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Hi all,
I am thinking of changing my bike. After 2 years on my Giant TCR2 I need a change partly due to sizing? issues and partly due to my never ending quest for something new. ;D
My problem is that a couple of the frames (or rather the frames of the bikes I am considering) I am thinking of are compact frames - Bianchi EV2 and Giant TCR0. However, the bike shop I patronise has advised me not to go for a compact frame due to my height - 1.87m, which I am told is difficult to size properly on a compact.
The normal frames that i have been pointed to are either not to my liking - Trek 5200, or outrageously expensive De rosa King/UD, Colnago C40 - see I have champagne taste but a budget for tap water, a misallignment of my tastes and my means :'(.
The quetion is- is it true that a compact frame cannot give the same level of fit and comfort that a normal frame would? Furthermore, is the myth about the supriority of Italian frames as opposed to American/Taiwanese frames true? Finally what do you think of KHS and Sintesi as frames.
Regards
I am thinking of changing my bike. After 2 years on my Giant TCR2 I need a change partly due to sizing? issues and partly due to my never ending quest for something new. ;D
My problem is that a couple of the frames (or rather the frames of the bikes I am considering) I am thinking of are compact frames - Bianchi EV2 and Giant TCR0. However, the bike shop I patronise has advised me not to go for a compact frame due to my height - 1.87m, which I am told is difficult to size properly on a compact.
The normal frames that i have been pointed to are either not to my liking - Trek 5200, or outrageously expensive De rosa King/UD, Colnago C40 - see I have champagne taste but a budget for tap water, a misallignment of my tastes and my means :'(.
The quetion is- is it true that a compact frame cannot give the same level of fit and comfort that a normal frame would? Furthermore, is the myth about the supriority of Italian frames as opposed to American/Taiwanese frames true? Finally what do you think of KHS and Sintesi as frames.
Regards