Originally Posted by
jlclayton76
I just bought a Fastroad Advanced 2 this weekend. I had my eye on it, the Trek FX Sport and Specialized Sirrus. I'm replacing my Marin DSX2. I've never loved my Marin as it's kinda heavy and a bit slow. I upgraded the Marin's wheelset as I wanted to run tubeless and I just can't get it quite to where I like. I'm a mtb rider first and foremost but wanted a bike for rainy days when I'm stuck on gravel/streets or a bike to do pub crawls with. I won't do dropbars and I would have gotten the Advanced 1 but I also don't do 2x chainrings. I leave both those things to roadies. Anyway, no thoughts yet on this bike as I've just started riding it up and down the street and getting all the adjustments made. I can say that right away it's faster than my DSX 2. I don't love the groupset or wheelset on this but unless I see a glaring problem I'll probably keep it as is.
As a follow up, I still haven't gotten much time on this bike due to more mtb riding but now that it's been raining solid for two days I'll be putting the Fastroad on the trainer tonight and then when it stops actively raining I'll be riding the roads/gravel trails while the singletracks dry. I did get to do some loops on our local paved 3 mi bike path and I can say I like it a lot more than my Marin. I was setting PRs on segments while carrying a conversation with fellow riders. It handled the corners nicely and the hills felt easier than ever, not sure if that's due to the bike being 5-6 lbs lighter than my old one. I've yet to hit gravel with this but hopefully will this week.