What to get with Gift Certificate?

[menglish6]

I just recieved a gift certificate for about $500 to Performance Bike and I need advice on what to do with it. I have a 66cm caad3 frame, all the components are ultegra except the crankset which is dura-ace. I'm a fairly new to cycling, and at an ideal weight of 215-220 I don't really ever see myself getting into racing. I'll mostly just stick with weekend centuries and Cycle Oregon type rides.

What (if anything) would be the best use of this money? I was thinking a carbon fork and/or seat post (although I have this notion that someone told me that I would have a problem with most forks on a 66cm frame). Any other good suggestions as far as noticeable value/$$?

thanks in advance,
Michael

 

[supergrill]

I just recieved a gift certificate for about $500 to Performance Bike and I need advice on what to do with it. I have a 66cm caad3 frame, all the components are ultegra except the crankset which is dura-ace. I'm a fairly new to cycling, and at an ideal weight of 215-220 I don't really ever see myself getting into racing. I'll mostly just stick with weekend centuries and Cycle Oregon type rides.

What (if anything) would be the best use of this money? I was thinking a carbon fork and/or seat post (although I have this notion that someone told me that I would have a problem with most forks on a 66cm frame). Any other good suggestions as far as noticeable value/$$?

thanks in advance,
Michael

The best use by far would be to send to the gift certificate to me.

 

[TrevorN]

if you like the bike the way it is, i would suggest stuff like extra tubes, lube, water bottles, clothes, repair parts/tools. basicly things that are a pain to always be buying. or atleast this is what i would get.

(by the way who gave you a $500 gift card?!)

 

[DiabloScott]

Work stand, heart rate monitor, clothes, car roof rack, the best pair of shoes you can find, Cytomax.

You can also use the gift certificate for labor on a tune-up if you don't do that kind of stuff yourself.

 

[menglish6]

if you like the bike the way it is, i would suggest stuff like extra tubes, lube, water bottles, clothes, repair parts/tools. basicly things that are a pain to always be buying. or atleast this is what i would get.

(by the way who gave you a $500 gift card?!)

well, this is really the only real road bike I've ever ridden any distance (I didn't exactly have a bunch of choices in my size and price range when I got it), I was wondering if there was something I could get that would make a difference I wasn't aware I was missing. anyway, if there isn't anything that would really make much of a difference like that I'll probably just get an assortment of gear.

thanks for the thoughts

(oh, i got the gift card from google)

 

[jitteringjr]

well, this is really the only real road bike I've ever ridden any distance (I didn't exactly have a bunch of choices in my size and price range when I got it), I was wondering if there was something I could get that would make a difference I wasn't aware I was missing. anyway, if there isn't anything that would really make much of a difference like that I'll probably just get an assortment of gear.

thanks for the thoughts

(oh, i got the gift card from google)

Do you like the wheels? What do you have now? For $550 Kyserium elites can be had and there are a lot of choices at around $700 like Hed and velomax just to name a couple.