Originally Posted by
RonH
Thanks. I did this last February after reading an article about it in Road Bike Action mag. I've tweaked a little more after every couple of rides. All the dimensions/measurements on the two bikes are nearly identical on the charts. Doing more tweaking this afternoon.
Wish I could tweak the SRAM Apex shifters so they'd magically become Shimano 105 shifters.
Have two bikes that are set up to feel the same in the saddle on bar length- fit etc- but they feel different. Ride different aswell but I have also found that they get used for different rides aswell. Boreas is the main ride but living in a hilly area and it is set up with a compact- It doesn't do long hiily rides. They are saved for the TCR. Both bikes ride well but fast descents and Boreas rides better. But the TCR goes uphills.
So two bikes- both set up for me and they each have their own characteristics. Luckily neither now gives a bad ride but I honestly thought I had made a mistake when I bought the TCR. Took some time but it eventually conformed.
And as to naming bikes- No- other than Boreas- TCR- Tandem-Kona- Bianchi and The others sitting at the back of the shed that only get called names untill I sort them out.