Upgrading Frame

donkey600
donkey600 Posts: 74
edited December 2014 in Road buying advice
Hi all, I have a large merida race lite 900, purchased around 18 months ago.

Since purchasing upgraded to 105 throughout, hope wheels, conty 25c tyres had a bike fit and generally enjoy bike, but feel like bike could be comfier, during bike fit we realised frame is a tad large, I am 5 10 but to be honest we got bike comfy and me pedaling alot more efficiently.

Problem is I've put my mudguards on, and the tyres will not fit, so back on with the 23 tyres, by eck the bike now feels like a bone shocker...

So as all parts are less than six months old, and I have a carbon slk seat post on her, I'm looking to purchase a new or second hand frame. I have been looking at ribble, kinesis, but don't really like the looks of the kinesis.

What I want is the following.
Nice looking, curved top frame, just pleasing on the eye.
I live in the peaks, so I'm either going up or down.
I want to be comfy, and feel like I want to keep going after 50 miles, or give me confidence to do a big sportive.

Budget £500.

Cheers stu.....

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