New Bike 2000 pound

blue&whitearmy
blue&whitearmy Posts: 3
edited October 2014 in Road buying advice
Hi All,

New to the forum as looking for some advice, done plenty of research and came across 3 bikes that I'm looking to see what the best value is. Seems stock the Fuji has the best wheels however I could be completely off the mark!

Fuji SST 2.1 2014 - 1600 pounds
Colnago CLX 3.0 Ultegra 2014 - 2000 pounds
NeilPryde Nazare Ultegra - 1750 pounds instore

All have full Ultegra and decent low spec wheels. I'd be looking to get this all on Cycle to Work and can get a voucher of 2000 pounds for an overall cost of 1400 over 12 months. The NeilPryde bike I would hope to do a deal with the LBS to upgrade wheels to Mavic Kysrium Elite wheels a it should come to about 2k in total.

Everyone's thoughts? Looking for light aero bike, will be used all round but my riding style prefer speed. I currently have a Carrera bike so any new bike here is going to be a massive improvement!

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fuj ... e-ec072875
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/colnago-clx-30-ultegra-11-2014/
http://www.dalescycles.com/2014-neil-pr ... tegra-p904

Comments

  • andy37
    andy37 Posts: 120
    looking at your list surely it has to be the Colnago!
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    Before you decide you may want to confirm that all of these are available in your size.

    The fuji is available in two sizes - 50cm and 60cm

    The Colnago is available in a 45cm.

    The Dales link takes you to a ladies waterproof.

    They will be heavily discounted because they are the last of the stock and they may not be getting anymore to sell at that price.
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    The Neil Pryde is availbale in a 56cm.

    So unless you match one of these sizes you may need to be searching further afield.

    The other point to note is that some places don't do discounted bikes on C2W so call them and ask.
  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    Consider Pauls cycles, they have a wide range of bikes - they allow C2W on sales bikes and allow top ups:
    http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/info/cyclescheme.php

    it is possible to buy something like this:
    http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s6p547 ... O-RED-2014
  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    What sort of riding are you planning on doing?

    From what I can tell, the Fuji is a crit' bike, the Colnago is more endurance the and Neil Pryde is an aero racer.
  • antsmithmk
    antsmithmk Posts: 717
    Have you looked at a Rose? You gets a lot of Rose for 2000....
  • blue&whitearmy
    blue&whitearmy Posts: 3
    The area I live is quite hilly but also includes a mix of long flats. Will be mostly doing 45-60 mile cycles each weekend which I am currently doing on a Carrera bike so would expect my speed and distance to go up with a 5 kg lighter bike and far better spec'd. Need to get properly fitted but am aware a certain size, ie 54 is not the same across all bikes,

    I'll take a look at the Rose site was also looking at Ribble.

    For 2k i'm expecting a full Ultegra, good frame and good wheels. A lot of packages i've looked at have low spec wheels which doesn't seem worth the 2k. Any suggestions welcome as it's a minefield out there for a newcomer to cycling!
  • How Far is too Far
    How Far is too Far Posts: 534
    letap73 wrote:
    Consider Pauls cycles, they have a wide range of bikes - they allow C2W on sales bikes and allow top ups:
    http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/info/cyclescheme.php

    it is possible to buy something like this:
    http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s6p547 ... O-RED-2014

    +1 for this, I doubt you could get a better bike for that money.
  • Buckie2k5
    Buckie2k5 Posts: 600
    Ribble R872 gets amazing reviews, can be bought with ultegra 6800 11 speed for under £1400. Would leave you a cracking budget for a nice set of wheels :)

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