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09-24-06, 10:21 PM
How important, really, is the seat angle of a 76 degree TT/Tri bike vs the traditional 73 found on roads? Do aero frames make a huge difference as well? Any resources on this matter would be much appreciated. =)
I've been debating over a new Cervélo Soloist Team (http://www.cervelo.com/bikes.aspx?bike=SLT2006) and BMC Streetfire SSX (http://www.bmc-cycling.com/streetfire.html) for quite a while and can't bring myself to pick one over the other.
The bike I choose will mostly be used for RR and Crit racing, with the occasional TT and tri thrown in here or there. To be honest, maybe only 1-2 tris and 10 or so TT per year. I'd possibly have a set of Zipp 404s to use with the bike during TT/Tri.
Given my low tri/tt situation, what would make more sense to buy? Both bikes will end up costing me the same amount of money, and will have the same Ultegra groupsets minus the FSA crank/bb that comes stock on the Soloist.
I've been debating over a new Cervélo Soloist Team (http://www.cervelo.com/bikes.aspx?bike=SLT2006) and BMC Streetfire SSX (http://www.bmc-cycling.com/streetfire.html) for quite a while and can't bring myself to pick one over the other.
The bike I choose will mostly be used for RR and Crit racing, with the occasional TT and tri thrown in here or there. To be honest, maybe only 1-2 tris and 10 or so TT per year. I'd possibly have a set of Zipp 404s to use with the bike during TT/Tri.
Given my low tri/tt situation, what would make more sense to buy? Both bikes will end up costing me the same amount of money, and will have the same Ultegra groupsets minus the FSA crank/bb that comes stock on the Soloist.