Focus Variado-too good to be true?

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  • octav
    octav Posts: 50
    180 pounds for the Variado frame and a Focus Carbon fork(carbon steerer-370 grams-steerer uncut) . I think it's decent price.
  • N4PALM
    N4PALM Posts: 240
    I own an '08 Variado and I love it. Its probably one of the best value bikes available. Most other 105 groupset bikes are a heck of a lot more expensive.

    The only downside is you cannot sit on one before you buy. The ride postition is a little aggressive which is great if you like that sort of thing. Personally I found it a bit too much at first, I changed the bars for FSA compact omega's and that made it good for me.

    Apart from the rear wheel going out of true within the first 50 miles, which I suppose is par for the course, I've had no issues.


    oh actually, one last thing, the standard saddle is a torture instrument. I plan on changing mine as soon as I can spare the cash.
  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    which was the saddle on yours?
    mine came with a san marco ponza just a cheapish saddle but its good for me becuse thicker saddles make my hip hurt
  • N4PALM
    N4PALM Posts: 240
    The saddle on mine is a Concept SL that matches the Concept SL stem and seatpost on the bike. I think Concept must be Focus' own brand of bits or rebadged other brand I dunno, cant find any information about them on the interwebnets.
  • stronginthesun
    stronginthesun Posts: 433
    octav wrote:
    Is this frame good enough for my local bike races ? I have a Campy Centaur groupset and Fsa RD-600 wheels. A also found a Merida frame but I find the Variado better. I would like the Culebro frame but the bike stores doesn't sell it separately.
    lance armstrong could turn up on a £50 tesco mountain bike and win a local race , so the focus frame will be excellent
  • octav
    octav Posts: 50
    Thanks for the advices. So the frame is good enough :D I'll take the next week to the lbs to see if they have a M size frame in red :)
  • crabstix
    crabstix Posts: 61
    Red, is of course, the fastest colour!


    (Unless you are the world champion and ride a white Willier! Or Lance on a black Livestrong! etc.)
  • neilco
    neilco Posts: 18
    I've got an '08 Variado and I love it! That said, it's my first road bike, so what do I know - other than that it was a lot cheaper than other bikes with a similar spec and that seemed enough for me. I did get to try mine for size and feel before buying it as it's a fairly popular brand here in Denmark.

    Like another poster here, I liked it so much that I bought a Focus MTB for the wife.

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