Planet X Pro Carbon, Ultegra

shawny
shawny Posts: 33
edited May 2013 in Road buying advice
Hi, has anyone got one of the Planet X pro carbon bikes and any reviews on it, It seems a good price at £1399, with Ultegra, I weigh 82 kg and ride about 150-200 miles a week, hoping to enter a Vets race or 2 in the future, also looking at Giant TCR Advanced 3 which gets great reviews but lower spec and more money.

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  • bondurant
    bondurant Posts: 858
    What do you want to know about it?
  • shawny
    shawny Posts: 33
    Is it worth the money, how the bike feels when putting the power down, climbing etc. any info would be appreciated thanks
  • warrior4life
    warrior4life Posts: 925
    Its a flexy frame and fork, I've owned 2 over the years an they aren't a bad bike for the money at all.
    I've owned a fair few carbon bikes over the years and had the chance to test many when working in a shop and I say for the money its a good piece of kit.

    I think the strong points with planet x are the finishing kit which is quite light and strong and the same also goes for the wheels.
    Also they have a fantastic warranty.
    The geometry on the SL pro means you have a lot of seat post showing if you're long legged and I felt I had quite a bit of weight over the rear of the bike.
    I personally would pick the sram rival version over the ultegra version as the sram weighs less and sram UK have better back up than shimano.
    I'd then get some planet x 52mm carbon clinchers or another set of nice wheels. I think the bike really looks good in white.
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Generally meant to be good & offer great value - I might look at Ribble and Canyon before you buy though. All offer nice bikes for the cash.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • thespanishadam
    thespanishadam Posts: 341
    As far as I know Dolan use the same frame. I'd be more swayed at the Sram Force and specify the Mavic Aksiums. Comes with 3t finishing kit as standard.

    http://www.dolan-bikes.com/road-bikes/C ... uct_id=457

    Ps I'm not a Dolan salesman, a chap at work has one and I was very impressed. He picked up a full Utlegra (6700) version last year for £1k. They did a sale when the Tour de France was on.
  • theotherjake
    theotherjake Posts: 237
    Agree with the white comment, wish I went for white...

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12923140

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