afford the bike of there dreams. As first choice with carbon forks and
to how much cycling you do, that depends possibly a carbon rear triangle. If you
on whether you can justify having the look around you might manage to find an
best bike around and only doing a short all carbon frame at this price, Giant
ride on Sunday morning. Remember you get make a very well priced carbon frame in a
what you pay for. compact, sloping design, there are others
Basic Level Bikes. but you will have to spend a lot more
If you go to the larger sports stores or money.
bike shops they will have complete bikes The Top of The Shopping List.
for sale, probably a alloy frame with When're looking at a lot of money here if
Shimano Tiagra or Campagnolo Mirage or a you want to buy a professional road bike.
mixture of cheaper components, this bike The frame will be all carbon or titanium
will be built to a price, will ride with carbon forks and maybe a carbon rear
fairly well, wont be very light and is a triangle or alloy main tubes with carbon
good place to start. To get some thing front or rear end. The nicest ones on the
better, start with a nice alloy frame and market at the moment, in my opinion, are
if you can afford it, carbon forks, then Colnago, De Rosa, Pinarello, Battaglin,
with what money you have left chose your Time, Scott, Cervelo and many more, all
group-set of either Shimano or Campagnolo are available in different colours,
and then you can pick your saddle, geometries and sizes, check out there web
handlebars, wheel rims and tires, this is sites for information and try to make
all fun, but if you are working to a your choice, it's a difficult job. This
budget, it can be tricky. is a professional road bike so it will
Mid Level, Touring and Possibly Racing. have to have the best components, Shimano
In this range of bikes you can buy them Dura.Ace or Campagnolo Record are your
as a complete cycle, in the cycle shop, only choice at this level. Same with the
sports store or even in the specialist wheels, Dura-Ace or Campagnolo Bora,
magazines or on the web. It is more fun these can be for high pressure clincher
to choose the components for your frame tires or tubulars, tubulars are more
and how much you want to spend. At this trouble but do ride well, but clincher
level you would probably be looking at tires are very nearly as nice and much
Shimano 105 or Campagnolo Centaur road more practical. Handle bars, stem and
bike parts and you could possibly buy seat pin will be carbon and your saddle
some built up wheels from Shimano, will have a carbon base with a leather
Campagnolo or Mavic, but first start with cover and sometimes with gel for a little
the frame, there are many frames out extra comfort.
there to choose from, get on the net and The Best Bike You Can Afford.
look for what you want, it will probably You do only get what you pay for, so get
be alloy again, with carbon forks. Alloy the best bike you can afford, look around
seat pin, handle bars and stem and a the magazines and the web sites and don't
comfortable saddle. forget your local bike shop until you get
Top Level Bike For Racing and Pleasure. that little jewel, but be careful not to
Now it gets more difficult, your make your partner jealous!
components would be Campagnolo Chorus or






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