need advice before i buy

pe1ter

im gonna order my bike tommoz its a choice between cannondale cadd8 sora or merlin malt r with tiagra as they are both mail order and cant try them was wanting some sound advice on wich one to get . im abit swayed towards the malt because of the tiagra groupset having read some comments on forum about sora not being much cop was thinking would it be worth upgrading cannondale later on to whatever I could afford also is there a noticeable difference in gear shifting with sora/tiagra .

Calpol

What us it with people that cant be bothered to punctuate or make any attempt to use correct grammar? I little more care and effort into the post nd you might get a reply.

supermurph09

Calpol wrote:

What us it with people that cant be bothered to punctuate or make any attempt to use correct grammar? I little more care and effort into the post nd you might get a reply.

I really hope these errors were intentional

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Sprool

bloody grammar police pedants!
Not being able to try the bike first is a big gamble, but you do save a few quid.
Loads of people get on fine with the basic sora shifters. I think the 2013 Sora's dont have the thumbshift any more, which is what put a lot of people off.
Personally I'd go with the Malt and the slightly better spec Tiagra shifters, all other things being equal.

nochekmate

The CAAD8 any day of the week!

You can always upgrade the Sora in time and a CAAD8 with 105 or Ultegra is a very capable bike. The best frame should be the priority! The Malt may have better compnent spec now but you'll still have a Malt - get the branded CAAD option. It may not be a consideration at this point in time, but should you wish to upgrade your bike in future, there will be a good percentage return on the CAAD8 but the Malt........?

carrock

I'd also go for da caad wid ultegra as it will be better and da frame wil have betr resale value innit

pe1ter

thanx everybody for ur input apart from the first two t..ts