I`m looking to buy a racebike for £1,500 any recomendations
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555 must be second hand. Beware of cracks around lugs.
Why not go for new. Look at Cinelli Willin or CUBE Agree
Both exceptional value for money and come with warranty.
Find a dealer to measure you and go for it0 -
a mate just bought a Trek ..... for this budget
He tested quite a few bikes and this was his favourite
The Willier at this price point looks good IMO.Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer0 -
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andyp wrote:I think Focus are always hard to beat at any given price point. A full carbon frame with Dura Ace for £1399 is very attractive.
I agree with this ... it depends how much you value the brand and aesthetics ... something like the Focus Izalco bikes at £2,400 are probably the equal of (say) a Pinarello costing £1,500 more. SRAM red groupset, Racing 1 wheels etc. You're paying a lot for the name on the frame is the inescapable truth.
That said, the fact you're on this forum suggests that your bike has assumed no small importance in your life, so why not get the one you want?0 -
I have to recommend the Izalco cos I've got one!
carbon frame, SRAM Force group, Kysirum SL wheels, FSA bar and stem.
I weighed it myself at 7.3kg and that's with the normal pedals on you see.
I paid £2,000 for mine but noticed they went down to £1,800 at the end of 07.
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It was mentioned that the Look 555 would have to be second hand at £1500. Not so:-
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/id36858.html0 -
Defo the Wilier Mortirolo - but Focus are very good too. (I've owned both)!
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Because my job is so boring I have been passing the time looking for Look 555 on the internet. This seems to be the cheapest:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOOK-555-FULL-CAR ... dZViewItem0 -
have a look at planet x bikes you could probably get one
with ultegra and carbon wheels for that money
They are a good race proven frame as the team rides them
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Well what can i say, much appreciate all your replies and the efforts all of you have made, looking at the choices you guys came up with does mirror my own search, morrisje is right i found the Look 555 on Jejames for that price.
The Focus Izalco is a good deal but the SRAM groupset puts me off as my local bike shop (and sponsor of my club) is a Shimano dealer so im sticking with the Japanese gruppo, also would prefer an all carbonfibre bike, should have mentioned these two things in the original body but i was in a rush to get away from work!
Nobody mentioned the Specialized Tarmac i saw this deal, they have a good name.....
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I have a Giant TCR C2 and it's an awesomebike. The frame is a genuine monocoque, as opposed to most which are constructed from mitred tubes wrapped in additional carbon fibre. This means, as I understand the engineering rather than the marketing b0ll*cks, that it's easier to tune the stiffness/comfort compromise. I've had Colnago and Trek carbon fibre frame spreviously and this is the best to ride by far. It's an exciting ride, climbs as well as can be expected with a 15 stine rugby back row aboard, and is comfy over distance (I'm also an audax rider, so distance to me is 200Km plus).
The spec is very good for the price and all the hidden bits are Ultegra - the compromise if the Aksium wheels. Whilst these punch above their pricepoint, they don't have the cachet that the rest of the bike does, so I replaced mine with Ksyrium Elites (on aesthetic grounds, I'm a big handbuilt wheel fan but have yet to be aresed building with CX Aeros).
The frame is more than up to top end gruppos and ridiculous wheels, so it's not a bad investment. The current neutral colours should age well too.0 -
Only ever had one modern race bike, so a biased and poorly informed opinion, but FWIW I reckoned my all-carbon TCR was VERY nice. I expected it to be a bit twitchy given its purpose, but not a bit of it. Just rode right: one of easiest "hands off" bikes I've known. And Giant always get top vfm markings in tests.
And you could pick up a top end, top specc'd, barely used one for 1500.d.j.
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Give the SRAM group a try It's well worth it. It's simply better and better looking that Shimano. It's also pretty much compatible with Shimano. From what they say about the new DA shifters Shimano are changing to be more like SRAM.
I race with a Force set on a Cannondale that came with a Dura ace cassette and chain and I've just converted my training bike to Rival sticking with the old shimano 105 9 speed crank, Ultegra cassette & new DA chain.0 -
Some of this is objective, but bits are very subjective and are my positive experience of it.
Ergononmically the shifters are great, you set them up so that you have a level transition off the bar tops to the hoods. The shifters are smaller and more compact than shimano and don't have a great lump with all the mechanism in.
The fact that there is only one shift paddle becomes intuitive very quickly and I find the fact that the brake levers are rigid gives me a more assured feeling descending and give a stiffer feel to the whole bike when climbing or Sprinting.
I find the shifts very positive, you click at the hoods it shifts one gear quickly at the mechs.
Set up out of the box is pretty easy and I found them easier than shimano but do not have too much experience of Shimano, I decided I was going to 'bite the bullet' and learn this bike biuld rather than have the shop do it, will do it again. I've probabby done 3000 miles on SRAM now with no shift issues or need to tweak the mechs.0 -
I think Shimano are changing their cable routing due to losing sales both to campag and SRAM on aesthetic grounds ... and obvlously loads of people with DA will want the visual upgrade (shifting might well actually be worse with the more tortuous route)
I would definitely not spec SRAM on a new bike other than Red but that is high end and out of budget, but some people have had a good experience.
On a budget I'd go for Centaur or Ultegra SL ... proven tachnology, light weight and low cost relative to Record and Red. Centaur in particular weights only slightly more than Dura Ace and has pretty much all the technology of Record but costs less than half the price0 -
wildmoustache wrote:I think Shimano are changing their cable routing due to losing sales both to campag and SRAM on aesthetic grounds ... and obvlously loads of people with DA will want the visual upgrade (shifting might well actually be worse with the more tortuous route)
I would definitely not spec SRAM on a new bike other than Red but that is high end and out of budget, but some people have had a good experience.
On a budget I'd go for Centaur or Ultegra SL ... proven tachnology, light weight and low cost relative to Record and Red. Centaur in particular weights only slightly more than Dura Ace and has pretty much all the technology of Record but costs less than half the price
I've not ridden Campag but have SRAM Rival, Force and had 105, Ultegra and DA,
SRAM Rival is as good as DA
What's your bad experience with Rival and Force or is it all marketing hype0 -
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:roll: OK
I'll give it a go
But I do wonder why I would want to when SRAM's so good and all the shifts are in the right place on one lever.
If you're going to race definately don't consider SRAM, that way I've the competitive advantage.
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macstaffs wrote:Well what can i say, much appreciate all your replies and the efforts all of you have made, looking at the choices you guys came up with does mirror my own search, morrisje is right i found the Look 555 on Jejames for that price.
The Focus Izalco is a good deal but the SRAM groupset puts me off as my local bike shop (and sponsor of my club) is a Shimano dealer so im sticking with the Japanese gruppo, also would prefer an all carbonfibre bike, should have mentioned these two things in the original body but i was in a rush to get away from work!
Nobody mentioned the Specialized Tarmac i saw this deal, they have a good name.....
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/ProductDeta ... 62b64ec252
support your club sponsor!!!!!!!!!! That is why he does it Not for FUN0 -
I agree
Use your LBS or Lose it.
I'd never buy a bike over the internet but happily buy things I know the LBS can't compete on like bits and peices and clothes online. (the LBS agree that some times I'm wasting their time to ask them what price they can do parts for that are heavily discounted) They've just had thier best January in 23 years or something.0 -
I'm the opposite to ninjaslim.
I buy my parts and clothing from my lbs. It's these bits and pieces along with servicing that help keep these places in business and I don't mind paying a couple of extra quid to have something the day I need it. Missing out on saving £5 or £10 on little things isn't a major deal, but I'm not prepared to miss out on saving £500+ on a bike or having to compromise on what I can get within my budget through shopping at my lbs.
Also, out of the 3 bikes I've bought in the past the only one that didn't fit properly was the one bought from my lbs. The two I've had of the internet fit like a glove.0 -
System
How can you buy a bike in the flesh and walk away with the wrong size?
The very reason I choose my LBS for the bike is so that I can test ride it for a day before I pay for it. I can turn up and have any concerns I might have with it addressed and as it's the centre of my sport I don't want to be without while I send it off for a second opinion.
Funnily enough I can live without the clothing for a day while it arrives in the post by return as my LBS can't afford to stock a huge range of makes, stlyes and colours where the online retailer can. For parts I need in a hurry I'm at the LBS like a shot but if I can save £140 on RRP on a pair of shifters, as I did just before christmas, I'm not going to bother asking them I'm to try and match it.
The deals on bikes I get from my LBS are pretty special and they wouldn't be getting my business for £500 over what I could get the product elsewhere.0 -
redddraggon wrote:ninjaslim wrote:I've not ridden Campag
You're missing out then, campag is better than the rest. Best value groupset is Centaur by far.
JEJames are flogging the 2006 Centaur for £229
Good value?0 -
Yorkman wrote:redddraggon wrote:ninjaslim wrote:I've not ridden Campag
You're missing out then, campag is better than the rest. Best value groupset is Centaur by far.
JEJames are flogging the 2006 Centaur for £229
Good value?
For £229 it is. I paid £380 for 2008 Centaur (with Carbon c/set) and I thought that was good value.0 -
redddraggon wrote:Yorkman wrote:redddraggon wrote:ninjaslim wrote:I've not ridden Campag
You're missing out then, campag is better than the rest. Best value groupset is Centaur by far.
JEJames are flogging the 2006 Centaur for £229
Good value?
For £229 it is. I paid £380 for 2008 Centaur (with Carbon c/set) and I thought that was good value.
Where was that from, please, a bit of carbon never harms you.0 -
ninjaslim wrote:System
How can you buy a bike in the flesh and walk away with the wrong size?
Because not all bike shops are prepared to let you have a bike for the whole day, let alone try 2 or 3, and when you are moving from an MTB to a road bike and aren't used to the new position you have to place a certain amount of trust in the bike shop staff who you assume know better than most about bike fit.0
