2014 deals..cervelo s2 or felt ar5

FATBELLYME

Narrowed to these 2..the cervelo is £550 more expensive (worth it?) both have 105 groupset

DKay

I'd go for the AR5 hands down. I was all set to get one before I bought my Foil.

FATBELLYME

Thanks

Philly8mt

S2 was at 1500ish at Edinburgh Co-op Cycle shop thingy... Not a bad old buy!!

Calpol

The answer to your question is that rationally the Cervelo is not worth £550 more unless you really want a Cervelo bike. There of course nothing wrong with that but it like many of the other major oem s does no represent good value in my book. That doesn't stop me wanting one. The sensible thing would be but the felt and and nicer wheels with the £500. however the key question is would you love it every time you looked at it?

FATBELLYME

Is the frame on the 2014 the same frame for all the ar models

DKay

FATBELLYME wrote:

Is the frame on the 2014 the same frame for all the ar models

I think the same frame was used on all, except for the top of the range AR FRD, which used the trick looking TeXtreme 100 material. For 2015, the AR1 and AR2 also use TeXtreme.

secretsam

You could buy some nice stuff with the £500 saved

FATBELLYME

just to throw a spanner in the works how do these rate to a planet x n2a

DKay

Dunno. But I know what I'd buy and it wouldn't be the Planet-X.

napoleond

Have you ever had you're AR5 Felt?

Does nobody else find this nomenclature amusing?

DKay

NapoleonD wrote:

Have you ever had you're AR5 Felt?

Does nobody else find this nomenclature amusing?

They need to bring out an Evo version of the AR5 and call it the AR5E.

FATBELLYME

DKay wrote:

Dunno. But I know what I'd buy and it wouldn't be the Planet-X.

whys that

DKay

FATBELLYME wrote:

DKay wrote:

Dunno. But I know what I'd buy and it wouldn't be the Planet-X.

whys that

It's largely an unknown quantity. Hardly any reviews worth a mention and it's quite old now. I'd also trust the R & D of Felt and Cervelo a lot more than anything Planet-X would come up with.