Another rate this bike for you

[Accy cyclist]

Top grade alloy v low end carbon. A decent weight, decent groupset and a good price reduction.


http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXRT58ALUAPEX/planet-x-rt-58-alloy-sram-apex-road-bike


Tell me if there's anything wrong with it please. I know you can buy carbon for a few hundred quid more but isn't quality aluminuim as good as or even better than lower end carbon?

 

[Milkfloat]

Search around on the forum and you will see lots of praise for the RT-58. They had a special on recently and a lot of people bought one. I think @vickster did, if I remember correctly.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Search around on the forum and you will see lots of praise for the RT-58. They had a special on recently and a lot of people bought one. I think @vickster did, if I remember correctly.

She must have more bikes than my LBS!

 

[vickster]

Yep cost me £500 with SRAM rival 22

Only got 5 bikes and one is for sale

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yep cost me £500 with SRAM rival 22

Only got 5 bikes and one is for sale

Do you rate it then?

 

[vickster]

I've only ridden it a couple of times and bought as a donor bike which will be soon converted to flatbar but yes, I doubt you'll get a better new bike for £500 (RRP £800)

@russ.will also got one and did a review if you search

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/n...ccies-added-page-6.181514/page-7#post-3767766

It's not a cx bike though. Max 25mm tyres probably

 

[Accy cyclist]

I found it but it didn't give much information.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/planet-x-rt58.182702/#post-3767732

 

[vickster]

See the link I posted, he wrote a long review, probably around page 5 or 6 iirc

 

[Accy cyclist]

So this is the same bike http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXRT58ALRIV22/planet-x-rt-58-alloy-sram-rival-22-road-bike but with better gears and brakes?

 

[vickster]

That's the bike I and Russ got, it was a special deal a month ago or so

 

[Accy cyclist]

So this one isn't quite as good? http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXRT58ALUAPEX/planet-x-rt-58-alloy-sram-apex-road-bike

 

[vickster]

Having both group sets, I'd say rival 22 is well worth the extra £100

Indeed, I am replacing the apex on the carbon with the 22 and the rt-58 flat bar is getting the apex

That's why I bought the bike. Rival 22 group set is around £350 minimum to buy and I was already considering it. That's why £500 was such a bargain

 

[Cyclist33]

Top grade alloy v low end carbon. A decent weight, decent groupset and a good price reduction.


http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXRT58ALUAPEX/planet-x-rt-58-alloy-sram-apex-road-bike


Tell me if there's anything wrong with it please. I know you can buy carbon for a few hundred quid more but isn't quality aluminuim as good as or even better than lower end carbon?

Not saying it ain't a good deal but how do we know or ascertain it is "top grade" alloy? It sounds like regular bike aluminium alloy to me.

 

[Cyclist33]

So this is the same bike http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXRT58ALRIV22/planet-x-rt-58-alloy-sram-rival-22-road-bike but with better gears and brakes?

Correct, since your question wasn't answered.

Real world, unlikely to make any difference.

 

[vickster]

Real world 22 rival is noticeably smoother