The Ribble Sportive that you see advertised in the mags looks cool, but unfortunately in the flesh with standard spec (the £899 spec) it looks very ordinary IMO.
I got a Ribble Nero Corsa and really rate it. In truth I don't think that there's much difference between Ribble, Planet X, Focus or the cheaper end Treks, Konas etc. Deda make the Nero Corsa for lots of people for instance. P.X & Ribble bikes are certainly close. What sets them apart as companys is cusotmer service, in which P.X is more highly rated. P.X is seen by some as cooler because of a mild form counter-culture branding & an element humour perhaps. Personally that makes no difference to me or to most people I guess.
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Given the choice i'd have a ribble over an planet x anyday.
Not Everyone has taste I suppose, at least it makes the world interesting.
Yours must be very bland if you prefere a boring, uninteresting unimaginable colour scheme on a boring looking frame.
Personally the Ribble Grand Mondo is a serioulsy lovely looking bike and looks much 8) than anything PX have to offer. Although I'll admit the Ti frames do look pretty smart.
Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises! I RIDE A KONA CADABRA -would you like to come and have a play with my magic link?
If you get on the PX newsletter mailing list they do seem to have a regular stream of cracking offers. ULtegra full carbon bike recently for £899, great if you can get it on the company Bike to Work scheme. And, at the other end of the scale, I recently bought a cracking Long Sleeved jersey with nice features like extra zzip pocket and PX symbol on the zip, race cut, good materials, etc. Under £20 with their offer. Carbon bottle cages are often good value, too.
It's like a lot of these things, a matter of personal taste!
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Never forget been in a race and the guy in front of me his Campy rear mech exploded and went in to his rear wheel destroyed the rear end of his bike, brand new Colnago saw him some weeks later and had to throw his Colnago away as it was wrecked (no replacable hanger) campag?
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Ribble is just not cool though
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And Planet X is?
Given the choice i'd have a ribble over an planet x anyday.
I RIDE A KONA CADABRA -would you like to come and have a play with my magic link?
Not Everyone has taste I suppose, at least it makes the world interesting.
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Yours must be very bland if you prefere a boring, uninteresting unimaginable colour scheme on a boring looking frame.
Personally the Ribble Grand Mondo is a serioulsy lovely looking bike and looks much 8) than anything PX have to offer. Although I'll admit the Ti frames do look pretty smart.
I RIDE A KONA CADABRA -would you like to come and have a play with my magic link?
The Planet X Carbon frames looking shockingly awful that is granted, but I was talking about what the companies offer as a whole.
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It's like a lot of these things, a matter of personal taste!
Never forget been in a race and the guy in front of me his Campy rear mech exploded and went in to his rear wheel destroyed the rear end of his bike, brand new Colnago saw him some weeks later and had to throw his Colnago away as it was wrecked (no replacable hanger) campag?
Good point ... Planet X it is then!!
I thought you could only buy 'Campy' in the US!
They aren't same frame, quite possibly the same factory with the same materials, but definitely a different mould.
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Great club in and around the Warrington area.
They look hideous
You can get PX with Campag for £999 (made up) at GB cycles.
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Cadel Evans used the frame in the 2007 TdF (after Vino was DQed, Evans took a TT stage win too on it)
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must be one of the best pound for pound bikes out there!
i won this years club handicap racing on that frame!!
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100m Yeah right.