Road bike frame £1500

mrman mrman
mrman mrman Posts: 23
edited December 2011 in Road buying advice
Hello,

I need a new road bike frame and I have a budget of £1500. I'm not too picky when it comes to material. Has anyone got any recommendations?

Thanks a lot

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  • infopete
    infopete Posts: 878
    I've got an old Terry Dolan 7500 winter frame you can have for £1500 and I'll throw in the forks too :roll:
    Oh and please remember to click on my blog:

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  • EarlyGo
    EarlyGo Posts: 281
    Howsabout something titanium with a Ti seatpost and some top of the range forks? Can recommend Ti as a vibration damping, compliant but not too soft material. Excellent over rough roads and good on the long distances. In my experience you do need a good set of forks though to totally remove road buzz from the front end.

    Regards, EarlyGo
  • Hoopdriver
    Hoopdriver Posts: 2,023
    mrman mrman wrote:
    Hello,

    I need a new road bike frame and I have a budget of £1500. I'm not too picky when it comes to material. Has anyone got any recommendations?

    Thanks a lot

    Sounds pretty offhand - I'm assuming then this is not to be a dream bike? In which case just go for what looks nice and offers a good deal. It is pretty hard to give any sort of meaningful recommendation with so few guidelines...
    http://www.My-Bicycle-and-I.com
  • Cornish-J
    Cornish-J Posts: 978
    Yea, you need to tell us what you're hoping to use the frame for.

    you want something aggressive or something relaxed? what sort of riding do you do?
  • mrman mrman
    mrman mrman Posts: 23
    Hi,

    I ride recreationally mostly, hoping to take it more seriously next year hence the upgrade. I would like something quite agressive, I was looking at this http://www.boardmanbikes.com/road/slr98.html, anyone have any experience of Boardmans? I'm not looking for a 'dream' bike just something nice for the price.

    Thanks
  • Cornish-J
    Cornish-J Posts: 978
    I've got the AiR 9.8 - just finished the build two days ago.

    I love it! ... not ridden it yet but looks wise ... love it!
  • Cornish-J
    Cornish-J Posts: 978
    viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12808970
  • jonbristol
    jonbristol Posts: 83
    Get a Blue or an Argon 18. A proper, high quality frameset from either can be had for your budget. this way you get a performance, proven and trusted frame instead of an expensive halfords brand. Other than fit and trying one you cant beat having a rarer, real high end bike to be proud of. If I got an expensive boardman it'd feel like Id bought a £40k peugeot (rcz)- yes it might be fast-ish and look ok but its still a peugeot.
  • Cornish-J
    Cornish-J Posts: 978
    lol .. another bike snob.

    the boardmans are being used by the world triathlon champion and a professional cycling team.
  • snowy lowey
    snowy lowey Posts: 68
    Ive seen the Scott addict R1 2011 frameset for around the £1500 mark, and the addict r2 frameset for just over 1k. And although 2011 was the last year for the addict its still a bloody good frame and a shame that scott dropped it, I actually prefer it to the Foil(although I am a bit weird) :D
  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    jonbristol wrote:
    Get a Blue or an Argon 18. A proper, high quality frameset from either can be had for your budget. this way you get a performance, proven and trusted frame instead of an expensive halfords brand. Other than fit and trying one you cant beat having a rarer, real high end bike to be proud of. If I got an expensive boardman it'd feel like Id bought a £40k peugeot (rcz)- yes it might be fast-ish and look ok but its still a peugeot.

    LOL great post. Try buying an AiR 9.8 in your local Halfords then. Personally i'd rather take a Boardman AiR that has actually been developed by a rider like Chris Boardman (he lives around the corner from my office and is seen regularly riding) than many other bikes - regardless of where the brand started out selling.

    The Boardman Elite range is not sold in Halfords. Value for money they are hard to beat. 8) 8)

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