Help! Which bike??

Diveninja
Diveninja Posts: 3
edited June 2016 in Road buying advice
Hi All,

My bike is on the way out so I'm looking at buying a new bike and 3 have caught my eye:

- Planet X Pro Carbon Ultegra 6800 Road Bike - £950
- Dolan L'etape Ultegra 6800- £1050
- Ribble Gran Fondo Special Edition Ultegra 6800 - £1100

What do you think? Are there quality differences? What would you choose?

I am open to suggestions about other bikes.

Some help would be greatly appreciated

Comments

  • wotnoshoeseh
    wotnoshoeseh Posts: 531
    I'd go with the Ribble, but try to stretch out another £100 to get the R872 with Ultegra.

    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-ribble-r872-special-edition-shimano-ultegra-6800/

    A couple of guys I know have the R872 and they are very highly rated (the bikes, not the blokes).

    Good luck with whatever you go for though.
  • REDUTOPIA
    REDUTOPIA Posts: 71
    Ribble, but I think that the advice above is well.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Surely the flouro green Dolan!
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • koontz
    koontz Posts: 119
    wotnoshoeseh wrote:
    I'd go with the Ribble, but try to stretch out another £100 to get the R872 with Ultegra.

    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-ribble-r872-special-edition-shimano-ultegra-6800/

    A couple of guys I know have the R872 and they are very highly rated (the bikes, not the blokes).

    Good luck with whatever you go for though.

    That looks like a good deal, until you see it has a 11-25 cassette. Ok for flat sections but would be no good were I live and go riding, and to change to say a 28/32 you would need to buy new rear derailleur and probably new chain.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,789
    koontz wrote:
    wotnoshoeseh wrote:
    I'd go with the Ribble, but try to stretch out another £100 to get the R872 with Ultegra.

    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-ribble-r872-special-edition-shimano-ultegra-6800/

    A couple of guys I know have the R872 and they are very highly rated (the bikes, not the blokes).

    Good luck with whatever you go for though.

    That looks like a good deal, until you see it has a 11-25 cassette. Ok for flat sections but would be no good were I live and go riding, and to change to say a 28/32 you would need to buy new rear derailleur and probably new chain.

    No new derailleur required for 11-28 cassette. Ribble would probably swap the cassette for you anyway if you contacted them.
  • Diveninja
    Diveninja Posts: 3
    Excellent folks! Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. I'll certainly look at the R872... and the flouro green Dolan!!!

    Thanks again

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