Cycling 101 | Choosing Your First Road Bike
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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 (50x34): Ideal for climbing • Mid-Compact Crank (52x36): Good for climbs and sprints • Standard Crank (53x39): 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 • Subscribe to GCN https://youtube.com/globalcyclingnetwork • Channel Trailer: https://youtu.be/HSRHIsA3ZnQ • Why YOU Should Become Vegan: The Facts: https://youtu.be/7i6kyVQQxrI Get Social! @Bananiac ----------------------------------------------------- Website: http://bananiac.com Store: http://bananiac.spreadshirt.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/bananiac Twitter: http://twitter.com/bananiac Instagram: http://instagram.com/bananiac Google+: https://google.com/+bananiac Symposium Films: http://youtube.com/symposiumfilms Hello, YouTube. I am Bananiac. I am a vegan, a YouTube content creator, a dietitian, a foodie, a cyclist, and an earthling. I post weekly videos about health, fitness, weight loss tips, whole foods, plant based nutrition, high carb, low fat vegan recipes, cycling adventures, VLOGS, and interviews. Welcome to the channel! FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the US Copyright Law.
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is $250 a fair price to pay for a bike fit?
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Great informative vid, thanks
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What do you think about Fuji and Diamondback? Im looking about buy a Fuji sportif 2.1 or Diamondback Century. Someone know If those bikes are good? Its gonna be my first road bike.
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normally ride mountain bikes but about to get a bike to commute and stuck between a cross bike or full on road bike.
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i love mtb,fixed gear and road bikes. its hard for me to choose which is better...
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I wouldn't say concentrating on the gears is the most important. You can change the cassette, within a certain range, later on pretty cheap. I do agree on getting a good brand and a good LOCAL bike shop. THE MOST IMPORTANT thing is the RIGHT FIT for the person and the type of riding. If you get the wrong size frame, then there is very little you can do.
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ill steal your bikes lol
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Question after watching your video and subscribing I have about $300 that I can spend on a bike obviously my choices are limited I've seen a few starter bikes at Walmart. So being that you have more experience any guidance you can offer thanks
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Good informative video. Great advice. Thanx.
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What about giant contend 3
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Great video, I appreciate you taking the time to create this informative video. I'm a new rider of a hybrid 2016 Giant Escape 2 but after 2 months and cycling 3 to 4 times a week I'm ready for a road bike. I have my eyes on the Giant Contend SL 1 for my first road bike. thanks again
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nice advice
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Kona Scandium Major Jake with dura ace 7700 and mavic kysrium rims
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I picked one up for a hundred dollars. Secondhand. After some elbow grease it's running fucking great.
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i love gcn
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What bikes do you recommend for under 300 dollars?
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I have come across a 2014 Giant Aluxx, Frame size L, wheel base 101.1cm and stand over height 79.1cm..I am 181cm tall..So does this mean this bike frame should be perfect for me as my first road bike? Your reply will help me make my decission.
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Great video. I also ride a Tarmac and its pretty much my dream bike unless unlimited funds were available and then it'd just be a slightly newer S-works model.
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good advises for novice, very instructive. Good job
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