First Road Bike - Which To Choose? Help!

[alistair.taylor]

Hi,

I am completely new to road bikes, but want to improve my fitness and have wanted to get a road bike for years.

I have been scouting about and am between two:

Mekk 2G Poggio P1.5 Sora (£650)

or

Verenti Belief SR2.0 Tiagra 2014 (£550)

From what I can understand the Verenti is better equipped, but the Mekk has a much better frame (full carbon)

Any advice on which to go for? or maybe I'm looking at completely the wrong thing!

Thanks

 

[RebornBumbler]

If those are your two choices, try both, then decide.
I doubt they'll feel similar - the Mekk looks much more 'relaxed', the Verenti more aggressive..

It's worth pointing-out that carbon is not inherently superior to aluminium, but there's no doubting that Tiagra is a step up from even 2014 spec. Sora.

The only reviews of the Mekk seem to be of the 2.0 which has a lot of nice parts (Ritchey) missing from the 1.5
I can't find a weight for the 1.5 either...

If it were me, I think I'd be going for the Verenti - but that doesn't mean you should!
(I've got a Felt F95 with Sora, and it's about £450)