What bike should i get

fireant4

Hi

I'm due to get a bike next week but i was set on a F85 Felt 2012.. but after looking more into it i have also seen the Cannondale Caad8 105 2012 and the Cannondale Caad8 6 Tiagra 2012.

Any advice on which would be the better purchase

Thanks

nochekmate

'Smidsy' will be on shortly to recommend getting the Cannondale!

centimani

I always try to break down the details...
The Felt has a FSA Vero chainset. My experience of FSA lower end chainsets and BBs is theyre just ok, BBs arent that long lasting, cranks tend to get the paint scuffed off too easily.

Cannondales have Gossamer chainsets, definately better, but with BB30 BBs...and ive read a lot of people are having problems with BB30. Perhaps that relates to a specific manufacturer, so it may not be applicable. If the gossamer BB30 is trouble free, then gossamer is definately a better option.

Wheelsets on all the bikes are not from the big manufacturers so theyre difficult to compare, but i suspect they'll all be much of a muchness.

I notice the Felt has Microshift shifters...i dont know anything about them !!! perhaps someone else will elaborate how they function and compare with Tiagra or 105.

There's quite a difference in the prices of the bikes youve suggested. Simply put, my bikes range from £600 when new to £1300 when new, I still loved my £600 bike when it was new....it was a bloomin good bike. Spending over double ? it doesnt make ANY economic sense to the average person, but i dont regret doing it....but still remind myself my £600 bike was freekin good when i first got it.

Buy the bike you really really like the look of, you can look at specs and upgrade forever and a day, but if the bike itself doesnt light a fire in you...you're never going to really enjoy having it.

bikeit65

I bought a Cannondale CAAD 10 105 this week online for a brilliant price still waiting on it to get delivered, i done a lot of looking at bikes online and in shops and i narrowed it down to the CAAD 10 or the Focus Cayo. if your budget allows i would defiantly get the bike that had the 105 groupset