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Update: Time for a new bike; Canyon Ultimate vs Endurace vs BMC…

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  • September 6, 2018 at 7:53 pm #28919
    rar2505

    Time to upgrade my bike and requirements are:

    – Carbon

    – Disc brakes (huge debate but decided that additional weight and extra maintenance is worth it with the UK weather)

    – Ultegra is preferable though keep hearing that no big difference to 105 (DI2 not yet sold on it especially that bike lives in a garage with no power outlet)

    – Endurance Geo but not as relaxed as the roubaix as still flexible enough to adopt racing position (old bike is agressive) – but i aim to race less and ride longer

    From above the short list is:

    1- BMC RM01-04 (+geo is perfect -worried about weight )

    2- Canyon Endurace CF SL 8.0 (+great value -scary customer service -can’t try it)

    3- Trek domane SLR6 (bike on sale +looks comfy -doesnt have disc brakesv -isospeed adjsuter a gimmick??)

    4- BMC RM02-02 ( +cheaper than RM01 -worried about weight – not an ics cockpit )

    5- Cervelo C3 (???)

    6- Bianchhi Infinito CV (???)

    The list can go one… so happy to consider other bikes as well.

    Thanks for the help.

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  • September 7, 2018 at 12:31 pm #926765
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    hawkinspeter

    Yep, that’s certainly worth

    Yep, that’s certainly worth repeating.

    September 7, 2018 at 12:18 pm #926763
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    kil0ran

    hawkinspeter wrote:

    hawkinspeter wrote:

    You don’t need a power outlet near your bike to charge up Di2 – you can use a battery/power pack to do that (it’s much easier as you can just leave it charging overnight).

    And you’ll easily get way over 1000 miles on a single charge, at least in my experience.

    September 7, 2018 at 12:18 pm #926761
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    kil0ran

    hawkinspeter wrote:

    hawkinspeter wrote:

    You don’t need a power outlet near your bike to charge up Di2 – you can use a battery/power pack to do that (it’s much easier as you can just leave it charging overnight).

    And you’ll easily get way over 1000 miles on a single charge, at least in my experience.

    September 7, 2018 at 12:13 pm #926759
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    hawkinspeter

    You don’t need a power outlet

    You don’t need a power outlet near your bike to charge up Di2 – you can use a battery/power pack to do that (it’s much easier as you can just leave it charging overnight).

    September 7, 2018 at 11:54 am #926757
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    alansmurphy

    Quote:

     

     

    – Disc brakes (huge debate but decided that additional weight and extra maintenance is worth it with the UK weather)

     

     

     

     

     

    3- Trek domane SLR6 (bike on sale +looks comfy -doesnt have disc brakes

     

     

    Erm…

    September 7, 2018 at 10:42 am #926755
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    Woldsman

    I don’t think that the height

    I don’t think that the height of the head tube makes this a bike with particularly aggressive geometry.  How about something like this Giant TCR Advanced 1 Disc 2018?

    https://www.giant-bicycles.com/gb/tcr-advanced-1-disc

    September 7, 2018 at 10:10 am #926753
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    pdata

    Except for the carbon frame

    Except for the carbon frame requirement, your list is similar to what I’m looking for as well. I’ve also heard that the R7000 groupset is good enough although the cassette is heavy, so replace with an R8000 cassette instead to get within grams of the R8000 weight with similar feel but cheaper. Comments on this piece of hearsay is welcome đŸ™‚

    You don’t give a budget or size, but there are sizes 51 and 54 of a di2 cervelo C5 at Sigma Sports for a big old discount

    Otherwise, my list looks like this:

    • Rose Bikes Team GF Four Disc
    • Mason Bokeh 105
    • BMC Road Machine 02 Two

    • Canyon CF SL disc

    • Cube Attain GTC SLT Disc
    • Cannondale Synapse Ultegra

     

    September 7, 2018 at 9:54 am #926751
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    Gasman Jim

    Cannondale Synapse 2018/19?

    Cannondale Synapse 2018/19?

    Discs

    Light

    Eyelets

    Looks ok for an endurance bike

    Mechanical or Di2 options

     

    September 7, 2018 at 9:20 am #926749
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    peted76

    New Giant Defy? Typically a

    New Giant Defy? Typically a lot of bike for the money and I can’t remember the last time they weren’t right up there with the best review wise.

    Personally, I’d go Di2 with hydraalic brakes.. becuase the hoods are so much nicer (and lighter). But I get the simplicity of not having to worry about messing about with sockets.

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