I have had an itch to get back onto a TT/Tri bike for sometime now, ever since I sold my '14 NP3 (51cm) to assist funding myself and my wife relocating to Germany from Australia.
Now that I have been here for over 1 1/2 years, I want to get back on it.
I mostly used my P3 for sprint tri's and the occasional TT, nothing too long distance and I mainly want to stick with using it as a TT bike, not so much interested in getting back into doing Tri's, but that may change, who knows.
Basically, I am torn between 2 bikes, a Canyon Speedmax CF (Not the SLX) and a Felt IA1. Both I have found second hand, the Canyon having mechanical Ultegra R8000 and the Felt having R9150 Di2. Both bikes are 2017 MYs and the Canyon comes with Cosmic CCs while the Felt comes with nothing (I have wheels for it so not fussed).
Now I realise that the Felt is strictly a UCI rejected bike, so I would not be able to attend any UCI events on it, but I am finding it hard to resist grabbing it anyway because,.
A. It seems like a good deal
B. I always thought this frame looks ridiculously cool, how could you find it ugly?
C. There are some smaller TT events held locally here and in Austria that do not follow UCI regs, so there would be nothing stopping me from using it there.
Are there any other people here riding around on UCI banned bikes just because you wanted a TT bike and do not race? Or am I just being a fool?
Thanks for any help.
Now that I have been here for over 1 1/2 years, I want to get back on it.
I mostly used my P3 for sprint tri's and the occasional TT, nothing too long distance and I mainly want to stick with using it as a TT bike, not so much interested in getting back into doing Tri's, but that may change, who knows.
Basically, I am torn between 2 bikes, a Canyon Speedmax CF (Not the SLX) and a Felt IA1. Both I have found second hand, the Canyon having mechanical Ultegra R8000 and the Felt having R9150 Di2. Both bikes are 2017 MYs and the Canyon comes with Cosmic CCs while the Felt comes with nothing (I have wheels for it so not fussed).
Now I realise that the Felt is strictly a UCI rejected bike, so I would not be able to attend any UCI events on it, but I am finding it hard to resist grabbing it anyway because,.
A. It seems like a good deal
B. I always thought this frame looks ridiculously cool, how could you find it ugly?
C. There are some smaller TT events held locally here and in Austria that do not follow UCI regs, so there would be nothing stopping me from using it there.
Are there any other people here riding around on UCI banned bikes just because you wanted a TT bike and do not race? Or am I just being a fool?
Thanks for any help.