Hi all,
So as a 40th birthday present to myself, I'm going to be buying my first (and probably last) tri bike. Till now I've been riding an old Trek 1200 with clip-on bars.
Given the various sales that are on, and the fact that I want Di2 on the bike, I've narrowed it down to the three choices above, and am looking for suggestions about what to go for. There's no local bike shop with tri bikes around, so it's going to be mail order whatever I do. As far as I can see, the pros/cons for each choice are as follows:
IA10: Excellent spec, wheels will need upgrading (which at the current sale price will take it up to the cost of PRFive)
B2: Most adjustable? Will need new wheels. As expensive as the IA10 given that the latter is on sale
PRFive: (this is the race version) excellent spec, more adjustable than the IA10 (as it looks like a standard stem)? comes with race wheels already, but I'll need to buy some training wheels. I'm not enamoured with the look of this bike for some reason.
If it matters, I'm 183cm tall with an inside leg of 85cm, and not super flexible (though am working on it). I had someone do a bike fit for me on my road bike, but was told that the stack/reach figures from that fit don't translate due to the new position I'll be in. I guess part of what I'm wondering is how "long and low" each of the above bikes are, and how adjustable.
All thoughts/recommendations are very welcome.
So as a 40th birthday present to myself, I'm going to be buying my first (and probably last) tri bike. Till now I've been riding an old Trek 1200 with clip-on bars.
Given the various sales that are on, and the fact that I want Di2 on the bike, I've narrowed it down to the three choices above, and am looking for suggestions about what to go for. There's no local bike shop with tri bikes around, so it's going to be mail order whatever I do. As far as I can see, the pros/cons for each choice are as follows:
IA10: Excellent spec, wheels will need upgrading (which at the current sale price will take it up to the cost of PRFive)
B2: Most adjustable? Will need new wheels. As expensive as the IA10 given that the latter is on sale
PRFive: (this is the race version) excellent spec, more adjustable than the IA10 (as it looks like a standard stem)? comes with race wheels already, but I'll need to buy some training wheels. I'm not enamoured with the look of this bike for some reason.
If it matters, I'm 183cm tall with an inside leg of 85cm, and not super flexible (though am working on it). I had someone do a bike fit for me on my road bike, but was told that the stack/reach figures from that fit don't translate due to the new position I'll be in. I guess part of what I'm wondering is how "long and low" each of the above bikes are, and how adjustable.
All thoughts/recommendations are very welcome.