Subject: Comfort bike as next step? Hi,
I am using a mountain bike now, and on a good day my pace with some hills is a bit over 15 miles per hour.
I'm pretty big, and think that my size without shocks would make a 'pure road' bike more likely to break, and I want something with more ride flexability anyway.
I'm looking at the Speciallized Crossroads XC Elite right now, it's a comfort bike with a road bike geometry.
It's street price is ~$650 which is as much as I could afford this year.
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=9613&bikeTab=tech...
I figure with the 700mm tires, more of a road bike position, higher max gearing, and some added aerobars I should be able to get 2 more miles per hour out almost right off the bat, and with training might be able to build up to 20+ over the next year.
If I wanted to damp the shocks down for a race I could, and with my cross section and weight the extra drag and weight isn't much of a issue.
What do you folks think? |