Which Ribble bike advice
surreyxc
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Hello,
Just wondering who out there has a Ribble bike. After some research they seem to offer great value, but there is a lot of options. Firstly Alu or Carbon, I know Carbon is the wonder materail but at a sub £1000 (bike to work) I wonder how good they are over alu, and would money be better spent on wheel upgrades and groupset. I know athesetically I prefer the sloping top tube options, but carbon wise there is the Nero, Sportive and Gran Fondo and alu or the em2 with carbon seatstays, whats the difference, (I am a mtb biker). I will be using the bike to commute, when the trails are a bog so that will 11.5months of year!, but whilst a novice roadie I have nearly 20yrs mtb experience and quite happy to do 100mile off road, so I suspect once I start doing road stuff I will be inspired to go beyond the commute and do some epics, not into racing expect for beating mates, comfort is important over pure speed, I can handle ultra stiff for a couple of hours but after that starts to kill, and our roads now look like something out of Iraq after cluster bombing. Constructive thoughts and comments appreciated.
Just wondering who out there has a Ribble bike. After some research they seem to offer great value, but there is a lot of options. Firstly Alu or Carbon, I know Carbon is the wonder materail but at a sub £1000 (bike to work) I wonder how good they are over alu, and would money be better spent on wheel upgrades and groupset. I know athesetically I prefer the sloping top tube options, but carbon wise there is the Nero, Sportive and Gran Fondo and alu or the em2 with carbon seatstays, whats the difference, (I am a mtb biker). I will be using the bike to commute, when the trails are a bog so that will 11.5months of year!, but whilst a novice roadie I have nearly 20yrs mtb experience and quite happy to do 100mile off road, so I suspect once I start doing road stuff I will be inspired to go beyond the commute and do some epics, not into racing expect for beating mates, comfort is important over pure speed, I can handle ultra stiff for a couple of hours but after that starts to kill, and our roads now look like something out of Iraq after cluster bombing. Constructive thoughts and comments appreciated.
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