First road bike, bought second hand did i get a good deal ?
JamesFree
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Well yesterday I picked up my first ever road bike, its a brand new Ribble Frame and Time Carbon fork and a few other new bits and used bits, below is the spec was £400 a bargin ?
Ribble 7005 Road Frame 56cm
Time Carbon fork
Shimano R500 wheels
Ultegra brakes with brand new swiss stop pads
Shimano 105 Double Crank 39-52
Shimano 105 front and rear Derailer
Shimano 105 Shifters and Brake levers
Deda Newton 31 Handlebars & Ded Newton 31 Stem
Selle Italia SLR Gelflow Saddle
Deda Metal Stick Seatpillar
Michelin Pro 3 Race Tyres
Well yesterday I picked up my first ever road bike, its a brand new Ribble Frame and Time Carbon fork and a few other new bits and used bits, below is the spec was £400 a bargin ?
Ribble 7005 Road Frame 56cm
Time Carbon fork
Shimano R500 wheels
Ultegra brakes with brand new swiss stop pads
Shimano 105 Double Crank 39-52
Shimano 105 front and rear Derailer
Shimano 105 Shifters and Brake levers
Deda Newton 31 Handlebars & Ded Newton 31 Stem
Selle Italia SLR Gelflow Saddle
Deda Metal Stick Seatpillar
Michelin Pro 3 Race Tyres
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Sounds ok to me as You would pay at least £1k for a new bike with 105 groupset. So under half price for second hand is good if condition is good. Main thing is you like it and it inspires you to get out and ride.
Go enjoy
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Hmmm... Jury's out...
Not sure about bargain... Fair price, maybe.. :?Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!0 -
Its in excellent condition the frame, stem, handlebars, fork and seatpost all being new.
The groupset being used but in awesome condition must have been 500miles max
I was looking at Allez's secondhand and they seem to go for £400-£450 for a few months old with Sora/Tiagra mix!
Shame I hate the tyres after 10 miles already have a small slit in the front and rear tyre0 -
Seems a bargain IMO if it'snin that good nick.Remember, post some piccies or it didn't happen
winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg0 -
Go to ribble bikebuilder - it will come in at over 1000 quid. you seem to have a good deal if in good condition and not nicked.0
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if you wanted one anyway, then anything less than full price is a bargain
to be fair though though the saddle, seatpost, wheels and tyres would have cost half that so good buy in my booksCrafted in Italy apparantly0 -
Shitty phone picture, will bring the Digi camera into work tommorrow to get some decent ones.0 -
Top_Bhoy wrote:Go to ribble bikebuilder - it will come in at over 1000 quid. you seem to have a good deal if in good condition and not nicked.
He gave me the reciept for the frame and the forks which were purchased from Ribble so hopefully the rest of the parts werent dodgy
Mega chuffed with it, just want the weather to sort itself so I can get on it and get used to long rides on a road bike0 -
don't know enough to say its a bargain or not, but it looks a lovely bike so enjoy it' From the sharks in the penthouse,
to the rats in the basement,
its not that far '0 -
A better quality picture, swapped for the tyres of Conti Gatorskins as the PR3's seemed very fragile0 -
Good tyre choice!! I use them and they are awesome
Lovely bike also
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saddle seems setback quite abit?0
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Not knowing much about these things is it any good, why type is it ? What will it need in terms of servicing etc ?0 -
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