Hello there.
I'm new on here but don't bother with any of that 'be gentle' stuff
I'm looking for a Winter road bike for commuting to work (15 miles each way from the Lakes to the Dales) and training. I'm getting back into my riding after a 10+ year break and I'm a young 50 something.
I'm planning to get involved with some sporting TTs, Sportives and maybe some Audaxing next year.
I don't want to ride either of my present road bikes through the Winter as they are frankly too nice, although nothing exotic, and neither has mudguard clearance anyway.
I've looked around and the obvious choice to me seems to be a Ribble Audax 7005 with a Veloce compact chainset.
Am I making a big mistake or is there anything I'm missing?
I've presently got a 2nd hand 56cm Ribble in my sights on Ebay but nothing's definate there.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated, considered and may even be ignored completely, or maybe not
Peter
I'm new on here but don't bother with any of that 'be gentle' stuff
I'm looking for a Winter road bike for commuting to work (15 miles each way from the Lakes to the Dales) and training. I'm getting back into my riding after a 10+ year break and I'm a young 50 something.
I'm planning to get involved with some sporting TTs, Sportives and maybe some Audaxing next year.
I don't want to ride either of my present road bikes through the Winter as they are frankly too nice, although nothing exotic, and neither has mudguard clearance anyway.
I've looked around and the obvious choice to me seems to be a Ribble Audax 7005 with a Veloce compact chainset.
Am I making a big mistake or is there anything I'm missing?
I've presently got a 2nd hand 56cm Ribble in my sights on Ebay but nothing's definate there.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated, considered and may even be ignored completely, or maybe not
Peter