Pinarello Bike - £ 3,500

j_smith
j_smith Posts: 8
edited December 2012 in Road buying advice
I'm currently riding a Canyon Roadlite 6.0 but I'm thinking about upgrading it to a carbon bike.

I'm planning to buy a bike with the following highlights:

Pinarello Paris
Dura Ace 7900 group
Fulcrum Racing1 wheelset
Most handlebar and stem
Fizik Arione saddle
Vittoria Rubino Pro tires

Is the price of £3,500 a fair price, and what would be the alternatives to this bike.

Comments

  • Pinarello are the most overpriced option you could have picked.....

    Do you like your Canyon? If so, why not get a better Canyon; much better value!
  • nferrar
    nferrar Posts: 2,511
    Have to agree with the above, you really need to want a Pinarello specifically to be able to justify the pricing, especially when not buying the flagship model. The equivalent Canyon is probably a grand or more cheaper but even the more common bike shop brands will be cheaper than the Pinarello.
  • j_smith wrote:
    I'm currently riding a Canyon Roadlite 6.0 but I'm thinking about upgrading it to a carbon bike.

    I'm planning to buy a bike with the following highlights:

    Pinarello Paris
    Dura Ace 7900 group
    Fulcrum Racing1 wheelset
    Most handlebar and stem
    Fizik Arione saddle
    Vittoria Rubino Pro tires

    Is the price of £3,500 a fair price, and what would be the alternatives to this bike.

    In my modest opinion, if you spend 60 pounds only you end up with a faster bike. The idea is, keep your Canyon and fit a pair of Vittoria CX tyres... they are typically on offer... your bike will be faster than the Pinarello worth 3.5 K with a set of Rubino PRO. If you want to go even faster, keep your Canyon and upgrade the wheels only. If you want to go significantly faster, then spend some of the budget on performance coaching
    You should still end up with a whole lot of cash to spend in cycling holidays and Assos clothing
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  • For £3.5k you could get a Canyon Aeroad CF 9.5 with Dura Ace 9000 11-speed and Reynolds Assault deep rims and it looks like a stealth bomber! I love my Italian bikes (I have 3 of them) but that Paris is a rip off.
  • For £3.5k you could get a Canyon Aeroad CF 9.5 with Dura Ace 9000 11-speed and Reynolds Assault deep rims and it looks like a stealth bomber! I love my Italian bikes (I have 3 of them) but that Paris is a rip off.

    couldnt agree more!!!!!! stunning
  • indyp
    indyp Posts: 735
    j_smith wrote:
    I'm currently riding a Canyon Roadlite 6.0 but I'm thinking about upgrading it to a carbon bike.

    I'm planning to buy a bike with the following highlights:

    Pinarello Paris
    Dura Ace 7900 group
    Fulcrum Racing1 wheelset
    Most handlebar and stem
    Fizik Arione saddle
    Vittoria Rubino Pro tires

    Is the price of £3,500 a fair price, and what would be the alternatives to this bike.


    In my modest opinion, if you spend 60 pounds only you end up with a faster bike. The idea is, keep your Canyon and fit a pair of Vittoria CX tyres... they are typically on offer... your bike will be faster than the Pinarello worth 3.5 K with a set of Rubino PRO. If you want to go even faster, keep your Canyon and upgrade the wheels only. If you want to go significantly faster, then spend some of the budget on performance coaching
    You should still end up with a whole lot of cash to spend in cycling holidays and Assos clothing

    I apologise for going off subject. Do you mind me asking if you rate the Vittoria CX over the Conti GP4000s? I am about to buy new Conti's but interested to know of other options :)
  • The Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX is arguably the finest clincher you can buy right now. Stick a latex tub inside one and it gives an amazing ride.
  • I have listened to the arguments against buying a Pinarello, and I have actually changed my mind and gone back to Canyon even though I think it's a "boring" bike compared to an Italian, but it's hard to argue against the value for money that Canyon offers.

    I will probably order a Ultimate CF SLX 9.0 within the next couple of day
  • Mccaria
    Mccaria Posts: 869
    For what its worth I have a Dogma 60.1 and a Canyon SLX. If I had to choose between them, then I would go with the SLX. I find it to be a lighter and more versatile frame (and cheaper to replace if anything bad happens !)

    The Pinarello is wonderfully blingy, but on the £3.5k budget I think the Canyon is going to be hard to beat - although gettting a Cervelo R5 VWD at half price and building it up (especially at 7900 comes down in price now that 9000 is out) probably runs it pretty close.
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    j_smith wrote:
    gone back to Canyon even though I think it's a "boring" bike compared to an Italian

    I agree, Canyon's look boring, if not ugly! But at least they don't look as bad as a Pinarello. I know it's a 'marmite' subject but i think the things are atrocious - both the shapes and the paint they offer.

    You can get something 'Italian' without breaking your balls on price. Bianchi Sempre or Infinito? Colnago M10 if you can pick up last years model? Wilier Gran Turismo or Izoard? You might have to negotiate some kit upgrades to fill out your budget.

    You'll never get the value for money seen through Canyon.com though.
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    why Pinarello? Canyon, cube and felt are just 3 makes that offer more for your money.
  • I think you should concentrate more in what you like, what will make you want to go out and ride and what would make you look at and think I love that bike.

    VFM is a great thing but thinking "god that's a good bike for the money" wouldn't get me excited.

    Different strokes for different folks I guess
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  • EKIMIKE wrote:
    I agree, Canyon's look boring, if not ugly!

    Have to agree with this, I am not a fan of my Canyon to look at, but I don't look at it, I usually sit on it and ride it and look around me....

    For me, my Canyon is really comfortable & very fast, that's what I look for in a bike, not something that looks nice; but there are plenty of people out there who go for looks first.

    I know plenty of people with bling carbon bikes who ride less than 1000 miles a year!!!!!
  • YIMan
    YIMan Posts: 576
    I think you should concentrate more in what you like, what will make you want to go out and ride and what would make you look at and think I love that bike.

    VFM is a great thing but thinking "god that's a good bike for the money" wouldn't get me excited.

    Different strokes for different folks I guess

    I would have agreed 100% till a few hours ago. I'm now learning that it's an illusion and that your "Italian" bike isn't Italian at all....at best it's ODM (Original Design Manufacture) - designed in Italy then built in the same few factories in Taiwan as any other carbon framed brand. It might look nice and you think you're riding a stylish Italian road bike, but you're not, you're riding a Taiwanese frame with a paint job and stickers to make it look like an Italian bike.

    Having said that, it wouldn't make me buy a Canyon rather than a Bianchi.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    YIMan wrote:
    I would have agreed 100% till a few hours ago. I'm now learning that it's an illusion and that your "Italian" bike isn't Italian at all....at best it's ODM (Original Design Manufacture) - designed in Italy then built in the same few factories in Taiwan as any other carbon framed brand. It might look nice and you think you're riding a stylish Italian road bike, but you're not, you're riding a Taiwanese frame with a paint job and stickers to make it look like an Italian bike.

    Not so at all - whilst some supposedly Italian bikes are anything but (in particular Pinarello does seem to stand out here as not actually making anything in Italy anymore) plenty of Italian brands do still make frames in Italy. For £3.5k, it isn't hard to source a bike with an Italian made frame - it just won't have wobbly forks!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Basso are Italian AND Handmade in Italy. Look at the Astra or the Diamante in your price range.

    http://www.bassobikes.com/en-UK/bikes-road-carbonio.php
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • Having a frame made in the Far East doesn't mean it's cack, just as having a frame made in Italy doesn't mean it's the best of the best.
  • meesterbond
    meesterbond Posts: 1,240
    VFM is all well and good, but it's only part of the story. Surely the most important aspect of any bike is how it feels when you ride it. One of the problem with having so much data at your fingertips as we do now is that you can end up making decisions based on a) Specs and b) other people's biased, and often wrong opinions.

    Sure, Canyon are ridiculous value for money, I own one myself and it's great... but you quickly forget the price you paid and are left with the bike you bought. If that doesn't excite you then it doesn't matter how cheap it was.

    I guess what I'm trying to say is actually go with both head and heart. If you think that the Pinarello is truly special then it'll be worth the extra in the long run.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Having a frame made in the Far East doesn't mean it's cack, just as having a frame made in Italy doesn't mean it's the best of the best.

    Lucky no one suggested Far Eastern frames are cack then! :lol:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • YIMan
    YIMan Posts: 576
    Rolf F wrote:
    Having a frame made in the Far East doesn't mean it's cack, just as having a frame made in Italy doesn't mean it's the best of the best.

    Lucky no one suggested Far Eastern frames are cack then! :lol:

    Or said that Italian frames were the best of the best. :mrgreen:
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Having a frame made in the Far East doesn't mean it's cack, just as having a frame made in Italy doesn't mean it's the best of the best.

    We never said it did. Personally I prefer something less 'mass produced' for various reasons, where it is made is pretty irrelevant for me.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    FFS you can't start qualifying the concept of mass production. It's not a case of 'more' or 'less' mass produced. If something is mass produced - that is what it is. Basso frames are mass produced. Simple as. They're just mass produced in Italy (it seems - hard to get true info).

    In the context of bikes, unless it's custom geometry then you're buying a mass produced product.

    I think what you're trying to say is that you prefer something less widely purchased and/or sold.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,634
    I love my canyon ultimate and after initial doubts think its looks classy. I used to love the look of dogmas, until I actually saw one close up. I thought it was OTT, garish and generally looked tacky.

    But its obviously down to taste. Oh and the canyon is stunning to ride, not that I've ridden any other £3,200 bikes.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • YIMan
    YIMan Posts: 576
    Post deleted...decided what I'd written was provocative and pointless.