I am on a pretty tight budget as far as tris go. I have been training & racing on a Cervelo One. I added (56 mile used) HED 3 this year. I love them However I am looking to do an IM race in 04’. I really feel that I need a road bike as I will be riding with groups more etc and putting a ton more time in the old saddle. I will keep the ONE. Should I sell the wheels and use the money for the road bike? Should I keep the wheels? The only thing I am afraid of is that come race time I will miss the wheels. Any advise?
I think you should keep the wheels if you intend to race on the One. Come race day you will be yearning for race wheels–trust me! It doesn’t matter that they probably won’t make you a lot faster, you’ll just want to feel faster. And as far as race wheels go you cannot find a better value than the H3s. I agree on getting a road bike, too. But maybe you can get a cheaper roadbike than you intended instead of selling the wheels. It’ll be worth it!
Kim
simple, if you can afford it keep them. However, more time in the saddle will improve your time more than wheels alone. If you are like me, you will sell your Hed’s only to realize in a year that you really want them and find yourself spending more to re-aquire a pair than you sold yours for . . .
Train on your one find groups that don’t mind tri bikes. Just a thought
Keep the Heds especially if your focus will be tri’s. You may consider selling the one and getting a soloist. I do not know anything about them, but the bike is marketed as serving both needs. Another option would be to purchase a less expensive road bike than originally planned.
“I really feel that I need a road bike”
my guess is that if you were properly positioned on your ONE (i take it this is a last year’s one, i.e., tri geometry) you’d never think of trading it in for a road bike for tri racing. read our fit info and get properly comfortable and powerful on the bike you have.
keep the tri bike. save up and eventually get a used road bike for pack rides, etc.
The worst thing I ever did was part with my Specialized TriSpokes. I rue the day I made that hair-brained decision. I sold them to help offset buying 650 race wheels after I changed wheel size on my new tri-bike. Keep the wheels and buy less road bike. You can pick up all sorts of reliable used bikes on Ebay for not a lot of money. I sold an old Specialized Allez Pro steel frame, ultegra equipped bike for $350 last year. That was a rock solid bike, and as far as I’m concerned the guy got a hell of a deal out of it.
I would train on the One and keep all your stuff.