I won a Quarq, but what bike do I put it on???
File this under good problems to have! I was the lucky winner of a new Quarq PM during the Tour of Sufferlandria earlier this year. Score!!!! I can choose the model/specs so pretty much it will work on any of my 3 bikes. BUT- here's the rub, all 3 bikes already have a PM in some form. So I need some help deciding what makes the most sense. Here are the details.
TT Bike: Felt DA with 650 wheels with a Powrtap Pro+. BUT, it's got a frankenstein Cobb/DuraAce crank to give me a 155 crank. There are no Quarq PM's in 155 size, so that's pretty much out right away.
Road Bike: Trek Domane with SRAM Red cranks, 165 crank arms and a 700c custom (ie, pretty white flat spokes to match the bike) wheels with a Powertap G3 built in. The only reason to put the Quarq here would be if I thought Quarq would be superior to the G3. If I went this route I'd be selling the PT Wheels and buying a new set.
Cyclocross Bike: Cannondale SuperSix with an FSA crank and 170 Stages FSA crank arm. Two sets of wheels cause I ride this as my road/cross/adventure/short Tri/ whatever bike. It's the only bike I bring to Florida because it's my "do everything" bike. I'm leaning on putting the Quarq here, getting myself shorter crank arms (165) and selling the Stages crank??? The one down side to this plan is that this bike is a little older with center pull brakes and had been thinking of getting a new bike to replace it with disk brakes. That means being "stuck" with a BB30 Bottom Bracket on any new bike decision. Should I be worried about that?
Any thoughts from the team?
TT Bike: Felt DA with 650 wheels with a Powrtap Pro+. BUT, it's got a frankenstein Cobb/DuraAce crank to give me a 155 crank. There are no Quarq PM's in 155 size, so that's pretty much out right away.
Road Bike: Trek Domane with SRAM Red cranks, 165 crank arms and a 700c custom (ie, pretty white flat spokes to match the bike) wheels with a Powertap G3 built in. The only reason to put the Quarq here would be if I thought Quarq would be superior to the G3. If I went this route I'd be selling the PT Wheels and buying a new set.
Cyclocross Bike: Cannondale SuperSix with an FSA crank and 170 Stages FSA crank arm. Two sets of wheels cause I ride this as my road/cross/adventure/short Tri/ whatever bike. It's the only bike I bring to Florida because it's my "do everything" bike. I'm leaning on putting the Quarq here, getting myself shorter crank arms (165) and selling the Stages crank??? The one down side to this plan is that this bike is a little older with center pull brakes and had been thinking of getting a new bike to replace it with disk brakes. That means being "stuck" with a BB30 Bottom Bracket on any new bike decision. Should I be worried about that?
Any thoughts from the team?
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I won one from Rappstar's WBR contest and sold it here on EN to @Jeff Kane & will be donating the proceeds back to WBR...
@Leslie Knight Ah- no replacing Fawkes the TT anytime soon- I actually still really like that bike. Plus, Quarq doesn't offer a 155 crank, and no matter what TT bike I buy, I'm gonna want that short crank arm.
The more I think about it the more I'm leaning towards putting it on the Cross bike and selling the Stages crank (or hanging onto it for when I eventually sell the Cross bike and upgrade to a new one).