new road /touring bike?

stevechambers34
stevechambers34 Posts: 458
edited February 2008 in Workshop
does anybody have any suggestions for a new road/light touring bike, it needs to be/have.

steel or alloy butted frame
triple chainset
105 or similar gears/groupset
carbon forks
traditional or semi compact frame around 54/55cm
mudguard eyes and clearance for about 28mm tyres
rack mounts a bonus
around £500 ,so discounted machines could be good?
any ideas ,I am not snobbish so not fooled by glamour or /'names'
though I wouldn't discount them
being a reformed stuntdrinker allows pontification

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Genesis Aether Road Bike

    http://www.ukbikesdepot.com/products.php?plid=m1b0s6p522

    Not far off your requirements, but i dont think it has mudguard eyes.

    http://www.ukbikesdepot.com/products.php?plid=m1b0s163p561

    This ones got all the mudguard and rack business but no 105. Should be relatively chaep to upgrade though.
  • JWSurrey
    JWSurrey Posts: 1,173
    500 quid is the keen end of the market for this sort of bike, fitted correctly.
    Try Ribble, but if you can, get down to the shop and get yourself properly fitted for the bike.
    They only have horizontal top tubed bikes undder 500 though.

    Kinesis do a nice frame (starting at GBP163 at Shiny Bikes for what looks like an older version with no fork), and you could then source your gruppo. and other parts from someone like Parker or Wiggle or GB Cycles, or maybe pick up a bargain '06 gruppo.

    Some shops will build a Kinesis frame up for you. The only place i've seen them sold in an LBS was Liphook Cycles, but the last time I was there I never got a quote and didn't get along with them.

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