Budget £400, small frame..new or used

Peetz
Peetz Posts: 28
edited December 2011 in Road buying advice
Yeah guys looking for some ideas about best way to spend my cash ...Im 5, 4 so ideally 48-51cm frame and yeah thats about it...
Merlin have a nice deal here once you stick the discount codes on it ...comes in just over £300
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop ... -S2200.htm


...but I reckon a 53 frame is gonna be too big for me :(

Seen this on ebay, what you guys reckon ...value for money??
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOARDMAN-ROAD ... 526wt_1396

willing to go new or second hand, any advice is extremely welcome! :)

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  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    Bump Get rid of Trellstemmer
  • Peetz
    Peetz Posts: 28
    ok so went to decathlon shop today, nice stuff but meh.....and also popped into evans ...still nothing in my price range. Anyhow the more I thought about it I figured Id have a look at flat bar roadies (I use a carrera gryphon atm but its been hammered over the years)....itll be mostly commuting duties. Anyhow seen this:

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/giant-rapid-2-2011/
    it comes with bar ends so I can dig in for a bit more speed and for a bit more bite on climbs...seems an awesome deal, comes in a small also so fit should be spot on ...seems too good to be true :D
  • puppiesdanglybits
    puppiesdanglybits Posts: 101
    Allterrain & Paula cycles both had giant defy 4 in 2011 models at sub £400 a couple of weeks ago, try them both on line
  • Peetz
    Peetz Posts: 28
    Thanks puppies :).....yeah all terrain still doin em for £395...the spec on the rapid looks awesome for the price though....weight difference is quite substantial on em too.its 11.2 for the defy 4 and 9.4 for the rapid 2.....im thinking rapid...reading all good things about it too

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