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Before I even start explaining, please don't say, keep 'em both, k? Alright, Im thinking of selling the best hardtail I have ever owned to get a road bike. How dumb an idea is this??
Some background now. I had been a roadie (CAT 2) from the late 80's through mid 90's when I found mountain biking and fell in love with it. Sold the Bottechia to get a middle of the road Raleigh mtb to replace my old Hardrock Comp. Flash forward a bit, I started racing mtb and had some very modest success as an expert rider but found I really had more fun just riding off road and kinda faded from the race scene only doing a few endurance events a year. During this time, I also fell in love with singlespeeding (woot!) as well as the joys of working on new bike skills. I began spending more time trail riding the SS, jumping, and riding park/urban. That lead me to purchase my Chameleon this year.
Now the dilemma...I have two SS hardtails (the Blizzard and the Chameleon) and Im finding that while they are very different, in some ways, they really aren't. To make it worse, I find that I am rarely riding the Blizz anymore and have relegated it to a 1x9 (big ring only) and it sits on the trainer with a slick on the back. The Lizard weighs marginally more but only because of how its setup (frame weight is alomost the same). Anyway, the SC is just so freakin versatile that Im starting the consider selling the Blizz and getting a road bike again. I may have forgotten to mention that I bought a sweet Gunnar (all Ultegra) a year ago and sold it to get the Chameleon since I really needed a burlier bike than the Blizz. Now I realize it was a mistake. Im thinking a roadie is great for the trainer (Im in Ohio so lots of time is spent there) and I might even get back into racing a little (road) and see if I still hav any goods left while getting my racing fix at the same time. The Chameleon can pretty much do everything else and can be setup light enough to even race if I ever really wanted to (prolly get a rigid for that and keep a light wheelset handy). Anyway keeping the Blizz, the Liz, my bmx, and getting a new roadie isn't in the cards right now (Im spending my "biking funds" on a trip to Whistler in two weeks).
So....whatcha all think?
Some background now. I had been a roadie (CAT 2) from the late 80's through mid 90's when I found mountain biking and fell in love with it. Sold the Bottechia to get a middle of the road Raleigh mtb to replace my old Hardrock Comp. Flash forward a bit, I started racing mtb and had some very modest success as an expert rider but found I really had more fun just riding off road and kinda faded from the race scene only doing a few endurance events a year. During this time, I also fell in love with singlespeeding (woot!) as well as the joys of working on new bike skills. I began spending more time trail riding the SS, jumping, and riding park/urban. That lead me to purchase my Chameleon this year.
Now the dilemma...I have two SS hardtails (the Blizzard and the Chameleon) and Im finding that while they are very different, in some ways, they really aren't. To make it worse, I find that I am rarely riding the Blizz anymore and have relegated it to a 1x9 (big ring only) and it sits on the trainer with a slick on the back. The Lizard weighs marginally more but only because of how its setup (frame weight is alomost the same). Anyway, the SC is just so freakin versatile that Im starting the consider selling the Blizz and getting a road bike again. I may have forgotten to mention that I bought a sweet Gunnar (all Ultegra) a year ago and sold it to get the Chameleon since I really needed a burlier bike than the Blizz. Now I realize it was a mistake. Im thinking a roadie is great for the trainer (Im in Ohio so lots of time is spent there) and I might even get back into racing a little (road) and see if I still hav any goods left while getting my racing fix at the same time. The Chameleon can pretty much do everything else and can be setup light enough to even race if I ever really wanted to (prolly get a rigid for that and keep a light wheelset handy). Anyway keeping the Blizz, the Liz, my bmx, and getting a new roadie isn't in the cards right now (Im spending my "biking funds" on a trip to Whistler in two weeks).
So....whatcha all think?