Kuota Kharma or Kebel
leedow19
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I am looking at buying a new frameset at the end of the season (a winter project - keep me occupied). I am looking at Kuota as I have heard nothing but good things about them.
The Kharma seems to be a very good frame but for under a couple of hundred pounds more I can get the Kebel.
Does anybody have any experience of these frames and if so is the Kebel worth the extra money to get over the Kharma?
I am gradually narrowing it down - I have dismissed the Orbea Onix (although it was hard) and just need to settle on one of the Kuotas.
The Kharma seems to be a very good frame but for under a couple of hundred pounds more I can get the Kebel.
Does anybody have any experience of these frames and if so is the Kebel worth the extra money to get over the Kharma?
I am gradually narrowing it down - I have dismissed the Orbea Onix (although it was hard) and just need to settle on one of the Kuotas.
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ive just done myfirst 15 miles on my kharma. very smoothand lighter than i expected. personally i didn't like how the kebel looked - which is what swung me to the kharma.
what do you ride at the moment ? - to me the kharma is a smooth comfortable bike - must confess it doesn't (yet) acclerate like my alu pinarello - so if you like the look of the kebel and want the acceleration over comfort then its the kebel.0 -
I have an aluminium Kinesis Racelite T at the moment so this will be a big step up for me - I am looking for something that will be comfortable on long rides but I will also be able to drag up hills, possibly even mountains and be competitive in sportives.
I was also looking at the Orbea Onix (which I love) but it is not so widely available in this country.0 -
leedow19 wrote:I have an aluminium Kinesis Racelite T at the moment so this will be a big step up for me - I am looking for something that will be comfortable on long rides but I will also be able to drag up hills, possibly even mountains and be competitive in sportives.
I was also looking at the Orbea Onix (which I love) but it is not so widely available in this country.
The Kharma seemed good on hills (even with me on it) - so the kharma - i think would meet your requirements - and is great looking bike. ....I got an upgrade to ultegra for an extra £90 . it really comes down to if you want to spend the extra£200 on the kebel.......or upgrade the wheels & gruppo on the Kharma - which iswhat I did.0 -
It is just the frameset I am after as I will dress it with existing components from my Kinesis until I can afford upgrade them.
In fairness here I am struggling to put the Orbea Onix to rest and if I managed to pick a frameset up for the right price would probably go for that.
Anybody got any opinion on how the Onix compares to the Kebel/Kharma?0
