Originally Posted by
Lazyass
You can buy a 105 complete group for $435 at Merlin. But I've seen the Podiums and they're one of the few carbon bikes I liked. Only you know is a 53/39 is too much for you. I hate compacts, a 34 is too small for anything for me but I don't have any cat 1 climbs here.
So you think that I will be fine on hills that are cat 3 and 4 with 53/39, I know that I can climb a hill comfortably at 34/27 on 70 rpms ?