Cycling Bikes For Sale

What to look for when buying a new road racing bike?

Does anybody know what I need to look for when buying a new bike for road racing. What features does it need to have?

It depends on what discipline of road racing your planning to do; Time Trialing, Hill Climbing, Long stages, Short stages etc.

Generally a good road racing bike needs to be light, streamlined and relatively comfortable, so carbon forks or a carbon frame is a good start. For the gearing you need something with some nice hard gears so you can get some good speed up on the flatter stages. This kit needs to be of a relitavely good spec too; Shimano Ultegra/Dura Ace or Campagnolo Chorus/Record level.

The wheels could do with having slight aero rims but disc wheels are pretty useless unless your time trialing so don't spend to much on the wheels. The tyres need to be narrow though if they're too thick then it'll be very hard work out on the road, thinner tyres will reduce friction.

Most of all it needs to fit you well otherwise its not worth having, it depends on the disipline but it has to be quite comfortable and also get you in the right riding style for your dicipline. E.g. Time Trialing - Low and streamlined.

All this kit for a decent road bike will cost anything from about £700 upwards. I recommend Trek, both me and my dad have them and they're very good value for money. Depending on how much your willing to spend and how serious you are with the whole thing the 1 series are very good for less competitive racing, i own a 1.7 and its fantastic! If your willing to spend a bit more then the Madones are very good. My dad has just bought a 4.1 and he loves it.
Other manufactures you could consider are Giant, Weiler Specialized and Scott.

Hope this helps

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