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carthorse1

i am looking at buying a new bike and toiled between 2. my 2 choices are orbea onix.tlt with shimano ultegra runnin gear priced £1720 or specialized roubaix sl2 elite runnin gear shimano 105 priced £1650 not sure which is the best bike.
i have been told that the specialized maybe the best due to the long distance riding i do but not sure if this is a biased view as they don`nt stock orbea any comments would be appreciated

TMR

Why are they your only choices? For that budget there are better bikes IMHO.

unixnerd

The Roubaix is designed for long distances. It has a slightly more upright riding position and has a micro-suspension sytem built in. If someone gave me a Roubaix frame I'd not throw it back at them :-) But 1650 is on the high side for a bike with 105.

It depends what kind if riding you want to do. Sounds like you've only been to one bike shop, I'd maybe try a few more.

carthorse1

i went to geoff smiths in bolton and also harry halls in manchester also evans at the chill factor

carthorse1

i even looked @ a ridley orion 1105a and orion 1105b but the bikes roughly look the same as the previous ones i mentioned but the ruunin gear seemed lower quality

carthorse1

i also looked @ the bike radar reviews on these bikes and all seemed good too buy but down to personnal preference

Pigeons in flight

Some Ridley dealers are offering the Orion with 'full' Ultegra over the Summer for £1700. The calipers are Ridleys own make - but respected. I test rode one, but it has a very long top tube relative to size and therefore wasnt for me.