£3k - What would you buy?
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It would be the Ti for me and then upgrade groupo at a later date
overmind
My other bike is a Pinarello
- Location
- Reading, Berkshire
A Brooks saddle and a holiday in Tenerife.
(possibly a park tools trueing stand as well)
(possibly a park tools trueing stand as well)
Ive had two Ti frames and two carbom frames....
Sabbath titanium
Custom titanium
Spec tarmac sl4
Cannondale synapse himod....
Only one of those frames remain in my arsenal........the custom Ti disc from ciello rosso.
I love titanium and love the ride from it
Are you able to explain the ride?
I love my Ridley Noah SL as it’s stiff and light, albeit a harder ride. Do you still get the stiffness and weight benefit or is it totally different?
Soltydog
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- Location
- near Hornsea
From my experience (planet X RT58 carbon & Van Nic Ti) the carbon was lighter & stiffer & certainly felt faster, but marginally. The Ti feels more comfortable, especially on day rides. Not much in it for me but the Ti just edges it & my fastest ride of 20+ miles was on the Ti, but it didn't feel it
A crack on the downtube of the RT58 ended it's days & didn't find the RT80 replacement as nice, so that made my decision to stick with Ti easier 
Done over 5k trouble free miles in last 18 months on the VNFor me, my Ti feels planted in the descent, its smooth in its feel over bad roads, but its also got the power transfer when you stomp on the pedals.......its a bike i never tire of riding and ive used it for road, cyclocross, flatbar commuter and its just worked in everyway i have wanted it too.
Its currently built 1x11 sram etap, carbon rims and 32mm strada tyres, its like heaven on 2 wheels
Haven’t shared my choices as didn’t want anybody purchasing before me but here goes anyway. These were the two bikes I was looking at in recent posts @jowwy.
I would be looking at a shallower rim version of the J. Laverack though. Actually have the wheels already so was tempted at building my own from frameset maybe.
Here is the Scott which is £3.5k for a 6.6kg bike that has RRP OF £7.6k. Full DA Di2 in latest version, with DA C24 rims.
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I would love eTap tbh, but I have a brand new Ultegra 6800 crank already, that was destined for the damaged Bianchi. The point being to swap the power meter between bikes. I can’t bring myself to mismatch eTap and Ultegra though.
I would be looking at a shallower rim version of the J. Laverack though. Actually have the wheels already so was tempted at building my own from frameset maybe.
Here is the Scott which is £3.5k for a 6.6kg bike that has RRP OF £7.6k. Full DA Di2 in latest version, with DA C24 rims.
I would love eTap tbh, but I have a brand new Ultegra 6800 crank already, that was destined for the damaged Bianchi. The point being to swap the power meter between bikes. I can’t bring myself to mismatch eTap and Ultegra though.
For me its a no brainer........that Ti just looks sweet on my eye.
The scott is just bluuuurgh
Just edited above about eTap btw.
You’re right about the colour scheme. I like it, but the R J.ACK just makes the heart race!
Was getting seduced by the kit attached to the Scott and the lightness I think.
You can upgrade the kit later........that jack just looks uber sweet
The scott just looks like any generic di2 carbon machine
Embrace the Ti and its smooth quality
It’s replacing my Bianchi, so wanted something sweet. Another Bianchi was the plan, but can’t affird a Specialissima. Lol.
That Jack hits the mark though in fairness.
Am I right in thinking that they’re not hugely heavier for longer climbs?
No they are not heavy.......
