Bike to Work scheme - What bike should i get ?

mikeywalsy
mikeywalsy Posts: 8
edited March 2010 in Road buying advice
Hi there,
I got into Road cycling last year when i signed up to ride from London to Paris.
I didn't have a bike so i bought the cheapest i could get at the time, a Vitus Razor, this bike has not let me down in the slightest....however there is a bike to work scheme starting at work and i have £2000 to spend !!!!!
From the bikes available i have got it down to these beauties
Bianchi B4P Mono Q Carbon 105
Lapierre Sensium 100 2010
Felt Z5 2010
Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2010

I have looked at the specs and they seem pretty similar, so i wonder if you can help me find that extra something that will make one of these stand out....

Any advice is very much appreciated

Thanks
Mike

Comments

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Cannondale.

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  • mikeywalsy
    mikeywalsy Posts: 8
    Can i ask why the Cannondale ??
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    edited March 2010
    Pinarello FP2 would be high on my list

    http://www.wheelbase.co.uk/product_13300.htm

    that paint job is a bit dissapointing for pinarello though

    Colnago CLX is another nice bike - but the prices have gone up this year - there are a few of last years knocking about:-

    http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/images ... graBlk.jpg

    or Orbea orca - this one at £1999 at epic

    http://www.epic-cycles.co.uk/images/orb ... 5-1000.jpg

    Recently C+ Did an article on the best £2500 road bikes - Have a read of that for some ideas
  • Dazza2280
    Dazza2280 Posts: 156
    How come your cycle to work scheme gets you £2000 to spend and not the usual £1000 that the government actually allows?? :?
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    Dazza2280 wrote:
    How come your cycle to work scheme gets you £2000 to spend and not the usual £1000 that the government actually allows?? :?

    Because he's an MP ?
  • Dazza2280
    Dazza2280 Posts: 156
    no way, then he'd just charge it to his expenses and we'd pay for it :lol:
  • Eau Rouge
    Eau Rouge Posts: 1,118
    Dazza2280 wrote:
    How come your cycle to work scheme gets you £2000 to spend and not the usual £1000 that the government actually allows?? :?

    It's only limited to £1000 if the company you work for doesn't have a Consumer Credit Licence. If they do then they can set any limit they want.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    mikeywalsy wrote:
    Can i ask why the Cannondale ??

    Best frame.
  • mikeywalsy
    mikeywalsy Posts: 8
    I wanted FP2, but they are not doing Pinarello on the scheme
  • mikeywalsy
    mikeywalsy Posts: 8
    We get £2000, for exactly that reason..... I'm a MP...... Not really it's the consumer thing, it was £1200 two years ago
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    mikeywalsy wrote:
    I wanted FP2, but they are not doing Pinarello on the scheme

    What kind of f**n scheme is that - outrageous !!!!

    Seen the cannondale six with ultegra - in red - that looked the dogs !

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