Thick Framed Road Bikes Like The Canyon Aeroroad
05-14-23, 01:44 PM
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As the name implies, this is an aerodynamically designed road race bike. Every major brand has a version. The straight line speed may come with compromised weight, comfort and climbing ability. Or maybe not. Anyway, there are probably better choices for a novice cyclist. Post what you hope to do with a bike and your budget if you want more specific info.
05-14-23, 01:46 PM
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05-14-23, 02:27 PM
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If you are in that price range or better, then most any of the common bike brands that are near you and far away will have a decent enough bike that is similar.
However are you just going by looks and it's aesthetic appeal, or do you know that is the right type of bike for the cycling you wish to do. And that it will fit you in the manner you like to be fitted to a bike?
However are you just going by looks and it's aesthetic appeal, or do you know that is the right type of bike for the cycling you wish to do. And that it will fit you in the manner you like to be fitted to a bike?
05-14-23, 02:41 PM
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As the name implies, this is an aerodynamically designed road race bike. Every major brand has a version. The straight line speed may come with compromised weight, comfort and climbing ability. Or maybe not. Anyway, there are probably better choices for a novice cyclist. Post what you hope to do with a bike and your budget if you want more specific info.
In the 50's to 80's, most bikes used steel tubes that were about 1" in diameter. Then by the 90's and 2000's, they started moving to other materials, and "oversized tubing" and "double oversized tubing". And, by the 2000's, also started experimenting with oversized aero tubing designs.
Now, in the last 10 years, there has been a movement to larger tires too.
Some of the bikes made for 28mm to 35mm tires will also have very large, mostly round tubes.
Budget, of course, is important.
05-14-23, 04:33 PM
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I just received a nice shiny new Time Scylon Disc with Winspace Hyper 67 wheel set. It is my first carbon road bike. Came from Wrench Science. It is a sight to behold.
The thing that stands out compared to my Lynskey which wears 46mm Light Bicycle wheels or my Ritchey which wears 32 mm Rolf wheels is how stable it is in cross winds, which are a fact of life on the North Plains. Rode today with a small group with 15 MPH cross winds and the Time was dead stable. I have ridden already in a 20 MPH cross wind with zero issues. It may be the frame, or it may be that Winspace have put their wheels in a wind tunnel and designed them to deal with this issue.
When someone who doesn't own a modern aero bike or a set of deep wheels tells you that they are hard to deal with in a cross wind, you can give it the credence that any other completely unsubstantiated statement deserves.
The thing that stands out compared to my Lynskey which wears 46mm Light Bicycle wheels or my Ritchey which wears 32 mm Rolf wheels is how stable it is in cross winds, which are a fact of life on the North Plains. Rode today with a small group with 15 MPH cross winds and the Time was dead stable. I have ridden already in a 20 MPH cross wind with zero issues. It may be the frame, or it may be that Winspace have put their wheels in a wind tunnel and designed them to deal with this issue.
When someone who doesn't own a modern aero bike or a set of deep wheels tells you that they are hard to deal with in a cross wind, you can give it the credence that any other completely unsubstantiated statement deserves.
05-14-23, 04:42 PM
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Why do you like that particular style of bike?
05-14-23, 07:33 PM
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I can't speak for the OP, but I can tell you why I wanted one. I fell in on an icy sidewalk last November and broke my femur in a couple of places. It was repaired with a titanium implant that included a new ball and a long rod down into the femur, but I did not have the complete hip replacement.
The surgeon told me that he had to do a lot of cutting to gain access so he could pound the implant in far enough to make sure that the whole thing was in place. After that I spent the next month in bed taking as much opioid pain medication as I could get. The whole process has left me quite a bit weaker than I was a year ago.
So in order to keep riding with the same group that I have ridden with for the past maybe 7 or 8 years I needed to gain some speed with the a fraction of the power in my injured leg. Some members of that group are very fast, like serious racers in their younger days.
An aerodynamic road bike like the Scylon "only" adds about 1 or 2 MPH to my top speed. But it is enough that I can sort of, maybe, kind of keep up with the group. The Lynskey R350 is a nice enough bike, but it is noticeably more effort to push through the air and I wasn't able to keep up on the first few rides of the season when I rode it.
With the Scylon I can keep up until I run completely out of steam, which today was at about 20 miles. Then I can turn around and ride home for a 40 mile day with an acceptable level of effort.
The surgeon told me that he had to do a lot of cutting to gain access so he could pound the implant in far enough to make sure that the whole thing was in place. After that I spent the next month in bed taking as much opioid pain medication as I could get. The whole process has left me quite a bit weaker than I was a year ago.
So in order to keep riding with the same group that I have ridden with for the past maybe 7 or 8 years I needed to gain some speed with the a fraction of the power in my injured leg. Some members of that group are very fast, like serious racers in their younger days.
An aerodynamic road bike like the Scylon "only" adds about 1 or 2 MPH to my top speed. But it is enough that I can sort of, maybe, kind of keep up with the group. The Lynskey R350 is a nice enough bike, but it is noticeably more effort to push through the air and I wasn't able to keep up on the first few rides of the season when I rode it.
With the Scylon I can keep up until I run completely out of steam, which today was at about 20 miles. Then I can turn around and ride home for a 40 mile day with an acceptable level of effort.
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Well, that seems like a valid reason .... I wonder what the OP's reasoning is?
05-15-23, 10:38 AM
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I've heard brickhouse frames are heavy, but ride real nice. Better than riding a moped. 
05-15-23, 10:51 AM
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That Canyon is way better looking than the Diamondback!
