Settled on this for first road bike......

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,667
edited April 2013 in Road beginners
Have been trying to help a friend get his first road bike and this is what he bought today......

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/felt-z75-apex-2012/

Did I find a good deal for him? :roll:

Full carbon fork
Carbon seat post
Sram Apex 10 speed
BB30
50/34 and 11/32 for the hills

Looks pretty sexy (the wheels are 32 spoke though) Seemed to have his name on it and with that discount I Felt re-sale would be favourable when/if he gets the bug and does not want to keep as winter bike.

Can anyone put the pic straight into the thread please?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    http://www.wigglestatic.com/product-med ... h=2000&a=7

    :oops: Tried to paste pic in :oops:
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Does he like it??? Looks a good buy for the money to me.
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    That's a great bike. Looks and rides lovely.
    Living MY dream.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    He seems to agree that it stood out from the ones I had shown him, but maybe he is just sick of me sending him links lol.

    Have you had one VTech? Thought yours was an F4?
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    I have the ar4 but a mate got the one above and I've ridden it and love it.
    The looks got me first.
    Living MY dream.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Knew there was a 4 in there lol. Am not familiar with the Felts.
    Shame it does not have the 16 spoke wheels but for £650 it would be a lot to ask.

    Thanks for the ride review VTech, are the lever cables all under the bar tape on Apex or shoot out the side of hoods like Sora? Do you know if you can adjust reach on them?
  • elderone
    elderone Posts: 1,410
    that looks a bargain to be fair,nice looking bike aswel.
    Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    felt-z75-red-2012.jpg?w=1500&h=1500&a=7
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Thanks coriordan ;-) Lived in Wandsworth for ages myself. How is it these days?
    Looking forward to passing through (V fast hopefully) during the RideLondon100 ;-)

    Thanks for the confirmation too elderone.
    I think my work is done now. Hope he enjoys riding it.
  • snowley
    snowley Posts: 149
    Looks like a great deal to me. Your friend should be extremely pleased with it.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Moved from Clapham Junction (Bolingbroke Grove) to Fulham last year. Hard to say which I prefer...

    No worries re: the pic. Took me a year to work it out. You right click and 'copy image URL' (the one that ends JPG). This one ended JPG then some script with the image size. It was 2000x2000 so I just guessed and thought 1500^2 would be sufficient.

    Might be doing Ride100 myself....waiting to confirm!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Good luck with getting in ;-)
    Really looking forward to coming back through Kingston on the way to Wimbledon/Putney and on to the mall.
    I was in Earlsfield/Magdalen rd, but used to work all over that area so know it really well.
  • pride4ever
    pride4ever Posts: 510
    Looks nice, he could swap out parts over time and ride that bike happily for 10 years.
    the deeper the section the deeper the pleasure.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    pride4ever wrote:
    Looks nice, he could swap out parts over time and ride that bike happily for 10 years.

    Now thats what I call a seal of approval :P
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Carbonator wrote:
    Good luck with getting in ;-)

    I know some people.....not keeping my hopes up, but keeping my fingers crossed!

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