danomac

Hey guys i am on cloud nine today. I just ordered my very first road today. It's a 2008 Trek 5.2 Pro. Since this is my first road bike i had to order all the goodies that go with it. Shimano 220 shoes, Shimano Ultegra pedals, Exo Nerve helmut, air stream gloves, Polar 200cad comput, 2 Bontrager carbon bottle cages, Fluid 2 trainer and a climbing block. Man i can't wait to ride.

eb314

Isn't it exciting to buy new bike stuff? I remember how excited I was to unwrap my frame when it finally came in the mail...*sniff*

neurocycler

Congratulations! I just ordered a 2008 Cannondale SystemSix1 Compact, now it's just a waiting game...

sedpedal

dang, i was gonna post a just ordered a bike thread but i'll just add to yours haha. very nice bike you ordered though especially for your first. i ordered a planet x team frame, with rival and rolfs to replace my allez. should all be in and ready for building on saturday. good luck with your bike.

rollin

Congratulations to all of you. The days will seem longer the new bikes arrive.

mustang1

Which year/model Allez do you have and what made you go for Planet X ?

kwrides

Man! Talk about diving in head first!

Congratulations on your purchase. I wish you many miles.

Now, what can you upgrade?

fueledbymetal

You are going to LOVE your bike. I found it to be super responisve on my test ride. If I had room/money for a race only bike that wouldbe my first choice!

SushiJoe

May the Gods of cycling smile upon you!

Give us a report after a while on how the anodized finish of the Ultegra SL wears; I'm curious to know!

Madisonian

Congrats on the new purchase! By the looks of it, it looks like you're more than ready to put in some serious miles! I actually just ordered my first road bike on Tuesday (CAAD9, in my sig). Now all I have to do is wait for the foot of snow we just got to melt...

sedpedal

Just an 07 allez double. Basically i wanted to upgrade the wheels, go to 10speed in the rear, and get different shifters as the Soras were useless in my local practice crits because i couldn't shift in the drops. But the allez is gonna stay around as my backup bike for sure.

I went for the planet x because i wanted to stay aluminum on the framed because i wanna race mostly crits this year and carbon all out bothers me when people wreck them. The planet x is a great price and so is the rival. My LBS owner built up the same combo planet x/rival and i fell in love on his. All and all it builds up into a sub$3000 with pretty decent seatpost, bar, and stem and comes in mid16lbs for a mostly alloy bike.

neurocycler

I can't wait, only eight more sleeps (assuming I can sleep).

operator

Wow our roads are for sale now too? Where can I get mine?

operator

And AL doesn't ?

Quijibo187

He's not a fan of carbon either.

af2nr

I would hope so. 3K for aluminum with Rival is STEEP, hope it is well south of that...

sedpedal

$600 for the frame, $900 for the rolfs, $700 for the rival, $450 on bars/stem, seat/seatpost, and pedals. Close enough to $3000 for me after i buy a pair of pro races and tubes for the rolfs and some new bottle cages. not really much else out there for the same money that i thought compared to the build except maybe the pedal force gb but i didn't want to wait.

its simply my preference from personal experience. i test rode a few carbon frames from a planet x tt frame to a 07 tarmac maybe not enough to make a sound judgement but thats why i stay out of carbon vs. aluminum fight. i just didn't like them.

Approx01

New bikes are always a thrill.

LowCel 

Congratulations on all of the new toys everyone. I'm jealous, all I've ordered lately was a new pearl izumi jacket, a couple of sets of speedplay cleats, a raceface handlebar, and about $200 worth of gels, powerbars, and drink mixes.

operator

I see, I thought you had some knowledge of materials that I wasn't aware of making carbon a superior choice.

HokieHooWVU

dang, your first road bike puts my first one (Trek 1000) to shame


but I wasn't willing to spend that kinda money, so props to you

sedpedal

nope, the actual best riding bike i've had was a late80's tommaso frame (columbus slx tubing). i was pretty close to ordering a custom steel frame but it wasn't worth it cost wise if i wanted to keep the weight close and also an off the shelf frame fit me pretty well.

patentcad

Anticipation is the best part. Sadly, you'll have to actually ride the thing some day. Then you can come here and we'll commiserate.

GuitarWizard

FWIW, I didn't really like my 5200 as much as I thought I would for the first 5-10 rides or so....it takes a bit to get accustomed to carbon. But once you do.....

I miss my 5200