£300 - £500 race bike?

[GrumpyGregry]

Based in West Wales,
some good cycle paths here, nice long winding roads, and my LBS organises loads of events.

out of interest whereabouts?

 

[vickster]

out of interest whereabouts?

He mentioned an LBS in Llanelli

 

[User16625]

No discs allowed for racing currently, but it's not clear what the OP wants from a bike anyway, although he did mention words like 'race' and 'competitive'..

They dont allow discs for safety reasons. Im making this up now but there was an incident in a major British cycle race (forget which one) where after a crash, one of the cyclists removed the front disc off his rear wheel and used it to attack another competitor, causing him to lose 2 fingers and severe injury to the hand.

 

[S-Express]

They dont allow discs for safety reasons. Im making this up now but there was an incident in a major British cycle race (forget which one) where after a crash, one of the cyclists removed the front disc off his rear wheel and used it to attack another competitor, causing him to lose 2 fingers and severe injury to the hand.

Maybe I've missed the subtlety, but I don't understand what you're talking about, sorry.

 

[S-Express]

He mentioned an LBS in Llanelli

Crosshands. That's a bit like calling Sutton 'Croydon'

 

[ayceejay]

Isn't 'racing bike' code for one with dropped handlebars and 22 gears?

 

[subaqua]

Crosshands. That's a bit like calling Sutton 'Croydon'

Aaah the South London v Surrey dilemma.

any bad stuff its "Today in South London". any good news , " Today in Surrey "