Recommend me a triathalon bike (please)

[maviczap]

Yep about that, plus Larry was riding with a front disc wheel, which didn't help.

Yes, spend more time training that buying blingy bits, when you start out.

Makes me laugh, at our local midweek 10TT you get all the posuers turning up on their full carbon, disc wheeled TT machines. The same guys never enter any open events. WTF

Me I just want to go back to one night in 1995, with a disc wheel, deep aero front wheel, an aero helmet and a 54 or 55T chainring, just to see how fast I would have gone with these bits.

Originally Posted by maviczap

Not sure I've got the exact model of the wheels on that bike but how does £1260 for just the wheels sound

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mavic-cosmic...cher-wheelset/

link no workee for me, but i take it that's for two bicycle wheels, they made out of uranium or something?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

they made out of uranium or something?

Carbon Fibre...

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

link no workee for me, but i take it that's for two bicycle wheels, they made out of uranium or something?

Unobtainium

Full carbon rims, aero spokes, special sealed bearing hubs, handmade by a ladies in the Mavic factory in France, not by a machine.

Ladies are used because they have a better 'feel' for the correct spoke tension than blokes

if the wheels cost that much, how much is the whole bike, im guessing this is a money no object, so what 20-30k?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

if the wheels cost that much, how much is the whole bike, im guessing this is a money no object, so what 20-30k?

How much do you want to spend. Budget is pretty much unlimnited.

I think a pro peleton bike is probably around the 10K mark but not 100% sure...

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Unobtainium

Full carbon rims, aero spokes, special sealed bearing hubs, handmade by a ladies in the Mavic factory in France, not by a machine.

Ladies are used because they have a better 'feel' for the correct spoke tension than blokes

Special sealed bearings
You can get full complement ceramic bearings for jet engines made specially in small quantities which are good for something like 200,000rpm for 50 hours. £50 a pair, bargain!

Can you actually tell any difference? Light rims fair enough, good quality bearings fair enough, wheel built properly important... but you're paying for the shiny shiny.

The irony gets me that you do these things to get fit then spend thousands to make it easier... thus covering more miles with less fitness.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

How much do you want to spend. Budget is pretty much unlimnited.

I think a pro peleton bike is probably around the 10K mark but not 100% sure...

Ah, well if that's all they cost i'll nip down the local halfords at the weekend and pick one up

[maviczap]

Here's a £9k Felt road bike at Evans

You can add another £3 for a pair of 'Lightweight' brand wheels.

Not sure that a Proffesional spec bike is going to be much more, because they trash quite a few during a season. Gets kinda expensive

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Can you actually tell any difference?

Yes, but its like all things. You have to spend an awful lot of money to get any difference you can feel through you bum.

I went from a £100 wheelset to a £600 wheel set. Bikes more responsive, its climbs easier and it keeps its momentum / speed when moving.

Might not sound much but over a large distance its definately noticeable.

Like I said above, when starting out general fitness is more important than shiney bling bits, but you get up to a certain level and then what kit you use makes a difference, if you are talking cm's difference at the end of stage can make a difference between winining and loosing in a pro race.

I think for the average rider, no it doesnt, but then as alluded to above, you get the psycological boost by riding around on something that looks smart and thats just as important in some circumstances.

Some people put pointless carbon bling on their motorbike, my pushbike frame is made of pointless carbon bling !!! its not really any different IMHO.