Ribble Bike Build

[MrWill]

You said the bike is a bargain and that you think the wheels are worth £500 alone...

Everyone can have an opinion. Just so happens yours is wrong and you pair it with unneccesary insults. Don't get upset.

 

[AndyRM]

I've got those wheels. Am I a muppet or a mug? Or both?

They are excellent by the way, and nowhere near 2.2kg.

 

[MrWill]

Becasue they sell something at a certain price doesn't mean it is worth that price does it.

They are not better than the cheap no name stuff you get off Ebay and the like. Hell even a pair of Campy Zondas are half the price and are better in pretty much every way.

 

[MrWill]

I've got those wheels. Am I a muppet or a mug? Or both?

They are excellent by the way, and nowhere near 2.2kg.

You're not anything.

Did you buy them for the full £?

They advertise them as 2.1kg though? And have seen some on scales at the 2.157g.

 

[Leodis]

Ribble make cracking bikes for the money compared to off the shelf jobs which you pay R&D. I bought a R872 with Camp Centaur red, Zondas (they had sold out of clinchers so put 2 way fit on at NO extra cost) with an ITM finishing kit for £1600 last year, it rides like a dream and the fact you are getting the FULL groupset not part (to pay for R&D) is far better. I do agree though some of their bikes are old fashioned in style and a few years ago their customer service was poor but I had excellent service from them and got a bike which would have been over £2k imh by a off the shelf manufacture.

 

[vickster]

Pro sponsorship as much as R&D I'd think...

 

[vickster]

I love the Muppet song, thanks for that lads

Here's another

 

[Drago]

As I've aforementioned elsewhere, Ribble was on my shortlist last month for a new road bike. I even managed to find an owner of one in another department at work (fortunately a similar height to me) who kindly lent it to me for a morning to thrap.

I didn't go the Ribble route in the end as I felt the front end was too flexy for a lardo like me - under mega hard mid gear pedal stomping I could see the main triangle flex. Old fashioned tube manipulation and a non tapered steerer didn't help. Shame, because it was a nice fit and comfy too.

Any way, to the point. I ended up with a rival brands bike with full Tiagra for £300 less than the comparable and bendier Ribble with full Tiagra. Can't see how that makes Ribble to be good value.

 

[Leodis]

What Ribble frame was it? What bike did you buy?

 

[Drago]

It was a 7005 race with 105, me old mucker. In yellow.

In the end I felt like a Felt.

 

[Leodis]

Cool, old bike that Ribble though

 

[Dan Ferris]

Glad i have opened up a 'debate'

I will be contacting Planet X on Monday to see if there are any of the limited edition one as recommended here - Thank you.