Cycle 2 Work Carbon Bike Choice

Rev Baz

About to choose a bike under this scheme, so limit £999. Narrowed it down to:
* Boardman Team Carbon
* Ribble R872
* Planet X Nanolight
* 13 Intuition Alpha
All look good - 13 bikes are the new kid on the block and the spec looks great for the price. Suggestions welcome (including any I have missed!)

Many thanks all!

diamonddog

Planet X 1st choice (prefer Sram gearing) or Ribble 2nd choice for me.
Boardman are also good bikes but IMO the ones above offer better value for money, I know nothing about the new range from Halfords.

rww

Wilier's Izoard XP might be another one to consider. The 2015 version is £999. The spec shouts "upgrade me", so if you want to get a fully-equipped finished article it's maybe not for you.

Rev Baz

THanks for suggestions. Also now considering the Dolan L'Etape.......

diamonddog wrote:

Planet X 1st choice (prefer Sram gearing) or Ribble 2nd choice for me.
Boardman are also good bikes but IMO the ones above offer better value for money, I know nothing about the new range from Halfords.

diamonddog

That would also go with the PX and Ribble as being a good bike and vfm IMO.

passout

Planet X or Ribble look v. good to me. Not as quite as keen on the Boardman. Winstanleys cycles do cyclescheme and they quite often have good discounts on last years models. All 3 of these shops offer cyclescheme on discounted bikes by the way which is great - there is a surcharge involved though I think. There's also this, if they let you 'top up' by 100 quid (which some places allow) http://www.cycledivision.co.uk/product- ... id278.html and this too http://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-evol ... 60098.html