ctw scheme

[Steampig]

my company have at last sorted this out but the company they have gone with ive never heard of?
literally had a quick 5 minutes glance and is it me or all bikes over priced?

wanting a road bike to do the short trip to work on, but also as a weekend bike.

what whould your choice from this lot be?

also has anyone done ctw sheme with these?

http://www.cyclesolutions.co.uk/road-bikes/c6?ePrice=1000&sort=FromPrice DESC

 

[DCLane]

They're all at full RRP, together with some outdated models there.

What's your budget/planned use? i.e. £500/1000, road/commute/off-road?

 

[Steampig]

Only a very short commute so not vital that it takes gaurds but would be nice. really something for winter riding, evenings and weekends. Road bike, all road riding and thinking maybe something with disk brakes?
budget up to £1000

 

[DCLane]

OK, my thoughts are:

Spesh Secteur Sport Disc £1k - http://www.cyclesolutions.co.uk/p65835/specialized-secteur-sport-disc-2014-road-bike - disc brakes.
I use a 2012 Secteur and it's done all sorts - Coast-to-coast, commuting, sportives, triathlons and now racing.

The only other disc road bike they have is the Tricross, which has fairly low spec gears/components.

The Giant Defy 1 frequently wins 'Best £1k road bike' awards: http://www.cyclesolutions.co.uk/p64838/giant-defy-1-2014-road-bike

 

[Steampig]

both were in my thoughts also, only problem with the secteur is its not in stock till oct!

 

[vickster]

You may actually find it cheaper to get a discounted outgoing model on interest free credit

Depends on your tax code, the details of scheme, end of scheme payment level etc...do the sums in terms of total outlay

Either way, you'll want to make sure the bike is well insured

CX bikes with discs worth a look too http://www.cyclesolutions.co.uk/cyclocross/c575

This looks very well specced for the budget - discs, carbon fork, 105 gearing http://www.cyclesolutions.co.uk/p55228/merida-cyclo-cross-4-2013-cyclocross-bike

 

[shyfire]

I got a specialized road bike through CTW and cyclesolutions back in May. They were very slick and efficient and I had the bike within 10 days of ordering. On the specialized I cross-checked prices and no one was selling it cheaper. A few other colleagues had problems organising delivery though. It's the same company as wheelies.co.uk and it was quite useful to cross check stock availability there. I do feel a bit like I've just got a bike in a box and missed out on the help in fitting & setting it up a local bike shop would have provided but that wasn't an option with the scheme.