Help me choose a bike

[Castle]

Hi All

 

Hope that u will be able to help me. I have been doing triathlon for 2 years now, but cycling for a bit longer. Still own my first bike which is a old second hand Silverback.

 

 I want to upgrade to a tri bike now, and then keep the silverback for my cycle only events. Browsing on the web I found Quintana Roo has a new Split R bike which is interesting because it's both. Gives you n normal racing bike with mini clip on bars. This means that if I take it I can sell my Silverback and have a full carb in both worlds

 

The Question is I don't know the bike. Will it be comfortable in both tri (Jailbreak and Ironman and 70.3, energade series)and normal cycling or will I be riding with a disatvantage. Will the setup make it hard to climb or not?Will the mini clip on be less comfortable on the longer rides?

 

I can't see the bike beforehand, you order it from Triangle sports. So does anybody have a opinon on this??

 Hi All

 

Hope that u will be able to help me. I have been doing triathlon for 2 years now, but cycling for a bit longer. Still own my first bike which is a old second hand Silverback.

 

 I want to upgrade to a tri bike now, and then keep the silverback for my cycle only events. Browsing on the web I found Quintana Roo has a new Split R bike which is interesting because it's both. Gives you n normal racing bike with mini clip on bars. This means that if I take it I can sell my Silverback and have a full carb in both worlds

 

The Question is I don't know the bike. Will it be comfortable in both tri (Jailbreak and Ironman and 70.3, energade series)and normal cycling or will I be riding with a disatvantage. Will the setup make it hard to climb or not?Will the mini clip on be less comfortable on the longer rides?

 

I can't see the bike beforehand, you order it from Triangle sports. So does anybody have a opinon on this??

 

Help!

 

http://quintanarootri.com/_images/split-r/split_r.jpg

Castle2009-09-09 00:28:42

[TNT1]

sorry, can't help other than to add that Quintana make the most awesomest tri bikes on the planet.

[Eugene]

Another question to ask yourself, what about back up and warranties? Is this an official import into SA and is there a stock of spares. Even the wheels are QRoo wheels, you may wait ages for replacement parts in the even of a warrenty claim. If it is not an official import, you may even battle with any Shimano warranty claims.

There are other aero bikes on the market which have a much greater presence in SA. Fuji have a carbon model and Felt too.

 

[Castle]

It is.

Triangle sports has the lisence, they started with the imports round about the last 70.3 Ironman. I'm not worried about the parts of the bike,

I'm struggling more that I might weaken myself on both diciplins if I go for a bike that I can use in both tri and single sports, or rather keep my old bike and get a tri bike just for tri