New bikes with sram apex as std fit

vroomvroom

looking for a new bike, i ride a lot of hills and find a compact a little to much hard work, so sounds like the perfect excuse to get a new bike

what new bikes come with sram apex as std - budget circa £1500 to £2,000

cheers

McNulty

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk
you can get it on any of ribbles bikes using the bike builder/special edition section and pick the components you want.
Ive got the sportive bianco with apex and its a brilliant bike and i really like the gearing.
I had a great experience buying through ribble and for the budget you have you can upgrade all the components -

MarksMintness

I believe that the new Trek Madone 3.1 comes with a 30T Tiagra cassette and a compact chainset giving a nice easy gear not far off the 32T of an Apex cassette, and the bike retails for £1500.

alihisgreat

Giant Defy composite 2 http://www.giant-cambridge.co.uk/bikes.php?main=0&cat=0&sub=0&series=1&range=2&id=1 £1500

Cannondale Synapse Carbon Apex http://www.cannondale.com/gbr/2012/bikes/road/performance-road/synapse-hi-mod/2012-synapse-carbon-6-apex-20262 ~£1700 i think

and Dolan have a selection of models available with Apex in and under your price range http://www.dolan-bikes.com/road-bikes/Carbon/Sram%20Op

then just did a quick google search and this came up:

Litespeed M1 http://www.evanscycles.com/products/litespeed/m1-sram-apex-2011-road-bike-ec029424

vroomvroom

thanks.....cannondale & trek look tempting...

morrisje

All Dolan bikes come with an SRAM Apex build option

http://www.dolan-bikes.com/road-bikes/Carbon/Sram%20Op

addictedtocarbon

£1500 to £2000 is a lot of money for a bike equipped with sram apex. You could easily find a bike with a higher spec than that for that price range.

amd-sco

I agree with addicted @ that price point u don't want apex, for 2K I got a Moda stretto with sram force 54/39 gruppo, specs here.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... etto-39910

tim_wand

For your Money, Spec a higher Sram Groupset and Go for the Apex Casette and Rear Mech.

Dont think too many LBS or dealers taking £2k of you hard earned will mind too much swapping out a rear mech and Casette for you.

The Trek 3.1 H2 is actually 105 shifters, Sram Apex Chainset, 105 front and Rear mech and 30T tiagra cassette

Its a fantastic bit of kit and in all honestly should give you the range you need.

A guy in CPLUS fitted a Scott CR1 with Apex rear mech and casette just to do the Marmotte and have better climbing gears. (Also added Ksysrium R sys wheels / and failed to complete the Cols)