What to do with my Sequoia
10-14-10, 05:03 AM
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What to do with my Sequoia
Last summer I became very interested in road riding and bicycles in general. After doing my first century on a '86 Schwinn Worldsport, I decided to buy a new-ish road bike that would be comfortable for long rides. Last fall I purchased an '09 Specialized Sequoia (56cm) on eBay for a great price.
The bike spent the whole winter on the trainer and I have ridden it this summer on long group rides, one-day tours and a century. I have found over the past year that the bike is a little larger for me, but more importantly, the huge head tube prevents me from being in a more aggressive position.
Just this weekend my parents bought my fiance and I our wedding gifts, and I got a brand new '10 Specialized Tricross 54cm. I am much, much happier with the fit (although I still have yet to ride >20 miles on it, I will this weekend), and it is a more versatile bike than the Sequoia (lowrider fork mounts, canti brakes).
I originally bought the Sequoia thinking that it would be a great choice for touring, but I think the Tricross would work better in some respects. Here are the options I have been considering, but I am sure that there are more as well:
a) Sell it on eBay/CL: I didn't pay much to begin with, so it should be easy to make back most of my money. I imagine that the market is a little better for Sequoias now that they have been discontinued, but I am sure that a lot of the market has just been pushed into Secteurs/Roubaixs instead.
b) Make it a permanent trainer bike: A shame given the carbon fork, triple setup, currently has Brooks as well.
c) Keep it, but since it is no longer my "good" bike use it for commuting, groceries, etc.: I have always been a little nervous to ride it to work, it was always just a little too nice to leave locked up for a long time. It is extremely comfortable though, and with an upright position it does give be a very good view of traffic.
The bike spent the whole winter on the trainer and I have ridden it this summer on long group rides, one-day tours and a century. I have found over the past year that the bike is a little larger for me, but more importantly, the huge head tube prevents me from being in a more aggressive position.
Just this weekend my parents bought my fiance and I our wedding gifts, and I got a brand new '10 Specialized Tricross 54cm. I am much, much happier with the fit (although I still have yet to ride >20 miles on it, I will this weekend), and it is a more versatile bike than the Sequoia (lowrider fork mounts, canti brakes).
I originally bought the Sequoia thinking that it would be a great choice for touring, but I think the Tricross would work better in some respects. Here are the options I have been considering, but I am sure that there are more as well:
a) Sell it on eBay/CL: I didn't pay much to begin with, so it should be easy to make back most of my money. I imagine that the market is a little better for Sequoias now that they have been discontinued, but I am sure that a lot of the market has just been pushed into Secteurs/Roubaixs instead.
b) Make it a permanent trainer bike: A shame given the carbon fork, triple setup, currently has Brooks as well.
c) Keep it, but since it is no longer my "good" bike use it for commuting, groceries, etc.: I have always been a little nervous to ride it to work, it was always just a little too nice to leave locked up for a long time. It is extremely comfortable though, and with an upright position it does give be a very good view of traffic.
10-14-10, 05:07 AM
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Throw the stick!!!!
Keep it as a rain / back up bike. It sucks to only have one bike when your primary bike is down for some reason.
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10-14-10, 05:15 AM
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Unless you have an immediate need (or want) that selling the bike is going to let you achieve, I agree with LowCel. I had my bike in for a routine tune up for two days, and it was terrible!
10-14-10, 05:34 AM
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I've been leaning that direction from the beginning, it is just tough to justify all the bikes I have:
Tricross
Sequoia
29er MTB
Winter bike (CL frankenbike Trek 830)
World Sport (for fast rides, and as a gift I'll have it forever)
There is one other option I hadn't considered: My fiance's family lives ~5 hours away from us. It would be really nice to not need to travel with a bike when we visit them. I almost always bring one since they live on a 500ft, 6% average hill. It makes for great hill repeats.
Tricross
Sequoia
29er MTB
Winter bike (CL frankenbike Trek 830)
World Sport (for fast rides, and as a gift I'll have it forever)
There is one other option I hadn't considered: My fiance's family lives ~5 hours away from us. It would be really nice to not need to travel with a bike when we visit them. I almost always bring one since they live on a 500ft, 6% average hill. It makes for great hill repeats.
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