- Jun 21, 2004
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I hear you with loading the bike up and driving to the trail, I hate that part and with the 29er its pretty much impossible to fit the bike in my car. I pretty much destroyed myself last summer while on a trail. Hit a jump, came down on coal and the bike slid out. 6hrs of plastic surgery later and i was out of the hospital, not fun. I got pretty reckless last summer on the trails and thats why I think its time to switch to the road bike. as far as my price range, anything close to 1k would be fine. I really do not know much about the road bikes tho but some of them that were posted in this thread look real nice. any info would be appreciated.
Only thing with switching is now you have to lookout for cars. I ride in the LA area and surrounding areas so it's packed with cars so you always have to be on your toes. I got hit last year and luckily wasn't too bad.
As far as your price Trek and Specialized offer a couple models in your range. The Allez and the Trek 1.2 is under 1k. Road bikes are expensive, entry level pricing starts around $700. Cheaper components, most of these bikes will be outfitted with 9-speed Shimano Sora. The frame material of course drives the price up, aluminum vs carbon fiber. But what drives price up is also the groupset. Three different component brands out there. SRAM, Shimano, and Campagnolo. I started with a Trek 2.1 when i started riding and fell in love with cycling. Close to a year later i sold it and bought the BMC i posted on the first page.
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