ribble carbon frames anygood?

ashleydwsmith
ashleydwsmith Posts: 693
edited September 2013 in Road buying advice
As per my post on beginners about my setup it appears my bike is a touch too small. I need a 54 c to top and mine is a 50cm. Bugger.
So weighing up options to replace, are ribble carbon frames any good, can anyone reccomend any others. Needs to be budgeted at prob max of 600 as will hopefully sell mine to fund.
Thanks in advance. Ash

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  • Camcycle1974
    Camcycle1974 Posts: 1,356
    have you tried a longer stem? ribble carbon frames are as good as any others and better value.
  • ashleydwsmith
    ashleydwsmith Posts: 693
    Running a 120 stem on there. Trying quite a bit.
  • Camcycle1974
    Camcycle1974 Posts: 1,356
    ashleydwsmith wrote:
    Running a 120 stem on there. Trying quite a bit.

    ah right. won't want any longer then really. how tall are you and how come you ended up with such a small frame? i had the opposite problem, now gone to a smaller size (ribble 872)
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Be careful that when and if you buy a new bike that you look at the effective top tube length of your 'too small' bike and whatever you choose which will be longer. Sizing by Seatube (how frame sizes are named) varies incredibly between makes and models due to different geometries.
  • ashleydwsmith
    ashleydwsmith Posts: 693
    Unfortunately I bought it off a 'mate', when I tried it it seemed to fit well as they always do.
    Its a shame as I love the frame, but cant continue to rid eit unless I can get it setup with out ridiculous additional expense.

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