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Lee_M
Guru
visit is unfortunately not possible due to the 300 mile trip! I was just wondering if anyone understood it.
Ive got a problem with lists of any kind - I cant work out menus so there's no chance of working out the difference between a fast endurance bike and a quick endurance bike :-)
Ive got a problem with lists of any kind - I cant work out menus so there's no chance of working out the difference between a fast endurance bike and a quick endurance bike :-)
bonsaibilly
Guest
Maybe you're a visual rather than verbal kind of person? If so, Google Images may be your friend... get up the pictures of the different models and tune in to the different proportions - short and low at the front? longer chainstays? what looks like you would like to on the bike, bent over it and pedalling away? bb
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
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Lee_M
Guru
i'm intending to go to a dealer, I just wondered if anyone could make sense of the different models. I have a particular form of dyslexia which means lists and comparisons are impossible unless the specifications are lined up like in a spreadsheet.
plus its a friday night and I just wondered.
as it is I'm a 55 year old club ride/sportive type. not a racer, but reasonable for my age and decrepitness - ie 100 mile at 16mph average.so don'tneed a racerbut also dont need a touring bike with pannier fittings.I'm also 6'3" tall and weigh 15 stone
plus its a friday night and I just wondered.
as it is I'm a 55 year old club ride/sportive type. not a racer, but reasonable for my age and decrepitness - ie 100 mile at 16mph average.so don'tneed a racerbut also dont need a touring bike with pannier fittings.I'm also 6'3" tall and weigh 15 stone
bonsaibilly
Guest
I think you've answered your own question,personally,. Looking at the Enigma website they only have two categories of titanium road bike "Endurance" or "Fast Endurance" - guess which one your CV puts you in?
The frame geometry can be customised to suit, it says. Presumably they can do spreadsheet style if you're paying..?!
I do like the look of their steel bikes, I must confess
Just depends how much you want to spend.
The frame geometry can be customised to suit, it says. Presumably they can do spreadsheet style if you're paying..?!
I do like the look of their steel bikes, I must confess
Just depends how much you want to spend.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
I agree, sounds like you're looking at endurance & fast endurance categories.
bonsaibilly
Guest
lol considering those are the only two categoies of road bike they have, I should say that was a foregone conclusion! bb
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Er, no. The versatile category is road bikes as well.....I know two Etape owners, neither of them go off-road.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Nope. They have more than just endurance bikes. My Etape doesn't fall into either of those categories. Neither does the Ecroix.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Some people insist on getting hung up on the marketing for bikes rather than looking at their specifications. My Ti bike has 'Gravel' on its top tube. In its current configuration and with its current owner, it's a road bike, thank you very much.
The guys at Enigma are very good, very nice and very helpful.
Call them, have a chat. Explain what sort of rider you are and what you need/want from a bike and they will, I am sure, be only too glad to help.
Paul Smith of Enigma ex of corridor and persons used to post here. He's a really good guy.
Ps I bought an Etape disc for Mrs PK last year in their showroom clearance, so I am biased but they really would be my first call if my van nicolas yukon died.
Loving the auto correct.
