winter bike - suggestions
johpat
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hi
I normally MB but this year would like a winter road bike. I have a buget of £1000. Any suggestions on a machine to deal with the inevitable rise in potholes and the crud that the council throw on the road in a vain attempt to melt the ice.
Thanks
I normally MB but this year would like a winter road bike. I have a buget of £1000. Any suggestions on a machine to deal with the inevitable rise in potholes and the crud that the council throw on the road in a vain attempt to melt the ice.
Thanks
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You have a few choices.
The Kinesis TK2 and T2 bikes are nearly with us. The older T and TK models were such a success and rightly so. The money was spot on for a grand.
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/artic ... 63/v/1/sp/
http://kinesisbikes.co.uk/product.php?id=39
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... 8905?img=4
Or the Condor Fratello is also a good buy and can be available for the thousand pound mark:
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/article/mps/uan/2804
http://www.condorcycles.com/fratello.html
You can go cheaper of course with some of the Ribble offerings.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... udax-11764
bearing in mind Ribble customer service have got conflicting opinions, mostly a mail order thing whereas the condor and kinesis have good lbs back up ie fitting and component offering, customer service of course.
The Surosa audax is cheaper too:
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... x-08-31016
And for steel, the Thorn Audax mk 3 is good value:
http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/audaxmk3.html
Kinesis also have a Scandium offering which will take you over the grand mark (from £1399 with kinesis build up kit) but still good value:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cate ... ondo-33976
http://kinesisbikes.co.uk/product.php?id=44
Hope this helps.0