I promised myself that if Antwerp went ok I would treat myself to a new bike but didn't really think much beyond the idea of eating up the miles on a shiny new carbon bike! I currently have a female specific ally bike with tri bars and normal wheels. I am not confident enough to go for a TT bike as I can really only go on the bars on a traffic free course and I don't want to race on a bike set up that I haven't practiced on.
The nice man at HMRC has given me a refund which in my eyes had new bike written all over it. I think it is actually meant to be re-invested in my pension but WTF!
I was thinking of a carbon road bike with the most aero clip on tri bar set up that I could get (I am not confident but I am very flexible so the actual aero position is not a problem). However having done some more research I have been told that this would just be a total waste of money and that I would be better off sticking with my current set up and maybe looking at some deep section wheels but that a carbon road bike would make no difference in terms of speed on the flat or climbing.
Does anyone have any experience of the comparison between ally and carbon road bikes? Would better wheels help more than a carbon frame?
Any thoughts very welcome - plenty of other things to spend the money on!
Thanks guys