The BEST BUDGET Road Bike?? // Poseidon Triton
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
- So many smart decisions went into the design of this budget friendly road bike from Poseidon. And somehow it's still a sub-$1000 complete. Ready to ride out of the box - so much to like about this one.
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I like it, this is probably the road bike most people should get, including me
This bike is a unicorn build. 11-38T at the back? All-day geometry? 36 mm rubber capacity front and back? Nobody else is doing this, certainly not for $1000. Really good first bike proposition here.
34-50 kinda crazy with 700c and 11 tooth top end. A cyclocross double or even a tall geared mountain double would be more suitable. Paying for gearings you cant use seens un budget
@@ShinyUmbreon765 Isn't 34-38 gearing enough for gravel riding? Isn't it nice to have the high end road gearing also? It is like have the cake and eating it too.
It’s because their main customers live in higher elevations. They want to appeal to them plus those that want to be “gravel” curious. That bike is more of cyclocross bike than a road or gravel bike. A Shimano 105 R7000 will convert the Triton into a true road bike or just swap the crank for the actual 2x Microshift sword. Then you have a good all-road.
Great looking and excellent value for money,solid looking and riding to I'm sure with 32c tires.💯👌🏻🚴♂️
Just a got a flatbar X Ambition recently. My father was skeptical of the braking performance due to them having mechanical disc brakes. After trying it, he said he was pleasantly surprised how well it performed. He’s used a Cannondale road bike with mechanical disc brakes before, but he said this flat bar Poseidon definitely performed better. I’m guessing the leverage from the MTB levers or perhaps a difference in rotor size is what made them perform better. Haven’t bothered with compression-less housing yet, but I’m not sure I’ll need it anytime soon.
If you prefer flat bar then just covert the brakes to hydraulic. The Shimano flat mount brakes BR-UR300 will cost you about $80 maybe $100 max for the pair. Compression-less housing is only for the drop bar groupsets that don’t offer hydraulic brakes. The pull ratio from a road to a MTB lever is different. One is long pull while the other is short pull.
I think the weight is totally fine for the price of the bike.
Considering the 38 tooth granny the weight is pretty good.
Been waiting for this,similar to trek al2 disc?
This all what anyone needs
You just KNOW Shimano is getting really tired of seeing bikes speced with MicroSHIFT.
That’s good. It’ll keep the price of drop bars CUES affordable.
I would compare this bike to Marin nicasio, but this bike is way better and lighter.
The chainrings are too high 😢
I agree. I love the cassette gearing but 50/34 is still more than I need. It sounds like different chainring is the only upgrade I would look to make.
@@hawker604you can always the get the Microshift Sword 2x crankset. Then you will have the complete groupset.
The cycling world is so out of touch. $1000 being considered budget is insane. I know that the components and materials are expensive and that these are light-years beyond a bicycle shaped objects from Walmart. But when bikes are so expensive they're inaccessible.
There are millions of bikes sitting in garages that just need love.
Or just buy used and get something so much better
The problem is newbies won't know how to buy used, it's almost a useless proposition unless they get some serious assessment. A lot of people don't even want to put in the time to learn enough about bikes to buy used...
For those who are solo newbies this might be a decent option, I appreciate the thoughtful specs.
@@Megadeth6633 how is it a useless proposition 😂 a 5 minute google or you tube search will bring up all they need to learn about buying used.
@@Megadeth6633 Infinite information at our finger tips. Of course people CAN be lazy, if they chose, but it's FAR from a useless proposition lol
@@Mr_Zzzeee Well, you are right about that, it's actually not a useless proposition. It's the one I would take for sure.
To clarify the opinion, I think that in the practical world about 70-90% of beginners prefer to buy from a store with everything that it means (assessment, warranty, mechanical service, community)
I think the logical roadmap of a beginner is to start with something like this, and maybe consider later upgrading with a very good used bike.
I don't think any average mid level cyclist would buy this, it's clearly for someone just stepping in. I still hope people give love to second hand bikes though, it's worth it.
But, in a little bit, this bike will also be available used, and even cheaper...