Hi there,
I'm plannin to get a bicycle trainer to train at home.
Any suggestion? price less than 1k la. hopefully 500 plus can get?

if you get the 32T.. use your current 11-28T.. don't see any problems except having to turn the barrel adjusters a bit to ensure it shifts up and down smoothly.. it's mostly caused by the slight difference in freewheel positioning and that depending on the difference between both your wheels might cause from slightly laggish shifts or possibly a few gears that might not shift accurately...

if you don't mind the group impurity... SRAM Red is a good consideration.. in fact Force is already a good one... i've seen a couple of shimano equipped bikes running SRAM Red... mostly i think due to needing a BB30 crank which shimano does not have...

That being said, the Red crank has carbon arms and is considerably light... and if you choose Red.. .it comes with blackbox BB i believe... which is ceramic hybrid bearings...  crank along is in the region of RM1.2k if i recall correctly.. the GXP  BB another couple of hundreds...

it depends on what you plan in your road map.. if you are starting to get itchy and want to upgrade while only maintaining 1 bike... i suggest you stop upgrading and cut your losses now...

most probably your future bike might have stuff like BB30 and things that forces you to forego transferring components from your current bike... and having a complete bike purchase is much more cheaper than getting a frame upgrade...

much like when i plan for the Race Machine... a fully stock SRAM Red Race Machine is priced @ RM15k conservatively... if i built mine from a bare frame with SRAM Force but slightly different component which is no better than the stock one, it passes RM14k and i don't get SRAM Red... if i select back the same Easton cockpit, even worse... SRAM Red will blow it past RM16k easy... even the older pre-2012 ones...
i think most bike shops might have it... but you can check with pedalspot as i see them having couple of models..

the BB is another couple hundred bucks... don't forget that... the new 2012 or the old crank?

it will make some difference... that is no denying.. just don't regret spending those money and then later finding it down the drain... jus speaking from my perspective... experimentation is a very painful way in cycling...

money no object... it will be some crap bike that no one has heard of before (some custom low volume german carbon production units like spin)... as miaopurr says...R5CA is too mainstream... it is just another expensive bike...

else, my midlde ground dream bike would be the canyon ultimate CF i think ... or a supersix evo...not to say that the top end Trek Madones or SL3 & SL4 are bad.. but either of them would do me jus fine.. .owning all would be a cool thing...along with a ton of wheel selections sitting there waiting for my abuse...

i don't think there will be an ideal bike in my opinion... the ideal bike is of course one that lets you feel that it is the bike you can bash everyone into a pulp day in day out... not a particular brand or bike, but "the bike"... which is why i kinda stick with watever i can get from my bike shop... but i mix and match stuff and features to what i particularly look for...

so, my reference now is just a simple stiff enough carbon unit with a not so top end group and some bomb proof wheels...the others like cockpit will be a matter of fitting... having money to change out parts just to try them out for fitting will be a plus for me... having to hit it on the spot without having to try them is the killer...

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Added on September 11, 2012, 10:09 ammr.jgx...while googling.. realized GH already brought in the Specialized (non s-work) tarmac sl4 expert... and the new 2013 model some more...

http://www.baikbike.com/new-arrival-2013-t...rt-mid-compact/

black on black livery some more..


although, i can't come to admitting that the s-works does look nicer.. especially with the corima MCC's...

where??? where??? where???

where you ride?

y not u use ur merinda to overtake them?

If not mistaken, is Team IG – Sigma Sport, one of the team participating in Tour of Britain. Currently live Stage 6 http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-50.php

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=468...&type=3&theater

it's not un-common practice to have different bikes within even a worldtour team...

many years ago.. 2008 to be precise when bruyneel took over astana... the entire team was riding the Trek Madone 5.2.. not the top end bike then as the 6 was already launched... reason during that time was the 6 would go under the UCI limit with their standard team builds and require a lot of work to get it above the limit... mechanics would have to waste time pairing it with heavier cassettes or chains and try to string lead weights at the lowest point of the bikes...

some mention about it here...
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/pro-...k-madone-16689/

good to do if it was the team's captain or star rider.. but sometimes a bit of waste in time to do it for the domestiques... it is possible that they might choose a heavier frame instead to get the weight increase...

most likely.. the pro continental teams are the ones who cannot afford top end frames for all riders and some riders within the team will get lower end models..

there was even rumor that Carlos Sastre in 2009 or 2010 actually did not rode the R5CA launched during that time.. but was actually riding a production R5 that was not yet launched... hence, it explained as why his R5 did not have the black on black styling of the R5CA.. but it was still a custom paint job for his 2008 tour win yellow livery..

it comes to show that the gains on top end frames are so marginal on ones that are a tier or 2 lower that even pros can let it slide a bit...

you meant the boss went? it was mentioned before in cyclingiq that the company is trying to secure a team. not surr if it will happen though...

osymetric is brads fav chainring. but i think rotor is better as it has multiple mounting hole options to let you finetune the downstroke and it comes with chain catcher and available here now. osymetric nearest to us is in japan

that's the cheap ones...

this are the babies i am looking for.. it's fully sealed but the housing is a paint chipper... expecting over 300 for the entire set...

can't say much for the avanti.. but the allez and sr01 is a good bike but a tad pricey for an alloy bike... almost venturing into entry level carbon bikes like mr.jgx's merida scultura evo 904... roughly above 7k with 105 as well..

the allez i saw was listed over 5k msrp at gh... not sure about the final price but both bikes are very good at this level...  if i recall correctly... so, is the sr01 listed at 5.5k.. but if you said it can be discounted to 4.7k... it's a good thing... just not sure if you can get the same level of discounts with gh...

i would go with the new 2013 allez if they arrive in a couple of months time over the sr01... but if they hit close to 6k.. serious considerations have to be made into getting a entry level carbon...

at the end of the day.. you have to base your decision on whether which bike shop you are more comfortable with as it will be a long term relationship if you don't already have cycling friends... aesthetics also might play a role in this with the BMC having less appealing color schemes than the allez...