So I decided to make the move to cycling. I'm a marathon runner by preference and have been looking to make the move to cycling for over a year now - there's only so many Km's in these knees!!. After cycling friends' bikes (mountain and road) and considering what I want to achieve, I have decided to go the road cycling route. This is predominantly influenced by the fact that I want to go into IM distance racing (being a good swimmer and runner) - 70.3 mostly and later in life IM. So after justifying my choice and giving a bit of context I come to the general newbe question. Which bike to buy? I have a budget in mind and I am currently living in the United States (returning to SA soon) and there is some great deals on 2010 models. Given my preference to tri and seeing that I will be doing non- and drafting legal tri's (I've done a couple of the shorter BSG races - fun, but not what I ultimately want to push myself to). These are some options I have - same Groupset - Ultegra; similar wheels. So the choice might come down to brand preference or geometry (fit). Specialized Roubaix Expert Specialized Tarmac Expert Scott S2 Cervelo S2 Cervelo R3 Any non-brand biased opinions? Thanks for the good site. Have been following it over 2 years now. Bought 32GI as a result - great stuff (no commnet on 32GI needed though!!)
