aerobrain
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As some of you might have seen from another thread (intended to be for technical advice :-) ) I'm in the process of window shopping ready for buying a new bike in a month or two. I'm not expecting someone to just give me the answer here but I do like to hear other people's opinions/suggestions even if ultimately I ignore them. And I just like talking bikes :-) I know some of you have already posted on the other thread and that's what's at least convinced me to ignore the option of putting new groupset etc on my current bike.
Bit of background, I do Sportives (yes, I know this alone makes me the devil incarnate) and mainly long distance ones 100+ miles but I also enjoy my short sharp (20-30miles) rides. Not many big hills near me but I do do the occasional hilly sportive, C2C, Tour of the Peak etc. I weigh 100kg, aiming to get to 95kg but realistically won't get lower. I've recently spent £500 on a custom wheelset so whatever wheels come with the bike is irrelevant. My LBS stocks/sells Boardman Elite, Cannondale, Look, Neil Pryde, Colnago, Felt, Argon (along with a few others) and my preference would be to buy from them but at the end of the day if I'm spending £2k-£3k then don't want to cut my nose off to spite my face. That obviously covers my budget as well.
So, at the moment the (quite eclectic) list is as follows:
1) Boardman Elite SLR custom build with Ultegra or Force 22
2) Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra (2015 model)
3) Specialized Venge Expert (2015)
The Boardman being custom spec is good as I get the benefit of effectively not having to pay for a set of wheels I don't need and by all accounts the full hi mod frame is really top notch. The Cannondale is cheap enough I could just about afford a power meter which is something I really would like at some stage (I've had the discussion as to why many times, boils down to I'm a geek and I'd like to have one ;-) ). The Venge would obviously be a bit of a gamble with it effectively being a sprinters bike but I can't get past the fact I think it looks simply awesome and on the more sensible side I've read a few reviews where people have said it's a lot more versatile than you might imagine in non-sworks guise as the frame is a bit more supple.
So any comments on the above or other suggestions? BTW I've ruled out Canyon as I would like to buy from somewhere that has a shop in the UK. I've specifically looked at the 2015 Cannondale as it seems like they've dropped so much in price that it's the same price as the 2014 model when it's at sale price.
:-)
Bit of background, I do Sportives (yes, I know this alone makes me the devil incarnate) and mainly long distance ones 100+ miles but I also enjoy my short sharp (20-30miles) rides. Not many big hills near me but I do do the occasional hilly sportive, C2C, Tour of the Peak etc. I weigh 100kg, aiming to get to 95kg but realistically won't get lower. I've recently spent £500 on a custom wheelset so whatever wheels come with the bike is irrelevant. My LBS stocks/sells Boardman Elite, Cannondale, Look, Neil Pryde, Colnago, Felt, Argon (along with a few others) and my preference would be to buy from them but at the end of the day if I'm spending £2k-£3k then don't want to cut my nose off to spite my face. That obviously covers my budget as well.
So, at the moment the (quite eclectic) list is as follows:
1) Boardman Elite SLR custom build with Ultegra or Force 22
2) Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra (2015 model)
3) Specialized Venge Expert (2015)
The Boardman being custom spec is good as I get the benefit of effectively not having to pay for a set of wheels I don't need and by all accounts the full hi mod frame is really top notch. The Cannondale is cheap enough I could just about afford a power meter which is something I really would like at some stage (I've had the discussion as to why many times, boils down to I'm a geek and I'd like to have one ;-) ). The Venge would obviously be a bit of a gamble with it effectively being a sprinters bike but I can't get past the fact I think it looks simply awesome and on the more sensible side I've read a few reviews where people have said it's a lot more versatile than you might imagine in non-sworks guise as the frame is a bit more supple.
So any comments on the above or other suggestions? BTW I've ruled out Canyon as I would like to buy from somewhere that has a shop in the UK. I've specifically looked at the 2015 Cannondale as it seems like they've dropped so much in price that it's the same price as the 2014 model when it's at sale price.
:-)
Just seen the 2015 Cannondale SuperSix SRAM Red Edition is £3k, stick that one on the list!!
