New Bike Advice

[jowwy]

I'm looking for advice on my next C2W bike - Budget is 1K - but there are some pre-requisits

Its has to be steel - don't mind whether its compact or triple - would like disc brakes, but not a deal breaker - must take full mudguards and a rack

What you got???


edit: i have to use evans cycles

 

[michaelcycle]

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXKAFF2TIA/planet-x-kaffenback-2-shimano-tiagra-road-bike

 

[helston90]

Two q's for you- what sort of bike are you after? Sound like a road bike but that's a guess?

Are you allowed to buy discounted bikes or does it have to be full price?

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Evans do the Kona Honky Tonk which is a stunning looking bike, it kinda has a tech-retro coolness about it.
They are available with Disk brakes and well worth a look IMHO.
Can't tell you too much more about the bike other than @ianrauk has one so should be able to tell you more.

 

[HLaB]

http://www.condorcycles.com/Audax-Commute-Touring/9457-Condor-Fratello-2011/flypage.tpl.html
@Scoosh has a very nice Fratello

 

[jowwy]

Two q's for you- what sort of bike are you after? Sound like a road bike but that's a guess?

Are you allowed to buy discounted bikes or does it have to be full price?

i dont mind what bike just throw some ideas at me - and yes we can buy discounted bikes

 

[jowwy]

http://www.condorcycles.com/Audax-Commute-Touring/9457-Condor-Fratello-2011/flypage.tpl.html
@Scoosh has a very nice Fratello

too expensive hlab and evans dont do them lol

 

[jowwy]

I think at the moment its a toss up between 3 bikes - Genesis Equilibrium 00, Ridgeback Panorama, Dawes Galaxy - although the fuji does intrigue me, but it has bar end shifters

 

[VamP]

Not sure if I would bother with cheap steel TBH. Decent steel frames alone start around £1500, so you can imagine what you are going to get for 1k for the whole bike. Let me ask differently - why steel? What are you looking for that a good ALU frame won't give you?

 

[fossyant]

Ian loves his Kona !

 

[amasidlover]

I'm looking for something similar - although not tied to steel and can go a little over 1k, but options that might suit you (and not so far mentioned) are:

• Jamis Bosanova
• Charge Plug 3
• Charge Hi Filter (same bike I believe but 2013 model)
• Genesis CDF2014
• Revolution country explorer

Ooops - scrub the last one evans don't sell it...

 

[jowwy]

Not sure if I would bother with cheap steel TBH. Decent steel frames alone start around £1500, so you can imagine what you are going to get for 1k for the whole bike. Let me ask differently - why steel? What are you looking for that a good ALU frame won't give you?

just fancied a nice steel framed bike vamp - i do like the condor ones but its out of budget

surely the genesis ones are not cheap steel are they or the dawes???

 

[jowwy]

Think this looks better than aluminium

and this one too

 

[VamP]

The equilibrium is Reynolds 853 tubing. It retails at £400 for the frameset. It will ride differently to a good ALU (from say Kinesis) but not better in any meaningful way, and be a lot heavier. Out of the ones you're looking at, it's probably the best choice, although I do like the no non-sense look of the Kona. I just think that something like a CAADx would do everything the equilibrium can, but better, and be really handy off-road as well.

 

[VamP]

I disagree