Orbea V Trek

cabbage1875

Hi every one i am a newbie to the site and this is my first post.
I am a keen cyclist but it has been MTBing, i decided that i want to become the next Lance lol, and i am dying to buy a new road bike but have had to wait nearly 6 months for my work to open the Cycle to work scheme. the Scheme is about to reopen and i need to place my order soon.
I have been doing some serious research,reading posts on here everyday to try to help, but i thought i would ask what all you guys and gals thought. My LBS stocks Orbea and Trek, so i am trying to decide between the Trek 1.7 (2009) and the Orbea Aqua T105. both have groupsets of 105's. and both around the same price. between £945-£1000. any advice or thought would be very much appriciated. also i am in fife area in scotland any one know of any good LBS's in the area with good deals?

Cheers for you advice.

Anonymous

Between those two I'd go for the Cannondale CAAD9...

gabriel959

cabbage1875 wrote:

Hi every one i am a newbie to the site and this is my first post.
I am a keen cyclist but it has been MTBing, i decided that i want to become the next Lance lol, and i am dying to buy a new road bike but have had to wait nearly 6 months for my work to open the Cycle to work scheme. the Scheme is about to reopen and i need to place my order soon.
I have been doing some serious research,reading posts on here everyday to try to help, but i thought i would ask what all you guys and gals thought. My LBS stocks Orbea and Trek, so i am trying to decide between the Trek 1.7 (2009) and the Orbea Aqua T105. both have groupsets of 105's. and both around the same price. between £945-£1000. any advice or thought would be very much appriciated. also i am in fife area in scotland any one know of any good LBS's in the area with good deals?

Cheers for you advice.

I'll go for the Orbea of those two. A colleague here at work has got exactly the same one (Aqua T105) and he raves about it!

cswebbo

ORBEA

Try and get a lighter set of wheels if possible.

cabbage1875

The Orbea is was my first choice, the only thing that is putting me off was the initial service i recived when i went to the orbea dealer, the dealer at the trek shop was much more helpfull, and spend more tiem with me. Think the orbea is still in front tho.

hopper1

It's important to get good service from your LBS, this purchase is expensive enough, but, if the bike is set up 'properly' in the beginning, and you receive lots of support, you'll probably find yourself spending thousands in the future on upgrades, or new bikes, etc.
If LBS is sh1t, you may never enjoy your bike as much as you could.
I like Orbea's, so I'd vote for that, too, but you have to sort out the LBS first.

Pokerface

I have a Trek. I'd go for the Orbea.

Bikerbaboon

well just to buck the trend i have got a 2009 1.7 and its great. Never ridden the orbea so i cant tell you thats its not better.
Try to get a test ride and see.

markos1963

Got an Orbea(Onix) and love it to death, can't comment on the Trek but Orbea do have a very good reputation with regard to their warrenty handling. I have had an occasion to deal with the factory direct and was very impressed with the way I was dealt with.

Squillinossett

My winter bike is a Trek, Mrs Squill has an Orbea, both 2009 models.




I would choose the orbea. And I love my trek.

STEFANOS4784

NapoleonD wrote:

Between those two I'd go for the Cannondale CAAD9...

Shocking

cabbage1875

cheers for the replys folks, give them both a test ride i think and take it from there. think i am def swaying in the orbea direction, it was the one that i liked from the get go. cant wait for work to open the c2w scheme next week, been waiting ages. haha

bobtbuilder

IMO Orbeas are the most stunning bikes around. I bought an Orca last year and it is the dog's danglies.

My Winter hack is a Trek Madone, and whilst it is functional and reliable, every man and his dog has a Trek!

Philby

On looks alone it must be the Orbea!

cal_stewart

NapoleonD wrote:

Between those two I'd go for the Cannondale CAAD9...

everytime love it

Anonymous

cabbage1875 wrote:

cheers for the replys folks, give them both a test ride i think and take it from there. think i am def swaying in the orbea direction, it was the one that i liked from the get go. cant wait for work to open the c2w scheme next week, been waiting ages. haha

I don't understand why you need to ride them both...

There is no difference between the spec of the Liquigas paint scheme one and the BBQ black, just choose the colour you prefer!

bobtbuilder

NapoleonD wrote:

cabbage1875 wrote:

cheers for the replys folks, give them both a test ride i think and take it from there. think i am def swaying in the orbea direction, it was the one that i liked from the get go. cant wait for work to open the c2w scheme next week, been waiting ages. haha

I don't understand why you need to ride them both...

There is no difference between the spec of the Liquigas paint scheme one and the BBQ black, just choose the colour you prefer!

Stop it. That's enough!

teulk

Ive jus tput an order in for an Orbea Aqua TTG, so natuarally id say "get the Aqua".

I actually thought about getting a Aqua T105 but decided that with the chnage out of my £1000 i could buy some gear - i may regret that descion later, but hey its still a nice bike and i like it.

cabbage1875

NapoleonD wrote:

cabbage1875 wrote:

cheers for the replys folks, give them both a test ride i think and take it from there. think i am def swaying in the orbea direction, it was the one that i liked from the get go. cant wait for work to open the c2w scheme next week, been waiting ages. haha

I don't understand why you need to ride them both...

There is no difference between the spec of the Liquigas paint scheme one and the BBQ black, just choose the colour you prefer!

The way i see it you wouldnt spend money on a car with out a test drive, so a bike is no different to me when ur spending a grand on it.

Anonymous

cabbage1875 wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

cabbage1875 wrote:

cheers for the replys folks, give them both a test ride i think and take it from there. think i am def swaying in the orbea direction, it was the one that i liked from the get go. cant wait for work to open the c2w scheme next week, been waiting ages. haha

I don't understand why you need to ride them both...

There is no difference between the spec of the Liquigas paint scheme one and the BBQ black, just choose the colour you prefer!

The way i see it you wouldnt spend money on a car with out a test drive, so a bike is no different to me when ur spending a grand on it.

I see you missed my attempt at humour.

cabbage1875

teulk wrote:

Ive jus tput an order in for an Orbea Aqua TTG, so natuarally id say "get the Aqua".

I actually thought about getting a Aqua T105 but decided that with the chnage out of my £1000 i could buy some gear - i may regret that descion later, but hey its still a nice bike and i like it.

What colour Scheme did you go for?

teulk

This one

http://www.orbea.com/en/bicis/modelos/a ... sentacion/

I was going to go for a white Aqua San Remo ( http://www.kbcycles.com/more_details.php?id=100203 ) but i didnt like the black seat tube, It doesnt look too bad in the picture but when is saw it, it just didnt quite look right. - However the more i look at the colour scheme of the one i picked the more i like it.

cabbage1875

teulk wrote:

This one

http://www.orbea.com/en/bicis/modelos/a ... sentacion/

I was going to go for a white Aqua San Remo ( http://www.kbcycles.com/more_details.php?id=100203 ) but i didnt like the black seat tube, It doesnt look too bad in the picture but when is saw it, it just didnt quite look right. - However the more i look at the colour scheme of the one i picked the more i like it.

I cant decide what colour scheme i like the best! sometimes it the orange and some times the one u went with, how long until u get urs bike? been cycling long?

teulk

cabbage1875 wrote:

teulk wrote:

This one

http://www.orbea.com/en/bicis/modelos/a ... sentacion/

I was going to go for a white Aqua San Remo ( http://www.kbcycles.com/more_details.php?id=100203 ) but i didnt like the black seat tube, It doesnt look too bad in the picture but when is saw it, it just didnt quite look right. - However the more i look at the colour scheme of the one i picked the more i like it.

I cant decide what colour scheme i like the best! sometimes it the orange and some times the one u went with, how long until u get urs bike? been cycling long?

I quite like the orange, it give the down tube bit more thickness if you compare the colour to mine.
Im getting my bike via Cycle2Work scheme so im still looking at about another 4weeks before i can pick it up (unless i get my voucher earlier).- nothing heavy just pottering around really. Longest ride 70miles but i just generally go out and ride between 20 - 30miles as often as i can, that can sometimes be 5times a week or as little as 2 depending on work.

cabbage1875

Yeah will be getting mine throught C2W, it opens up on monday so i cant wait, and like u take about 4 weeks maybe more for the voucher to come through, we have to do some kinda enrolment thing that operates from the 1st of march to the 31st, i am just hopping the vouvhers done take 4 weeks after he enrollment period. fingers x

teulk

This is my 3rd cycle2work bike. The 1st payment comes out of aprils pay so we always get our vouchers about the last week in march.

Redfred237

Hi I've ridden both a trek 1.5 and an Orbea Aqua ttg today at Lbs, once I'd settled on the frame size I needed, I found that I preferred the Orbea. went out on them both a couple of times, couldn't put my finger on why I liked it more just felt right.
Picking it up tomorrow, getting some one to drop me off so I can get straight out on it.
This will be my first road bike and I've been looking round for a new bike for ages, felt like a little kid when I finally left the shop. Tomorrow will be like Xmas day.

Bar Shaker

Orbea are stunning looking bikes