£700 to spend on road bike, for club rides whats would your suggestions be?
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Cyclist33
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Google and your local bike shops.
vickster
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Other than it looking nice in the garage, what type of and how much riding will you doing - in terms of club rides? Terrain? Distance?
Giant Defy 2, good value at £700 odd at the moment - has Tiagra while quite a few at that price are Sora. Boardman bikes offer good vfm too. You could go used and get a carbon bike, but you'll need to know what you are going.
Is it purely a weekend toy or needed for wet weather / commuting too
Think you need more to give info if you want an actual recommendation!
If you are in the NE, there is a Giant Defy 1 for sale in the Classifieds at £500 which is stunning value at around half price
Giant Defy 2, good value at £700 odd at the moment - has Tiagra while quite a few at that price are Sora. Boardman bikes offer good vfm too. You could go used and get a carbon bike, but you'll need to know what you are going.
Is it purely a weekend toy or needed for wet weather / commuting too
Think you need more to give info if you want an actual recommendation!
If you are in the NE, there is a Giant Defy 1 for sale in the Classifieds at £500 which is stunning value at around half price
i have a mtb, an old carrera flat bar roadie and a dahon folding job, so it will be use mainly as a play thing, im based in birmingham, have been to the usual evans, and cycle surgery i will pop to the couple of shops around digbeth this week.
the plan is to use the bike to get back up to a level of fitness where i can comfertably do sunday morning club rides
so far my favourites have been trek 1.5 and the felt f95 ( although the f95 is a 2300 groupset)
the plan is to use the bike to get back up to a level of fitness where i can comfertably do sunday morning club rides
so far my favourites have been trek 1.5 and the felt f95 ( although the f95 is a 2300 groupset)
vickster
Legendary Member
Cool. CS have the Defy 2, but only an M/L so you'd need to be 6ftish realistically
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/pws/UniqueProductKey.ice?ProductID=CGIA0595KR
You can certainly do better than 2300 for £700 - the Triban has that for £300 - although not all about the gearing
Have you ridden the Trek, can't go far wrong, especially if it's reduced as Trek (like Specialized) do seem overpriced IMO
Got On your bike in Birmingham too
Have a look at Cannondale, Cube. Jamis, big in US, not so much here, have a good rep - Evans sell them
105 on a Felt Z85, but only in 51cm, great if you are on the smaller size! http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/44794/Felt_Z85_Bike_2012
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/pws/UniqueProductKey.ice?ProductID=CGIA0595KR
You can certainly do better than 2300 for £700 - the Triban has that for £300 - although not all about the gearing
Have you ridden the Trek, can't go far wrong, especially if it's reduced as Trek (like Specialized) do seem overpriced IMO
Got On your bike in Birmingham too
Have a look at Cannondale, Cube. Jamis, big in US, not so much here, have a good rep - Evans sell them
105 on a Felt Z85, but only in 51cm, great if you are on the smaller size! http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/44794/Felt_Z85_Bike_2012
slowride
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derrick
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At that sort of money i would go for second hand, should be able to find something really nice, but you need to know what you are looking at, if you do not know much about them go for a new one.
jefmcg
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It's sales season. For £700 new, I'd hold out for Tiagra at least.
Zakalwe
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What other bikes do you have and what do you hope to gain from a new one - be it performance, bragging rights, etc.
PaulSecteur
No longer a Specialized fanboy
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Have a look at tifosi. I might not have spelled that right.
They are on the parker international site.
They are on the parker international site.
400bhp
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One with two wheels, a frame and a saddle.
Sorry, we just seem to be getting so many of these "what bike" threads.
In reality, these days most bikes over £500 are reasonable and do the job. Whether a bike is good or bad will really come down to personal preference and how it fits.
Maybe a better question is what bikes are crap? Perhaps a sticky
Sorry, we just seem to be getting so many of these "what bike" threads.
In reality, these days most bikes over £500 are reasonable and do the job. Whether a bike is good or bad will really come down to personal preference and how it fits.
Maybe a better question is what bikes are crap? Perhaps a sticky
jefmcg
Guru
This thread is 5 months old, and OP hasn't been here since October 4.
