Cayo 105 vs Culebro Ultegra Ice??

licko
licko Posts: 72
edited January 2010 in Road buying advice
Focus have good deals on both (£800 each), but I can't decide between higher spec on a alu frame or 105 on the carbon frame. Any views??

Comments

  • licko
    licko Posts: 72
    D'oh, I meant Wiggle! I meant to add, I just need a general training bike for weekend jaunts and I'm a lard arse (100kg).
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    Over the past few years there hasn't been much difference between 105 and ultegra. I brought my bike with ultegra only because it cost me an an extra £90 - had it been much more I would have been happy with 105.

    I would go for the Carbon frame. If it really irks you you can upgrade the components at a later date - not as easy to upgrade the frame
  • Not Another Hill
    Not Another Hill Posts: 382
    The Cayo frame is excellent.
  • licko
    licko Posts: 72
    Hmm, I'm erring more towards the carbon option. Still tempted by Planet-x current offer, If they would just have all my preferred options in stock at the same time...
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    edited January 2010
    I have the CUlebro Ultegra and it is as smooth and light as you lke prob lighter in all honesty than my speciallized tarmac elite which is saying something all i changed because i had some spare was stem,handlebars and seatpost (which i brought brand new) other than tht its fab!!!!

    http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2329/p0201100857.jpg

    this is my speciallized Tarmac Elite>>>

    http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/2808/p1911091339.jpg
    G.H.Allum
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    Btw the Tarmac has 2010 105 groupset the diff is noticable but minimal mate
    G.H.Allum
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    Took this just half hour ago in the snow lol

    http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8660/p050110104001.jpg
    G.H.Allum
  • licko
    licko Posts: 72
    Hmm, it does look good and it's 1/2lb lighter than the Cayo...Decisions decisions!
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    If you do go for the Culebro take my advice and opt into the sales my Ritchey wcs bars are going for £30 atm and the ritchey matt finish stem is about £50-60 and the Pro lite seatpost is the dearest thing at £83 ish but combining the lightness its unbeatable and word of warnig the Culebro comes with a 90mm stem so if you do get a longer one unlike most bikes foucs ones come with brake cables cut to size so i had to get a longer one done for my rear brake but it was only a small job for my LBS
    G.H.Allum
  • licko
    licko Posts: 72
    Does anyone know the actual weight of these 2 bikes? Wiggle state 8.25kg for the Culebro and 8.6kg for the Cayo? They quote 8.2kg for the 2010 Cayo but I can't see on the spec list where they could have lost nearly a pound with hardly any change in spec?
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    The weight loss is in the frame i asked wiggle , the weight of the Culebro is actually 8.2 exactly ( mine is even lighter at 8.18kg) they used a higher grade carbon for the 2010 cayo hence the dramatic weight loss
    G.H.Allum

Categories