Originally Posted by
wballany82
Hi, I’m 37 year old, 6,1 male, looking to buy a flat bar road bike, budget around $1200,
I looked into the Trek Fx 4 sport ($1199) and the specialized Sirrus carbon elite ( on sale for $1190), the later looked great, carbon fiber frame and fork, buy component are not all shimano (cassette and rear derailleur is Tiagra, but front derailer, and shifters are Microshift, crankset is Praxis Alba). The Fx is aluminum frame/carbon fork but all shimano component (Tiagra). Weight is similar for both.
shall I go with all carbon and nicer look or better components?
Why not drop bars? You get two more hand positions. Plus, as a tall person myself, I find riding on the hoods of drop bars far more comfortable than flats.