ellbiddy
Active Member
So as I was scouring the net for bike stuff I came across a deal for a Jamis Trilogy frame that I couldn't pass up, from their website the frameset alone is 1300$ and the full bike is 2k$ I got the frame + fork + headset for 350$ and they might as well be new, not a single blemish or scratch or sign of wear. So now I'm stuck deciding what I want to do with this frame I have a couple options I'm toying with and wanted some feedback:
1.) Drop Bar road/TT machine, I found someone who did the same thing and it came out looking really nice:
(same frame as mine, colors et all)
I'll eventually get carbon wheels when I find an awesome deal on them but for now I'll use the wheels I picked up for my homemade carbon frame
2.) traditional TT bike with bullhorns + aero bars ... this seems a little meh I'm not super into that whole aero thing too much and the handling loss when in the aero position sucks. I'm not sure how comfy riding long distances on bullhorns is and if I went this route I'd probably get a dual shifter setup, one on the bull horns and one on the aero bars.
3.) Crazy SS with either bullhorns or drop bars (leaning towards the former) as there's a good deal on these:
Now those come with bar end brakes but no room for shifters which is perfect for a SS setup seeing as there is no need to shift.
I'm really partial to the way the bullhorns look for #3 but I can't get over how sexy #1 is. #3 would be awesome if I knew how long I can ride those bullhorns before wanting to throw my bike off a cliff. The only other options is combining #1,#3 for a dropbar SS bike, but that's last on my "stuff I want to do list"
1.) Drop Bar road/TT machine, I found someone who did the same thing and it came out looking really nice:
(same frame as mine, colors et all)
I'll eventually get carbon wheels when I find an awesome deal on them but for now I'll use the wheels I picked up for my homemade carbon frame
2.) traditional TT bike with bullhorns + aero bars ... this seems a little meh I'm not super into that whole aero thing too much and the handling loss when in the aero position sucks. I'm not sure how comfy riding long distances on bullhorns is and if I went this route I'd probably get a dual shifter setup, one on the bull horns and one on the aero bars.
3.) Crazy SS with either bullhorns or drop bars (leaning towards the former) as there's a good deal on these:
Now those come with bar end brakes but no room for shifters which is perfect for a SS setup seeing as there is no need to shift.
I'm really partial to the way the bullhorns look for #3 but I can't get over how sexy #1 is. #3 would be awesome if I knew how long I can ride those bullhorns before wanting to throw my bike off a cliff. The only other options is combining #1,#3 for a dropbar SS bike, but that's last on my "stuff I want to do list"
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