Edge Ultimate? A bit of advice please.

Stevie2wheels
Stevie2wheels Posts: 85
edited February 2010 in Your road bikes
Hi,

Just bought this bike off e-bay. It's an ? Edge Ultimate carbon. Carbon frame, Sram red groupset, TRP carbon brakes, novatec speedy wheels.

http://s664.photobucket.com/albums/vv9/ ... g&newest=1

I had a look on the web to try and find some info about the bike but couldn't find any? Despite this I thought I would buy it anyway. It arrived a couple of days ago and it's absolutely superb. Just under 7kg in weight it really flies!

Can anybody enlighten me as to who Edge is?

Thanks,
Stevie.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    http://www.edge-products.com.au/site/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

    Not the Edge who make highly regarded wheels and components.
  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    http://www.carbonconcepts.com/

    Firstly, they're nothing to do with Edge Composites, the company that makes high-end carbon rims and forks. Beyond that, I'm not sure. It's most likely a guy with links in the industry, specifically the factories in China and Taiwan where 95% of bike frames are made. He'll pick up a bunch of generic frames and rebrand them. Similar frames are all over Alibaba etc. The mix of carbon on yours (T700, M30) seems to be fairly mid-range - it won't be a Specialized SL3 or Cervelo R3-SL, but it's not a Planet-X or Boardman frame either in terms of material quality.

    All this is my best guess - others can perhaps shed more light.
    Bike lover and part-time cyclist.
  • Stevie2wheels
    Stevie2wheels Posts: 85
    Ah, big thanks for that. Looks like it may be them!

    I have a frame number so may e-mail them and ask if bike is one of theirs!

    Was hoping Bono could help me but he ignored my calls!

    Stevie.
  • Stevie2wheels
    Stevie2wheels Posts: 85
    I agree, not Specialized quality ( I have a Specialized Allez Elite) but not Netto quality either.

    I paid £1600, which I thought was pretty good value considering the Sram red groupset and TRP brakes would come to over a grand bought seperately.

    It rides really well, even with cheapy Novatec speedy wheels, I will upgrade these come spring. I'm fairly new to cycling so I won't be flexing any frames at the finish line!

    Thanks for the info.

    Stevie.

Categories