btwin/decathlon road bikes

dccok

a question for all the road boys and girls - popped into my local decathlon store recently for some unrelated cycling gear and i was impressed by the SPORT 3 model retailing under £ 500 ...

i wonder what riders think of them? i never see then reviewed in the cycling press and why not?

it seems to have a good frame with campag mirage- i took it for a quick spin -out of sight of my mrs(my little girl was impressed i think!)

views would be grateful

thanking you
dccok

Mog Uk

Good bikes ( 5 year warranty on the frames ) I've got a Sport 2S, cost me £125 in the January sale and after 2000 miles of daily use and abuse it's still going strong..

* although mine is Shimano equipped, non of this Campag rubbish

willbevan

i dont have a sport 3, but the sport 2 16S, cheap at 170 quid back in october(so high percentage is wet nasty miles on it), wish i had gone for a model or two above as mine was a double and my fitness is a bit crap for one of those plus icampag lol

Cant see the spec of the sport 3, but on the 2, the brakes were lacking so switched them, brake blokes for one melted after some steep downhills that i was on the brakes hard, that bad that i almost went into the back of one of the guys i was riding with until i shouted "BAD BRAKES MOVE MOVE MOVE" lol, was amusing i only changed to tiagra brakes at about 400miles, dont another 1000+ on them and still a good amount of block left in comparison

Peak Times

I have had my Sport 3 now for a couple of months and have to say that I am really pleased with the way it handles. It is my first road bike and as yet I haven't tackled any serious climbing though as a heavy weight i think I will need to change the gearing.

Friends who have had bikes for years have told me that the spec is very good for the price.

At the moment I can honestly give the Sport 3 a thumbs up