Cycling 101: How to Choose Your First Road Bike
Bananiac’s guide to choosing your first road bike. Should you buy carbon fiber or aluminum (alloy) frame? Should you get an aero, climbing/traditional, or endurance road bike? Should you get a compact, mid-compact, or standard crank? What cassette should you get? All are answered in this video.Popular aero bikes:
• Specialized Venge/Venge Vias (Carbon)
• Giant Propel (Composite)
• Canyon Aeroroad (Carbon)
• BMC Timemachine (Carbon/Alloy)
• Pinarello Dogma (Carbon)
Popular climbing/traditional bikes:
• Specialized Tarmac (Carbon)
• Giant TCR (Composite)
• Canyon Ultimate (Carbon)
• BMC Teammachine (Carbon/Alloy)
Popular endurance bikes:
• Specialized Roubaix (Carbon)
• Giant Defy (Composite/Alloy)
• Canyon Endurance (Carbon)
• BMC Gran Fondo (Carbon/Alloy)
Cranksets:
• Compact Crank (50×34): Ideal for climbing
• Mid-Compact Crank (52×36): Good for climbs and sprints
• Standard Crank (53×39): Ideal for flats and sprints
Cassettes
• 11-32t: Best for massive climbs
• 11-28t: All-round cycling
• 11-25t: Mostly flats with a few hills
• 11-23t: Best for flat and sprint courses
• Giant Defy 1 Road Bike 2013 – 1 Year Review & Specs https://youtu.be/woSGhL5ZcS4
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I’m a 4″11 girl. Any tips on brands or builds that cater to a small frame?
Having a hard time being comfortable on most bikes.
the best video on YouTube
Great advice!! We are beginners so this helps!! :)
how much you pay for yours?
I ride a giant avail advanced 1. I love her!! might be worth the mention
that any half decent brand and bike shop will have a lifetime warranty on
their carbon frames :)
what is going on with symposium?
s-works look OK, if not a little lame, I need something really fast! what
do you recommend?
I’m just getting into triathlons and trying to get the hang of steering
with my elbows. I need something that can sustain my effort of about 24kph.
If you’re at a super high level like me, what brand would you buy?
roll thro brah
I have specialized dolce triple 2015?I wish I could help myself with that
video when I was buying it:-
great stuff, Tino!
QUESTION
I have just got my first road bike and really want to get a power meter
now. I want the cheapest (rainproof) thing that tells me what my wattage
is, what would you recommend?
that is all I want: something that tells me what my wattage is… thats it.
what should I get, is it difficult to set up? do i need a specific cassette
or anything?
Excellent video mate!
This was extremely useful to me; thanks so much!
Great video, its so hard to find a 101 breakdown for beginners with out
getting lost in the bicycle terminology. Thumbs up, I feel good about
buying a bike now.
The info about the gear ratio and cranks excellent ! I never quite
understood what Harley on about ! Lol however…. I have a classic 80s ”
racer” with 5 gears!! Lol but I love it…. Bought for 60 quid recently….
You can see it on my you tube channel ” vegan shirls” … The main thing is
to get out there and get moving on any bike eh? Thanks I enjoyed your
video… X
would you recommend insurance on road bike? I would love to get a bike to
travel to my job.
awesome. really helps thanks
Good video! ???? I ride a Cannondale synapse now that I bought this
past winter. Love it! My first all carbon fiber frame. Rode a giant avail
and fuji ace before this. Looking at tri bikes next!
I after having a 1.5 and a dual-suspension MTB I have ended up with a Trek
X-Caliber 7 with a lockout front fork and I am faster on it with hybrid
tires than I ever was on a road bike. I also like the durability and if I
want to cut off-road its easy done. Road hazards are a breeze too. Check my
channel for GoPro rides on the 7 and vegan lifestyle vids!