£1000 to spend on C2W scheme... Bike advice please..

[toeknee]

Hello everyone,

As per title, I have £1000 to spend on a road bike, now in other posts I have been putting the cube peloton sl 2015 at the top of my list, but on visiting a few bike shops today, they all said that the components are amazing, but the,frames are not that good ( please correct me if they ar wrong. ) , so I seem to be back to square one with my selection. I have been looking at the Dale synapse, but a bit unsure about the disc brakes, also been looking at the cadd8. Two of the bike shops pointed me towards the Scott speedster 10 2015, which looks nice. But at the end of the day I'm totally confused again now, so call on the experience of fellow cc'ers to give me some options / opinions
Either alloy or carbon.
On suitable steeds for me. This is an early 50th present off my wife.....
If I knew how to post links to bikes I would , but sorry I dont.

Regards

Tony

 

[bpsmith]

Last year, the go to C2W bike was the Defy 1, without a doubt. It offered a good all round build, great frame, great groupset and reviews made it bike of the year.

Not sure how it stacks up this year, with a redesign, but if it's as good as the previous year then it definitely worth a look.

 

[Roadrider48]

Have you looked at Planet X?

 

[potsy]

This is an early 50th present off my wife.....

So is this on her C2W scheme or yours?

 

[screenman]

What sort and how much cycling do you do now?

 

[toeknee]

Have you looked at Planet X?

Yes I did, I wanted the pro carbon, but they take 10% on the cycle scheme, so because of that , I had to have a lower spec bike, so I left that one.

So is this on her C2W scheme or yours?

No it's on mine, but Mrs t is making the monthly payments.

What sort and how much cycling do you do now?

My riding consists of riding on country lanes, every week or more if I can.

 

[screenman]

My riding consists of riding on country lanes, every week or more if I can.[/QUOTE]

The reason I asked is that from my experience most people who buy on this scheme soon go off the idea of cycling, you could well be one who does not, seeing as you already enjoy it.

On firm I do work for had 9 people buy on this scheme, only one was still using the bike a month later. This came from a reliable source.

 

[Rustybucket]

I got the boardman team carbon Ltd edition last year. Really recommend it, shame it's from halfords thou! (Poor build and service)

 

[The Brewer]

I can only get C2W in January or June so I'm starting to look for the next one......don't really need a bike, but still
DOLAN looking good, just need to get up to Ormskirk for a test ride

 

[toeknee]

I got the boardman team carbon Ltd edition last year. Really recommend it, shame it's from halfords thou! (Poor build and service)

I went to halfords today, looking at the team carbon for £999, not one salesperson came near, so I just walked out. But have noticed , carbon frame = lower spec components, so I think I will have alloy = good components.

 

[toeknee]

I can only get C2W in January or June so I'm starting to look for the next one......don't really need a bike, but still
DOLAN looking good, just need to get up to Ormskirk for a test ride

I think dolan take a % out of your £1000 aswell.

 

[Cycleops]

Interesting what you say about the Cube frames. The Cube alloy frames have poor unfinished ugly welds but this is just cosmetic so wouldn't affect any performance aspect. Have a look at the Boardman frames for comparison. Cube's money goes on components rather than frame finishing, they likely get them made outside for them, like many manufacturers.

 

[vickster]

The boardman bike was not terribly well reviewed in last months cycling Active

 

[vickster]

Why not just fund the c2w fee out of your own pocket

 

[toeknee]

Don't have much spare cash vickster to be honest, son at Leeds uni costs a lot. Amongst other things..
I was hoping you would post with the ideal bike for me....