Boardman Road Pro Carbon 2014

sss
sss Posts: 25
edited January 2014 in Road buying advice
Hi,

Has anyone had any experience with this bike??

I am on the verge of buying a Giant Defy 1 for £999 but With discount i can get the Boardman Pro Carbon for £1040 instead of the usual £1299.

Any advice would be appreciated :-)
Thank You

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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cate ... -14-47909/

    Is this the one? The review seems pretty positive.
  • sss
    sss Posts: 25
    Yup, thats the one. There doesn't seem to be many reviews on other websites. im guessing maybe because its new.
    I was hoping maybe someone has some experience with the bike or knows someone who owns the bike.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Jesus wept, that is one fugly bike.
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Jesus wept, that is one fugly bike.

    I thought it looked quite nice!
  • Garyh09
    Garyh09 Posts: 22
    Seems a nice bike to me, debating trading my triban 3 for 1, could you tell me how to get 1 at that price if possible please sss?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Jesus wept, that is one fugly bike.

    Not the nicest Boardman* but still a lot better looking than that Giant* IMO :shock:

    *Have not seen in the flesh but will pop into Helfords tomorrow and have a look at the Boardman.
  • sss
    sss Posts: 25
    Garyh09 wrote:
    Seems a nice bike to me, debating trading my triban 3 for 1, could you tell me how to get 1 at that price if possible please sss?

    10% off through British cycling and also paying in halfords vouchers. It comes to £1053
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    keef66 wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Jesus wept, that is one fugly bike.

    I thought it looked quite nice!

    Ah, you've met our resident troll :D

    It's an SLR frame, just in T700 instead of T800/T1000. T700 makes it very slightly heavier, for a similar stiffness, hence it being 8kg, instead of 7.Xkg.

    They aren't especially pretty but that's because Boardman let the CAD/Finite Element Analysis determine what it needed to look like, rather than making a pretty bike and ignoring the flex downsides that would create. There are plenty of pretty bikes out there, if that is your priority.

    This bike won the Cycling Plus group test, but what do they know :wink:

    At just over £1k, it is punching well above its weight.
    Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
    Boardman FS Pro
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Jesus wept, that is one fugly bike.

    I bet he didn't even look at the link. The gallery of photos hardly shows the bike at all. Why do most reviews show us a photo of the sprockets. We KNOW what that looks like. They're all the same.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    You spend a lot of time choosing colour looks, but then quickly forget about all that if it rides well (or not).
    I feel unless it is in a colour or design you really do not like then its worth getting if the value/ride is good enough.

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