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01-07-12, 02:08 AM
I ride road and MTB although the MTB is getting less nowadays. Through lack of practice the offroad 15% slopes are getting harder and although I can manage them--They are done fairly slow.
Road riding is not always an option over here though. Weather is getting a bit extreme occasionally and the change in weather means that Flooded roads and icy mornings couldl keep me off the road bike in the winter.
So looking at the bike to "Compliment" my range of bikes- I have been looking at a bike that could do the "gentler" offroads for when I do not feel like chancing the roads. That means that I am looking at a Cyclocross beastie. My idea is that this sort of bike will do road rides if required aswell as the offroad trails. An MTB- although it is suited to the aggressive XC we have round here- is not a good bike on asphalt. A Cyclocross (CX) would do both. Almost sold on it but still have a few doubts. So I am looking at bikes- the options within them and prices. Narrowed it down to a couple and this is the front runner so far. Whyte bikes are a UK manufacturer of top rate Mountain bikes and this is their first Foray into Road/CX. There have been a few very favourable write ups in the mags but they are a bit scarce on the ground right now. Hence the problem of test rides but I do have a couple of months before a decision is made.
232716 http://www.whytebikes.com/2012/bike_page.php?ModNo=W-1-040-12
The other is the Giant TCX2. A make I know but still the problem of test riding.Both are similar specs and prices so I dare say it is going to be down to where I can get a test ride and deal.
232717 http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/tcx.2/9022/48878/
So I now have the problem of finding time to hunt down bikes that are available for testing and the time to Do it in.
May be retiring sooner than my governor wants me to.
Road riding is not always an option over here though. Weather is getting a bit extreme occasionally and the change in weather means that Flooded roads and icy mornings couldl keep me off the road bike in the winter.
So looking at the bike to "Compliment" my range of bikes- I have been looking at a bike that could do the "gentler" offroads for when I do not feel like chancing the roads. That means that I am looking at a Cyclocross beastie. My idea is that this sort of bike will do road rides if required aswell as the offroad trails. An MTB- although it is suited to the aggressive XC we have round here- is not a good bike on asphalt. A Cyclocross (CX) would do both. Almost sold on it but still have a few doubts. So I am looking at bikes- the options within them and prices. Narrowed it down to a couple and this is the front runner so far. Whyte bikes are a UK manufacturer of top rate Mountain bikes and this is their first Foray into Road/CX. There have been a few very favourable write ups in the mags but they are a bit scarce on the ground right now. Hence the problem of test rides but I do have a couple of months before a decision is made.
232716 http://www.whytebikes.com/2012/bike_page.php?ModNo=W-1-040-12
The other is the Giant TCX2. A make I know but still the problem of test riding.Both are similar specs and prices so I dare say it is going to be down to where I can get a test ride and deal.
232717 http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/tcx.2/9022/48878/
So I now have the problem of finding time to hunt down bikes that are available for testing and the time to Do it in.
May be retiring sooner than my governor wants me to.