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  • April 3, 2019 at 8:16 pm #29503
    magma004

    Hi everyone,

    I will try to make this short as possible. I am off to uni in September, and I am looking for a new bike. My choices are between the Emonda SL 6 Pro and Emonda SLR 6. I am unlikely to have much money to upgrade my bike in the coming years, so I am looking for something that will be a future proof bike.

    My worry is the braking surface on the carbon aoelus pro 3 wheel set and the higher chance of it breaking/wearing down (especially once it comes out of warranty after 2 years)

    I am guessing that the SLR 6 is a much more future-proofed bike and its much lighter (6.6kg vs 7.3kg) but the lack of carbon wheels makes it hard to choose it, especially with the higher price tag and worse looks!

    The SLR 6 has been reduced to £3450 while the SL 6 Pro is £2900, but the price difference are not a major concern.

    Thanks for any thoughts on the topic!

    Regards, Sam

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  • April 6, 2019 at 7:16 am #938777
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    CXR94Di2

    Dont ride an expensive bike

    Dont ride an expensive bike too and from university.  It will be stolen in seconds.  Only use said bike for training rides where you leave and arrive at your digs.  Even then, uni digs arent big rooms with space for bikes.  That means your £3k bike left in public view, it will be damaged or stolen.  

    Use a cheap steel framed bike, train hard and use it with a very good lock.  Replace the QR with bolt thru axle like Halo https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Halo-Hex-Key-Skewers_29491.htm?sku=64304&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnKHlBRDLARIsAMtMHDFjR9zM6HjUqMAcayf_iQPsJjwqe9bRl5qigFroLMdLAgaPhELhHB0aAjCAEALw_wcB

    Remove all lights after each trip.  Make your bike the most undesirable to be stolen

    April 5, 2019 at 4:12 pm #938775
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    Griff500

    You are a student, and

    You are a student, and suggest, not unreasonably, that your budget over the next few years might be tight. My advice would be to take a look at 2018 leftover stock, at the spec you are looking for, from a range of manufacturers. Typically 2018 models will be discounted by around 25-30% by now, and an independent might even be open to a bit of further hard negotiation. New bikes are a buyers market. Take your choice of either getting a better spec bike for the same budget, or getting your target spec with money left over for the beer fund. 

    April 5, 2019 at 3:08 pm #938773
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    Anonymous

    I don’t know why you’re

    I don’t know why you’re specifically choosing between two flavours of the same Trek bike or what level rider you are, and I’d echo the recommendation to only ever leave it locked in your room, but even so I’d give serious consideration to a slightly cheaper option. Something like a Cannondale Supersix with Ultegra and discs is only £2k and under 8kg depending on wheels – yes, slightly heavier, but a hugely well regarded bike and only £1800 at Pauls Cycles (for example, no connection).

    April 4, 2019 at 7:54 pm #938771
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    magma004

    Daveyraveygravey wrote:

    Daveyraveygravey wrote:

    ktache wrote:
    Mate, I cannot advise you on your glorious choices, just get the one you love most.

    I can however offer a bit of knowledge on keeping her.  Unfortunately universities are are hotbeds of bicycle theivery.  So be very careful.  You might want to have something tough, second hand and for a couple of hundred quid, just for easier getting about.  Very good locks, and use them well.  Young people have not always learned much about security and the local scrotes know this.  Your housemates will not care about your bike as much as you do.  Get proper insurance and follow it’s many clauses, you don’t want to pay the money and get nothing if you lose your beloved bicycle.  And it’s difficult, but let her get dirty, clean the drivetrain of course, filthy bikes do not look as good, and there will be a lot of shiny, badly locked bikes around, for a while at least.

     

    Couldn’t agree more!  I bought my son a secondhand Specialised Allez for less than £300 a few years ago, which he got quite into and I was hoping I could spread the message about road cycling to him.  I secretly had my eye on it as a winter bike.

    But he took it to uni, and although it was locked in the locked bike store at his hall of residence it got pinched.  The lock on the bike wasn’t great, but it was the nicest bike in the shed…

    Unless you can lock your Emonda in your room I just would not take it to uni.  The grief when it gets nicked will be off the scale.

    Thanks for the help – my plan is to lock it in my room. I am planning on doing quite a lot of cycling so I would like a half decent bike, but I guess I would need to think long and hard about how I am going to store it! I will definitely need to insure it too, and that’s a lot of money 🙁

    Such a hard decision!

    April 4, 2019 at 12:10 pm #938769
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    ktache wrote:
    Mate, I cannot advise you on your glorious choices, just get the one you love most.

    I can however offer a bit of knowledge on keeping her.  Unfortunately universities are are hotbeds of bicycle theivery.  So be very careful.  You might want to have something tough, second hand and for a couple of hundred quid, just for easier getting about.  Very good locks, and use them well.  Young people have not always learned much about security and the local scrotes know this.  Your housemates will not care about your bike as much as you do.  Get proper insurance and follow it’s many clauses, you don’t want to pay the money and get nothing if you lose your beloved bicycle.  And it’s difficult, but let her get dirty, clean the drivetrain of course, filthy bikes do not look as good, and there will be a lot of shiny, badly locked bikes around, for a while at least.

     

    Couldn’t agree more!  I bought my son a secondhand Specialised Allez for less than £300 a few years ago, which he got quite into and I was hoping I could spread the message about road cycling to him.  I secretly had my eye on it as a winter bike.

    But he took it to uni, and although it was locked in the locked bike store at his hall of residence it got pinched.  The lock on the bike wasn’t great, but it was the nicest bike in the shed…

    Unless you can lock your Emonda in your room I just would not take it to uni.  The grief when it gets nicked will be off the scale.

    April 4, 2019 at 9:45 am #938767
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    magma004

    Thanks. Only thing is I am
    Thanks. Only thing is I am going to do road cycling in the club and my current bike is way too small for me! Thanks for the tips in regards to insurance though I appreciate it. My plan is to buy some properly strong (2 or 3) and insure the bike fully, just to be safe! I’m not using my bike to cycle around, only for leisure.

    April 3, 2019 at 10:56 pm #938765
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    ktache

    Mate, I cannot advise you on

    Mate, I cannot advise you on your glorious choices, just get the one you love most.

    I can however offer a bit of knowledge on keeping her.  Unfortunately universities are are hotbeds of bicycle theivery.  So be very careful.  You might want to have something tough, second hand and for a couple of hundred quid, just for easier getting about.  Very good locks, and use them well.  Young people have not always learned much about security and the local scrotes know this.  Your housemates will not care about your bike as much as you do.  Get proper insurance and follow it’s many clauses, you don’t want to pay the money and get nothing if you lose your beloved bicycle.  And it’s difficult, but let her get dirty, clean the drivetrain of course, filthy bikes do not look as good, and there will be a lot of shiny, badly locked bikes around, for a while at least.

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