Yet another £1000 bike thread - full 105 any good?

Ringpeace

Am in the market for a new bike £1000 to spend.

I have seen this, full 105 groupset, http://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-105-5700-groupset-oem-66608.html

£300 - so £700 to spend. Any advice on frameset and keep me within budget?

Remember, I only have £1000 to spend, well, £700

Appreciate your advice on framesets.

Cheers

arran77

So you have £700 for just a frame or is it £700 for the frame, wheels / tyres and all the finishing kit?

markhewitt1978

£300 for 10 speed years old 105? Nah.

Get the 11 speed brand new 105 for £330 http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shim ... prod116477

marcusww

Cycling plus did an article on £1000 bikes in the last couple of months - worth a look. From memory most had 105 setups.

arran77

markhewitt1978 wrote:

£300 for 10 speed years old 105? Nah.

Get the 11 speed brand new 105 for £330 http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shim ... prod116477

So get this and sling it on one of these...

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRPXROT57/planet-x-rt-57-carbon-road-frame-and-fork

Or just blow the budget on this with Ultegra as a complete bike....

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXRT57ULT/planet-x-rt-57-shimano-ultegra-6800-road-bike

nochekmate

If the £700 is to cover the cost of frameset, wheels and finishing kit, then you'll end up looking for a £400 frameset which will not be easy to find!

You'd be better off buying a complete package from the likes of Planet X, Ribble or some new old stock from some other source.

bad_ash

arran77 wrote:

Or just blow the budget on this with Ultegra as a complete bike....

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXRT57ULT/planet-x-rt-57-shimano-ultegra-6800-road-bike

Or spend under budget (£999) on this also with full Ultegra 6800 http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXSLPULT6800/planet-x-pro-carbon-shimano-ultegra-6800-road-bike