OP
OP
Wafer
Veteran
- Location
- Somerset/Devon border
Realised I've had the bike over a year now so thought I'd share a longer term update.
Overall still really pleased with the bike. Done a few hundred miles on it rather than the few thousand some people round here have probably done but I'm doing my cycling that I was before which was the point.
All I've changed on it so far are the pedals and added mudguards for the commute, been meaning to change the wheels for months but other bills keep delaying it...
Done well over the winter once the guards were on, not terribly impressed with the way the LBS I got it from set some things up, the brakes probably still aren't right but they are certainly better.
Now I'm more used to it some of the feeling of urgency when it's moving I felt it had at the beginning is now business as usual! And I don't notice the heaviness getting going so much. Still enjoy getting out of the saddle for short bursts up some slopes though, having only ridden a Hybrid before and MTB like bikes when I was younger that still feels a lot different.
On the negative side if I was looking for the same sort of bike now I think I'd go for better disc brakes and maybe sacrifice a groupset level if needed. The 105 has been spot on with no maintenance (other than generally sorting out the chain every so often) but the brakes are the sort where only one calliper moves and that seems less than ideal and though someone more mechanically minded than me could probably sort it out more easily, they have been fiddly to adjust. Saying that, I always screwed up the V-brakes on the Sirrus when I tried adjusting them or replacing the pads, so the fact I've managed to improve these is a plus point in itself!
Other than my early thoughts thinking it was a bit slow to get going due to the cheapo heavy wheels, I've not had any problems with them or the tyres, but then I'm not doing the mileage some people are, I'm not especially fast and I tend to avoid routes that I know are on the bumpy side as though the frame deals with the road buzz better than the sirrus did, I don't particularly enjoy it.
Which means it isn't the bike I originally set out to get, and I'm now procrastinating over what to get next to deal with the bumpier stuff (custom build CdF is looking favourite at the mo but I wasn't wanting to spend the sort of money it will cost) but it's been a very nice road bike that's giving me a lot of enjoyment and had various nice comments about it's looks at work
Overall still really pleased with the bike. Done a few hundred miles on it rather than the few thousand some people round here have probably done but I'm doing my cycling that I was before which was the point.
All I've changed on it so far are the pedals and added mudguards for the commute, been meaning to change the wheels for months but other bills keep delaying it...
Done well over the winter once the guards were on, not terribly impressed with the way the LBS I got it from set some things up, the brakes probably still aren't right but they are certainly better.
Now I'm more used to it some of the feeling of urgency when it's moving I felt it had at the beginning is now business as usual! And I don't notice the heaviness getting going so much. Still enjoy getting out of the saddle for short bursts up some slopes though, having only ridden a Hybrid before and MTB like bikes when I was younger that still feels a lot different.
On the negative side if I was looking for the same sort of bike now I think I'd go for better disc brakes and maybe sacrifice a groupset level if needed. The 105 has been spot on with no maintenance (other than generally sorting out the chain every so often) but the brakes are the sort where only one calliper moves and that seems less than ideal and though someone more mechanically minded than me could probably sort it out more easily, they have been fiddly to adjust. Saying that, I always screwed up the V-brakes on the Sirrus when I tried adjusting them or replacing the pads, so the fact I've managed to improve these is a plus point in itself!
Other than my early thoughts thinking it was a bit slow to get going due to the cheapo heavy wheels, I've not had any problems with them or the tyres, but then I'm not doing the mileage some people are, I'm not especially fast and I tend to avoid routes that I know are on the bumpy side as though the frame deals with the road buzz better than the sirrus did, I don't particularly enjoy it.
Which means it isn't the bike I originally set out to get, and I'm now procrastinating over what to get next to deal with the bumpier stuff (custom build CdF is looking favourite at the mo but I wasn't wanting to spend the sort of money it will cost) but it's been a very nice road bike that's giving me a lot of enjoyment and had various nice comments about it's looks at work
