Easyway RD 1.0, Radon Spire 5.0 or maybe something else?

ubergn0men

Hi,

I'm pretty much a beginner when it comes to road racing, however my physique is pretty good from other sports and general keeping active.
I'm looking at road bikes and tried reading up as much as possible. My budget is about £1100 and I've particularly been eyeing these few options:

Eastway RD 1.0 rival or force
http://www.wiggle.com/eastway-r10-rival-2013/
http://www.wiggle.com/eastway-rd10-force-2013/

Radon Spire 5.0
http://www.radon-bikes.de/xist4c/web/Sp ... 25967_.htm

Price on these are farily equal. From what I can make out they are pretty similar as for geometry, as they are all pretty "race"-oriented, right? Main use will probably be fast pace 1-hour rides, so comfort is not of biggest importance. The Eastway force has disc brakes, which I'm not sure is a good thing or not. Durability is probably of higher importance than chasing those last few grams of weight.

Any advice in what bike to pick in my price range is highly appreciated. If there's any other bike I should be looking at, please tell.

sungod

not familiar with any, but of the three i'd choose the radon...

on wiggle uk, one of the eastways is no longer available

the one with discs is a shop soiled and even then costs almost £2,000, but even if it were in budget, discs aren't allowed in road racing under uci rules which are used by british cycling, so if you wanted to race it'd be the wrong bike solely on that basis

are you in uk, or looking at buying from wiggle in another country?

ubergn0men

Thank you very much for response!

From what I can make out, the Eastways are available in my size (large I'm assuming as I'm 183cm, 89cm inseam). Maybe I'm missing something as for availablity, but it seems the Eastways are 50% off, which makes for almost £200 cheaper price than the discounted Radon. I'm located in Sweden. Could that make a difference?

As for looks, any of them will do. If I was going for the Eastway, I'd probably get the Rival one though. My riding will be solely for recreational purpose.

sungod

ubergn0men wrote:

Thank you very much for response!

From what I can make out, the Eastways are available in my size (large I'm assuming as I'm 183cm, 89cm inseam). Maybe I'm missing something as for availablity, but it seems the Eastways are 50% off, which makes for almost £200 cheaper price than the discounted Radon. I'm located in Sweden. Could that make a difference?

As for looks, any of them will do. If I was going for the Eastway, I'd probably get the Rival one though. My riding will be solely for recreational purpose.

yes location will make a big difference to availability/pricing

if you don't need it for racing, disc brakes have the advantage of better performance in wet weather, not too big a factor on the flat, but worth considering if you will do a lot of wet/hilly rides

ubergn0men

Okay. I recon (with my small knowledge) that the Easyway should be a bargain at 50% off, or am I wrong?

The disc brakes come at some addition to weight too, since the structure has to be slightly reinforced. It's also £60 more (50% off retail included).