Apologies to those who have replied to a similar recent thread like this recently, but my question is a bit different and I didn't want to hijack that thread. As background I'm a 58 year old road biker doing 40-60 miles once or twice a week and the odd longer sportive. I've been riding a basic Cannondale Synapse (Al body, carbon forks, Claris groupset) for about 10 years and its pretty much had it.....bottom bracket is going, plus a few other niggles. I'm not getting any younger and would like to feel a bit more comfortable out on the bike and hopefully do a bit more in retirement soon.
I'd like to upgrade and have been told/read that the main things to improve comfort are:-
- full carbon frame
- decent wheels (eg Hunt carbons)
- tubeless tyres (this one seems more controversial)
My budget is £1500-£2000 and it seems, from what I've seen I can't have all the above for that, so what would you recommend:-
- buy an old-ish full carbon bike second hand and upgrade the wheels (risky perhaps?)
- buy a new carbon bike and forget about upgrading the wheels for bit
- buy a decent spec Al/Carbon fork bike and upgrade the wheels (eg Decathlon Triban RC500 https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/road-bike-triban-rc-500-disc-brake/_/R-p-3080...
I've been really struggling with this and getting a lot of conflicting advice so any help really appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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