First Decent Road Bike - Boardman Road Comp

[NormanD]

No Disc Brakes **SIGH!!**

 

[addictfreak]

Nice looking bike, the SRAM Apex is a good group set. I used it in Italy on a Blackhawk hire bike. It was flawless and the gear ratio made the long mountain climbs easy (ish)
White bikes look great, just a little more work needed to keep them looking that way.

Enjoy

 

[dugliss]

I`ve been thinking about getting this bike. Is the geometry more "relaxed" or sporty? Hard to tell as the shops never have the size I want to try. I sat on a medium but it felt too big and stretched out for me despite the fella in Halfords insisting that was the size I needed. Don`t suppose they`d sold out of small, do you?
It looks an absolute bargain at the moment, especially with the10% extra discount if you are a member of British Cycling, would take it down to £570

 

[stephen.rooke]

I`ve been thinking about getting this bike. Is the geometry more "relaxed" or sporty? Hard to tell as the shops never have the size I want to try. I sat on a medium but it felt too big and stretched out for me despite the fella in Halfords insisting that was the size I needed. Don`t suppose they`d sold out of small, do you?
It looks an absolute bargain at the moment, especially with the10% extra discount if you are a member of British Cycling, would take it down to £570

depends what you call relaxed i have the medium its bigger than my last bike which was a 54cm frame, bars are stretched out more but i find it comfortable when riding at a slower pace and can get some real speed up when thrashing it. see if you can find a halfords around that has the small in stock. i can confirm its an awesome bike, does everything i need it to and has a smooth ride. i got a cut in the tyre meaning i had to replace it as it was eating tubes and i swapped the pedals over to clipless. dont really know of a bike for the same price i would choose over it. next year i might get the carbon aswell or a decent mountain bike on the ctw scheme

 

[cyberknight]

I had to get the shops to order in a small as none within 20 miles carried them as standard stock, easy way to tell is to take a tape measure and measure centre of seat tube along top tube to the centre of the head tube , a small is 54 cm , medium 55.5 cm