Ribble

RealMan
RealMan Posts: 2,166
edited May 2010 in Road buying advice
Good or bad?

Am looking to spend around £1.5k on a new road bike, and the Ultegra equipped Gran Fondo and Sportive Racing look extremely tempting. Especially as you can get SuperLeggeraXL50 wheels XL50. Carbon wheels look very nice, but are they worth the extra £320?

Also, I understand the Gran Fondo is meant for climbing, and the Sportive Racing I would hazard a guess is for sportives and racing, but what is the real world difference?

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  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    All good - Ribble, Sportive & Gran Fondo
    - there was a long thread on the Sportive & Gran Fondo - not a lot between the two.
    Cycling weakly
  • RealMan
    RealMan Posts: 2,166
    Just down to looks then? If so, I think its the Sportive Racing all the way.. although the Gran Fondo does have the better name.
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Like a choice between Dannii & Kylie :wink:
    Cycling weakly
  • robbiedont
    robbiedont Posts: 89
    I think the wheels are pretty heavy...
  • syncro
    syncro Posts: 120
    I've been looking at either a Focus Cayo or a Ribble Sportive Racing but I'd probably go for the Fulcrum Racing 7 wheels because i would think that the XL50's may be a bit of a handfull in the wind. They do look the part tho ;-).
    Ribble and Focus bikes look to me light a bargain compared like for like with the mainsteam brands. Always get good reviews anyway.
  • Mic_Waka
    Mic_Waka Posts: 44
    edited May 2010
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  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    skyd0g wrote:
    Like a choice between Dannii & Kylie :wink:
    Oh dear, hope not. The op wouldn't choose either one, ugh!

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