Hey all! The time has come to choose the new rocket and I welcome your thoughts and opinions. Not sayin' I haven't made up my mind 90% wise but still would like to read your thoughts.
I am definitely going with a 2014/ 11 speed but have a semi-difficult choice to make. At 53 years young I can say with surety that I'm done with pack racing. Been there, done that. It was swell but the swellings gone down. I'm looking to do more distance events ala Gran Fondos and such, maybe back into Tri and likely a few Time Trials which I have always enjoyed.
I own a:
1981 Fuji Royale II 12 speed; My nostalgia bike.
A Dawes touring bike, very basic 9 speed economy bike.
A Bianchi Pista track bike that has been customized with a rear brake and carbon riser handlebars into a hipster dufus fixed gear.
A Guru Trilite Tribike
and a Giant TCR Ltd full carbon road racer.
The TCR is the frame onto which I flipped all the useable components from the Giant TCR Formula T Mobile frame that got trashed in the accident. The T Mobile was a super-aggressive racing frame.
I am looking at a Specialized Roubaix Expert or a Tarmac of the same level. Basically full Ultegra. I've debated DIU ( the DI2 version of Ultegra) but don't think I need it and on the fly repairs would be easier with regular Ultegra.
So, with the sort of longer distance riding I have in mind should I forego the aggressive frames like the Tarmac and opt for the less rigorous Roubaix? I still fancy myself a speed demon but I hear the new Roubaix's, with 6 more years of bike technology on my TCR will be lighter and super fast.
Part of the issue is misplaced ego/vanity, to be sure. But with the climbs we all know are inherent to our local riding maybe the Roubaix is the way to go. So post up, let me read what you think. I plan on getting mileage in the mega range because as the great Eddie Merckx once said, "RIDE LOTS..."
Eric J
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