Frameset only.There's a rather nice Enigma steel bike here for less. At £1500, it's cheaper, UK made, Columbus steel. I wouldn't go for red but I'd be tempted...
Road.cc liked it - http://road.cc/content/review/125386-enigma-elite-hss-frameset
Is this bike worth nearly 2 grand?
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deptfordmarmoset
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vickster
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deptfordmarmoset
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Well, £2800, but Condor did that - http://www.condorcycles.com/Condor-Bikes/12040-Condor-Acciaio-Stainless-Frameset/flypage.tpl.html£800 for frame, how do you get to £2700?
Mmmm
vickster
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Ah the stainless steel with custom paint job, fancy wheels etc
Cycleops
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That's right. All part of Halfords supermarket "price it up knock it down" psychological pricing policy.
Cycleops
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How can you pay all that money and only get half the wheels?!If you want 2k worth of steel bike there is only one way to go.
Didn't, I bought it second hand (50 miles on the clock) for 1.3k.
JoeyB
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If I were to spend £2k on a steel it would be the Croix de Fer 931
Cycleops
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But you still got short changed on the wheels!
Beebo
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If you are looking at modern classics then how about this one for £1,995?
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cooper/hackett-2014-touring-bike-ec060175
I suspect you are paying a bit for the Hackett branding, but you do get a 531 frame.
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cooper/hackett-2014-touring-bike-ec060175
I suspect you are paying a bit for the Hackett branding, but you do get a 531 frame.
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Leaway2
Lycrist
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If you want 2k worth of steel bike there is only one way to go.
It looks like a mobile Forth railway bridge.
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Hip Priest
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I like the look of it, but I wouldn't spend £2k on it.
There's an original one in M. Steel's near me in Newcastls, as ridden by the proprietor Joe Waugh in the Moscow Olympics!
There's an original one in M. Steel's near me in Newcastls, as ridden by the proprietor Joe Waugh in the Moscow Olympics!
Amanda P
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Gains marks for the quill stem, toe clips and horizontal top tube.
Loses marks for the absence of lugs,pokey-uppy loops of brake cables or downtube gear levers.
There must be a few originals still knocking about at the back of garages, and I doubt they'll fetch £2K.
(Nothing wrong with small wheels, by the way. They're lighter, stiffer and quicker to accelerate. Dr Moulton worked out in the 60s that with high-pressure tyres and fine-tuned suspension, any bigger than 17" was a waste of weight. MIT recently came to the same conclusion via a different route. Raleigh/Moultons had quite a succesful track season - small wheels also allow team pursuit riders to draft each other more closely - they were successful enough for the UCI to decide that the definition of a "bicycle" includes a minimum wheel size bigger than 17", in their usual, innovation-stifling way. Moulton/Pashley have more recently compromised at 20" because no-one except Schwalbe make a 17" tyre these days - probably largely because of that UCI ban).
Loses marks for the absence of lugs,pokey-uppy loops of brake cables or downtube gear levers.
There must be a few originals still knocking about at the back of garages, and I doubt they'll fetch £2K.
(Nothing wrong with small wheels, by the way. They're lighter, stiffer and quicker to accelerate. Dr Moulton worked out in the 60s that with high-pressure tyres and fine-tuned suspension, any bigger than 17" was a waste of weight. MIT recently came to the same conclusion via a different route. Raleigh/Moultons had quite a succesful track season - small wheels also allow team pursuit riders to draft each other more closely - they were successful enough for the UCI to decide that the definition of a "bicycle" includes a minimum wheel size bigger than 17", in their usual, innovation-stifling way. Moulton/Pashley have more recently compromised at 20" because no-one except Schwalbe make a 17" tyre these days - probably largely because of that UCI ban).
