n+1, a road bike edition

[Tania]

Starting to think about getting a true road bike – I have several drop bar bikes, but none work well for longer weekend rides. My cross bike is super light and has a more upright HT angle but it’s a 1x and the gearing isn’t great for flat sections (I spin out!) and not great for longer climbs (my legs die).

Wants:
Carbon
2x
Hydros
SRAM <-- and that's the kicker. Why is everything shimano? I have nothing against shimano but all of the rest of my bikes are SRAM and I'd rather stay with one shifting mechanism. I don’t want to do a frame only build. I don’t want to swap out the groupset. I’d rather not have eTap. I’ve looked at Jamis, Kona (oh the Zone LTD! But it’s tubular…why? WTH?), Felt (I gave up on their web site, I couldn’t figure out how to get to specs or get any details other than marketing fluff), Cervelo, Trek, Specialized. I’d be ok with a bike that comes as a SRAM 1x so long as it’s set up for a FD. There have been a few potentials in there but geometry wise they’re more like a CX bike and if I’m going to wind up with a bike like that, I’d just get a second of my CX bike since I love it and it can take a front derailleur. (Plus, it’s cheaper than a road bike.) Is this a unicorn bike?

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[hozn]

Wow, that looks really nice. I love the hidden / removable fender mounts (despite having ordered my road frame with explicitly “no mounts: it’s a road race bike”). The only downside I see is PF30, but it’s not like you have many options there when looking at carbon frames. You can always fit the Wheels Mfg or Praxis thread-together BBs to quiet it down if that becomes an issue.

[Tania]

Transition is just starting to release their 2018 models so now I’m like “who’d want a stupid road bike anyway?”

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