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what’s the difference in price however?
Spa offer good Ti.
If looking at Van Nic, also look at J Guillem (chap previously at Van Nic)
Dolan ADX Titanium Road Bike
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what’s the difference in price however?
Spa offer good Ti.
If looking at Van Nic, also look at J Guillem (chap previously at Van Nic)
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See my other post regarding Van Nicholas
Cycleops
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I'm sure it's more, maybe much more, which is why they can offer a lifetime warranty, but what price is peace of mind?
Anyway it's up the the OP I'm sure he can weigh the pros and cons and make a decision.
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The “lifetime” warranty is an average of 25 years according to Van Nic website.
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I have the disc version with 105.
Bought back in 2020 and done just under 10,000 miles on it. Very comfortable ride albeit a little heavy.
However, I've found a crack in the frame where the internal cable routing enters the head tube. I'm currently working to have this returned and replaced under warranty but it is a worry. They say they've never seen this problem before which I'm asking for assurances of.
I can keep you informed as to how the warranty claim goes etc. but looking at the rim brake version the routing is very different so this issue shouldn't appear, at least not where mine has.
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Update....
Even though Dolan maintain they have never seen this issue before, the frame design has since been changed and the new frames have the cables routed directly down through the head tube. I'll let you all decide whether that is a good thing or not but at least it will mean this can't happen again. I now need to box and send back to Dolan at my own cost (£50 apparently) and when the new frames come in they will rebuild my components onto a new one and send it off. I've been given a date of mid Feb for this but seeing as the original delivery date when bought was 2 months out, I'm not too confident of this being correct, but we'll see.
I hope this experience helps anyone who may be contemplating this bike or the rim brake version as per the original thread.
Even though Dolan maintain they have never seen this issue before, the frame design has since been changed and the new frames have the cables routed directly down through the head tube. I'll let you all decide whether that is a good thing or not but at least it will mean this can't happen again. I now need to box and send back to Dolan at my own cost (£50 apparently) and when the new frames come in they will rebuild my components onto a new one and send it off. I've been given a date of mid Feb for this but seeing as the original delivery date when bought was 2 months out, I'm not too confident of this being correct, but we'll see.
I hope this experience helps anyone who may be contemplating this bike or the rim brake version as per the original thread.
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At least it is getting replaced without too much hassle by the sound of it.
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Interesting thread, I'm looking at the Dolan Ti gravel bike, it seems very good value for money and lifetime warranty on the frame.
That said, my first choice would be a Kinesis Ti gravel frame, because I'm happy with the way it fits me. Two isssues, its about a grand more and having already had a Kinesis Ti frame crack and be out of warranty I am certainly a lot more wary these days. It was only three years warranty back then and its not much better now at just five years!
So I prefer the comfort of a lifetime warranty that most frame builders now seem to offer, Ribble, Dolan and Spa for example
That said, my first choice would be a Kinesis Ti gravel frame, because I'm happy with the way it fits me. Two isssues, its about a grand more and having already had a Kinesis Ti frame crack and be out of warranty I am certainly a lot more wary these days. It was only three years warranty back then and its not much better now at just five years!
So I prefer the comfort of a lifetime warranty that most frame builders now seem to offer, Ribble, Dolan and Spa for example
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I've been riding a Dolan GXT for about 4,000 miles now and can't praise it enough, I've had zero problems with it, only requiring the usual maintenance, tweaking and replacement of parts (chains, etc), although somehow I'm still on the same cassette and brake pads which is unusual for me, don't know if that's down to the bike or the GRX groupset (which I love) but I'm not complaing either way! I've also swapped a few components ie wheels, handlebars and saddle but they've just been transferred over from the other bike ( a Ribble CGR Ti). Overall I'm very happy with it and wouldn't hesitate to buy another.
The lifetime warranty was one of the biggest attractions for me as well as two frames from Ribble cracked where the cables enter the downtube (more details upthread I think) so wanted to be sure that if the same happened on the Dolan I was fully covererd. The Dolan shouldn't have this problem as the cables are fully internal which in itself raised a couple of concerns, namely shifting effeciency and maintenance/replacemnt of the gear cables and brake hoses. Regarding the gear shifting in my view it's better than the Ultegra R8000 on the Ribble or the Ultegra 6800 on a PX Pro Carbon I've got, so that worry is no more! As for the cable/hose maintenance/removal ... well I haven't had to cross that bridge yet, we'll just have to wait and see.
Regarding the Ribble(s); I'm on my third frame, the first two frames cracked at around 11,000 miles and after the second went I didn't think Ribble would replace it as by that time it was well outside the 3 year warranty period, so I used a bit of pension money to buy the Dolan. A couple of weeks after placing the order for the Dolan and after having had a few drinks on a Friday night I decided to fire off a stiff email to Ribble telling what I thought of their design/manufacture/quality processes, and long story short they sent me a shiny new frame with a lifetime warranty. After discussing the breakages on the original two frames with Ribble I suspect I wasn't the only person having this problem as the new frame has had the cable entry points moved to the top of the down tube in a much less stressed location. I guess that's why they also now offer the lifetime warranty.
So overall I'm glad in a way what happened did happen as I would never have got to own the Dolan, which in my mind is a much better bike to ride and given the choice would take it over the Ribble every time. I'm now in the fortunate position of having a summer bike (Dolan) and a winter bike (Ribble) so I'm a very happy bunny at the moment!
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Great feedback, just what I wanted to read!!!
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Id be interested if you could post a few pictures of it, ideally the rack/mudguard mounting points on the rear triangle if possible?
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Ok I'll do that tomorrow.
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Are these OK? Let me know if you need more.
