no time to wait for cycle2work scheme - budget about £1000

Dennis1971

Hi,

I need to start to train a bit more and the old bike is getting worn out. After 15 yrs of service its up for replacement. I am about to get permanently employed but it is taking too long. So i might as well take advantage of the offers in the new year.

Budget: topping out at £1000

Looking at: Willier LaTriestina Mirage - seen for under £900 (xl)

Need: big frame, 6'2" height and current bike is 61cm, this really shortens the list in offers.

Seen anything?

Or should I go 2nd hand?

Ta
Dennis

EKIMIKE

Planet X Rival Carbon

CAAD 8 105 Alu

Canyon 105 Alu

Canyon Ultegra Alu

Ribble 105 or Rival Carbon

Ribble 105 or Rival Carbon

Boardman Rival Carbon

Verenti Rival Alu/Carbon

Cube Ultegra Alu

BeOne Ultegra Carbon

Plenty of very good brand new bikes to be had at £1,000 price-point. Oh and sorry i haven't taken into consideration your height (stock e.t.c). At 6' 2" you should be ok on a 58cm (with probs. a 110 or 120mm stem). I'm 6' 1" and i ride a 57cm and 56cm frames.

I dunno how knowledgeable you are about groupsets but of those quoted above Ultegra is best then Rival/105 with arguably Rival being better.

flyingelephant

Giant TCR 2. Looks fantastic
Orbea Aqua

Caad 9 or even 10 if you are very lucky.

Or low end carbon frame.

1stGenRex

try looking for last years models at local shops...I recently got a heck of a deal buying a 2010 Caad 8 at a local shop. Even though they didn't have my frame size in stock, they were able to order one of the last 3 their distributor had in stock, in that frame size.

Dirk1978

Boardman Team Carbon. Brilliant bike, but double check everything with the bike on collection.

Bar Shaker

I was in the same position in July. The spec and quality of the Boardman Team Carbon was way ahead of most. And the only ones that came close were mail order, which I didn't want with a £1k bike.

The bike has proved to be far better than I was expecting and Halfords set it up perfectly.