What bike would you buy up to £6000 and why??

ScreaminWargasm

Hi All,

After being involved in a cycling accident with some nasty injuries, I will be receiving a decent amount of compensation from a blind van drivers insurance company.
My previous bike was a Cannondale SuperSix 105 so clearly any of the below will be a decent upgrade. I am open to Shimano or SRAM groupsets but am most keen on the weight of the 2013 SRAM Red.

Just after people opinions on bikes around the £6k mark but I can be flexable on price. I have a few that I'm leaning towards such as the Scott Foil 10, SuperSix Evo Team, Focus Izalco Team SL 1.0
Anyone own one of these bikes that can advise on the pros/cons?

If you were spending that much money, what would you buy and why?? I will obviously ride as many different bikes as possible before handing over that kind of cash :shock:

Many Thanks

Mick

saprkzz

I fell out of love with my £6K bike and feel it was the biggest mistake spending that much. I stripped it down and replaced the frame that cost a third of the price. The new one feels so much more suited to me.
My problem is, I went into the shop for one bike and got talked into another. At first i felt like i had to love it and it was the best thing ever, but really I didnt get on with it.

My advice is be very careful, and go for the one YOU want, bikes lose so much money, I will end up losing around £700-800 (on the frame) when I sell it. :evil:

Gentracer

Depends what you want to do and get out of an expensive bike. Are you going to race with it, do you want it because its nice to have nice things. (Nothing wrong with that by the way).

If it was me I would consider buying more than one bike. Don't know what you already have, but I won't ride my £5k bike in the winter so I have a winter bike as well, and then there is the need for a hard tail and full sus mountain bike, and then a cross bike, and maybe a single speed.

If I had six grand in my pocket I would but a decent road bike for £3.5 ish and then invest in either a cross bike or a full sus with the change...... always nice to have options and mix up the riding.

passout

I agree that having a nice winter bike (maybe ti) and a summer bike is good idea. If you do spend 4k or more on a road bike, I'd want something with heritage like a Look or something Italian.

philw80

Scott Foil premium frame £1400

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/scott-m12#c112

Sram red £1100

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/r ... +Road+Bike

Mavic cosmic carbone slr £1450

http://www.veloecosse.com/productdetail ... ctid=26904

Under £4k and just need saddle stem and bars :-)

Mccaria

I have bikes at this value, but oddly none on your shortlist !

One thing I have found is that at this price point I get a lot of enjoyment out of sourcing each component rather than going for a ready built bike. It doesn't necessarily mean the final build strays far from what is available in pre-built form, but I enjoy the process of choosing the components and assembling the thing.

Purely personal but my Colnago C59 with manual Dura-ace is my number 1.

lostboysaint

It would have an engine.

spasypaddy

Look.

Time.

Colnago.

Something european with heritage.

ScreaminWargasm

Thanks for the replies.

I will be using a Cannondale CAAD10 as a winter work horse and the new bike would be the 'Summer Ride'.
I do not intend on racing on it any time soon but wouldn't rule it out in the future.

I want an all round bike that is light, has aero wheels if possible and is reasonably comfortable for group and solo rides between 20-100+ miles.

I like the idea of building the bike from scratch and may have a look into doing that.

As much as I'd like a decent MTB, I wouldn't have the room to store that along with the two road bikes plus the Mrs would get the hump :roll:

jibberjim

2000 on a bike.
4000 on travel to enjoy the bike.

sloppyschleckonds

jibberjim wrote:

2000 on a bike.
4000 on travel to enjoy the bike.

This

You could probably cycle around France and Italy for a couple of months with £4k

goonz

For £6k that bike better be winning me every KOM and breaking all my PB's otherwise I would get something for half that and go on a wicked cycling holiday like others have mentioned.

Anonymous

My heart says philw80's Foil (except I'd go DA9000 or 9070), and I'd go Zipp303/Enve 3.4 (cost dependant)

Head says Tarmac SL4, DA7800, Fulcrum Racing 1. Pocket the difference

Coach H

Legend (Custom)

Colnago C59

Look

Time

In that order

thegreatdivide

I was in the same position as you OP. Ended up getting a bike fit, buying a top-end Wilier frame, Super Record groupset, ace wheels and loads of carbon bits separately, then built my dream machine and managed to build a Colnago Master too the same way. So don’t buy an off the peg bike that costs £6k. You get more bang for your buck if you build it up - and build it up from your fit specs.

Grill

philw80 wrote:

Scott Foil premium frame £1400

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/scott-m12#c112

Sram red £1100

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/r ... +Road+Bike

Mavic cosmic carbone slr £1450

http://www.veloecosse.com/productdetail ... ctid=26904

Under £4k and just need saddle stem and bars :-)

The Foil Premium is a Di2 only frameset. The OP would have to find either a Team or a 10 to run SRAM Red.

lostboysaint

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ducati-848-Pearl-White-2009-Low-mileage-Good-condition-/190824278904?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item2c6e036b78

goonz

thegreatdivide wrote:

I was in the same position as you OP. Ended up getting a bike fit, buying a top-end Wilier frame, Super Record groupset, ace wheels and loads of carbon bits separately, then built my dream machine and managed to build a Colnago Master too the same way. So don’t buy an off the peg bike that costs £6k. You get more bang for your buck if you build it up - and build it up from your fit specs.

How much did that all cost you in the end?

gabriel959

If you like your CAAD10, or the geometry that is, and you liked the SuperSix how about a SuperSix Evo?

You can get a decent one for £4k or £5k and pocket the rest for a holiday. This looks like amazing value if its your size http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/bikes- ... 12-p210736

If not you can always buy the frame and get what you want though http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/frames ... 13-p214134

Here for a cheap 2012 version http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m6b65s25p5 ... S_GB/19333

thegreatdivide

goonz wrote:

thegreatdivide wrote:

I was in the same position as you OP. Ended up getting a bike fit, buying a top-end Wilier frame, Super Record groupset, ace wheels and loads of carbon bits separately, then built my dream machine and managed to build a Colnago Master too the same way. So don’t buy an off the peg bike that costs £6k. You get more bang for your buck if you build it up - and build it up from your fit specs.

How much did that all cost you in the end?

Under £6k

The Master and the story of how much it cost to build viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12868281

The Wilier Cento Uno half way down viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12898462&start=100

Frame bought from a place in Belgium with about £1100 off rrp :-), SR purchased from Comtat when they were practically giving them away, Racing Zeros in a Winstanleys sale, bits sourced in sales on the net. The Zipps came earlier this year.

thegreatdivide

I realise that some of the above was lucky purchases and a bit of buying a selling but it still shows what you can get for less than £6k and not buying off the peg.

[edit] And having a bike fit first so you can build off the specs and not really having to worry about trying bikes out/being limited to what they stock.

goonz

gabriel959 wrote:

If you like your CAAD10, or the geometry that is, and you liked the SuperSix how about a SuperSix Evo?

You can get a decent one for £4k or £5k and pocket the rest for a holiday. This looks like amazing value if its your size http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/bikes- ... 12-p210736

If not you can always buy the frame and get what you want though http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/frames ... 13-p214134

Here for a cheap 2012 version http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m6b65s25p5 ... S_GB/19333

I have a picture of that on my wall in the office with that RRP as a target of what I need to save. One day....

ScreaminWargasm

Thanks for all the replies and the links guys. I'm a fan of the SuperSix and the Evo seems like the obvious choice as I know the bike fits me very well but I just fancied a change.
I'm not ruling out the Evo frame and the 2012 one from Westbrook cycles is a bargain, as is the 4.9kg version that was almost £9k and is now £5k.
I think I'll have to get out and test a few frames and group sets and go from there. Once I have a better idea of what I'm after, I may buy the frame set and build her to my own spec.
With almost every bike I look at, there's something that I'd want to change so I guess it makes sense to build from scratch.

letap73

http://www.free-motion.net/en/rennrad/s ... pp-edition

+ have a cycling holiday!

Stu517

No contest....

Get yourself a cervelo, DA 9000 and a set of zipp 202's or enve 3.4

Watch the KOM's roll in!

Grill

Buy a Giant Defy and a set of Reynolds RZR 46

rozzer32

Baum!








Sorry of to go find a tissue.

goonz

rozzer32 wrote:

Baum!








Sorry of to go find a tissue.

:shock:
I just had an accident! :oops:

thegreatdivide

That last frame is amazing!

rozzer32

Read about it here: http://www.cyclingtips.com.au/2012/11/bikes-of-the-bunch-baum-continental/

goonz

I agree, i want one!