Road bike recommendations

Grass-track crit racing, for those of us* who are Wendies about broken bones.

*Such as me

Bad news for you; Bluerip told me he sees a lot of cross injuries.

If you race a bicycle of any sort you will fall off at some point. #fact

If you don't fall off racing cross, you're not trying hard enough.

Thats certainly true of MTBing. In fact i dont even need to try most of the time. But falling off in a busy crit on tarmac sounds rubbish.

My point was I'd rather fall off on grass/mud (or even Andy's bramble patch) than on tarmac at 30mph.

Something like a Felt75 would be a good alternative.

Bargains on these atm, thinking about getting one on ride 2 work. Anyone ridden one?

I've ridden a f75 with 105.

I was pretty impressed. You could stick Force on it (bb30) and have a pretty exciting bike. I didn't like the saddle or the look of felt branded finishing kit... but that's just subjective.

I was thinking about upgrading the crankset & wheels. Also considering the caad8 105 but I don't think I could live with the colour.

So what are the disc brake road bike options, now most 2015 bikes are out?

giant Defy
Cannondale Synapse
Caad10 - not worth time of day as ALU!

??

Tarmac and Roubaix if Specialized

Trek Domane Disc
Raleigh Revenio*
Genesis Equilibrium Disc (2015)*
GT Grade

*alu/steel

Tarmac and Roubaix if Specialized

Don't forget the new Diverge;

Gosh that's ugly!

Equilibrium is basically the same as the CDF, but not as practical and nearly as heavy!

I want a lighter disc bike. The CDF is lovely, but so heavy that it's dull. The geo is great and it's a fast ride, but it's just too heavy to be 'fun'

Tarmac is lovely, but it should be for the cost!

Do any of them have mudguard tabs?

Pretty sure you know the answer to that by looking at the Dammit™'s clearance.

Silly huh!

Needs mudguard tabs and clearance!

It's no use, you should go to Talbot and get a custom.

Carbon, Talbot can't custom.

This looks good...

Guard mounts.

http://www.feedthehabit.com/road-biking/specialized-teasing-new-2015-gravel-grinder-roubaix/

nice

That's the Diverge, look good on paper with slightly more tyres clearance than a Roubaix.

Meaning it definitely can fit mudguard and 28mm without a doubt.

Matt Black...

Is it 2012 again?

Prototype testing.

Thanks ed. I'll keep an eye for release.

They just need some road wheels with white DT Swiss spokes...

It's already been released, BikeRadar said 32mm with mudguard.