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Christmas gift to myself - hesitant between 3 bikes
Hi everyone!
I've been looking for a road bike for a while. I'm now ready to buy and I've narrowed it to those 3 bikes:
https://www.cyclingavenue.com/en/bmc-teammachine-slr01-bmc-brd36069-1
https://www.cyclingavenue.com/en/cervelo-r3-cvl-brd1962-2
https://www.decathlon.ca/en/performance-road-bike/301046-30447-ultra-cf-...
I'll be training for an Ironman this summer, but I'm not considering a TT/tri bike because I still want to go on recreational rides with friends / girlfriend. I want something more versatile. I'll be installing aero bars though
I'm 5'10" with a 32.25" standover height
Thanks for your advice!
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How about an Aero bike such as the Giant Propel or Canyon Aeroad?
It'll give you some of the aero gains which are important for your triathlon stuff but it's still a regular bike so you can do rides with your mates.
Just make sure that if it has a fancy aero cockpit you can still attach clip on bars onto it.
This... and I can also recommend the Argon18 Nitrogen. It's a very good endurance bike, fast but surprisingly comfortable, but you can also reverse the seat post top to bring the saddle right forward, fit time trial bars, deep sections and it would make an excellent TT rig.
I'd go for the BMC or the Cervelo. I'm not a fan of Cervelo's BB system (about the best that can be said is it beats Cannondale's). I have a suspicion that you're a bit between sizes on the BMC; that 53 would fit me, and I'm an inch shorter in both height and inseam.
Final thing; both the BMC and Cervelo are OOS as per those links...?