Ribble R872 vs Trek Emonda S6 vs Giant TCR Advanced 2 - views and opinions sought

MyNameIsEarl
MyNameIsEarl Posts: 37
edited June 2016 in Road buying advice
Hi, I'm looking to upgrade from my first road bike (2015 Allez Sport) and have my choices down to these 3. They are all around £1200-£1300 which is within my budget, and I'm looking for something fast and fun, but comfy('ish) for an old man (47) :) I'm also using Cyclescheme.

Ribble R872 SE Ultegra
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-ri ... egra-6800/

Trek Emonda S6
http://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bikes ... 41600-2016

Giant TCR Advanced 2
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bi ... 955/90503/

I'll be test riding the Trek and Giant soon, but views and opinions from more experienced riders would be very welcome.

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  • teebs_123
    teebs_123 Posts: 357
    I have an Emonda SL8 and absolutely love it. Can't comment on the other 2, but the Trek fits me like a glove and I've done everything from chaingangs to 140 milers without an issue.

    4,000 miles now, hopefully many more to come.
    Orbea Orca OMX DI2 MyO
    Kinesis 4s Di2
  • MyNameIsEarl
    MyNameIsEarl Posts: 37
    Hmm..that SL8 looks very nice! Trek SL's generally seem to get good reviews. Maybe I should save a bit more and get an SL5/SL6 instead.

    By the lack of other feedback, it looks like I just need to get out there are try a few out and come to my own conclusions. Thanks.
  • galatzo
    galatzo Posts: 1,295
    You need to ride the ones you can, personally I like the look of the Giant best.
    All are standard mamil colours of black, red and white so you'll have no problem getting kit to match !
    25th August 2013 12hrs 37mins 52.3 seconds 238km 5500mtrs FYRM Never again.
  • MyNameIsEarl
    MyNameIsEarl Posts: 37
    Galatzo wrote:
    All are standard mamil colours of black, red and white
    so true! :lol:

    My Allez is in 'Monster Green', so wanted something completely different.
  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    Hired a Giant TCR Advanced 2 for a few days in the Alps. Other than the brakes being terrible in the wet (suspect this is down to the pads) the bike felt really good.
  • dj58
    dj58 Posts: 2,217
    hugo15 wrote:
    Hired a Giant TCR Advanced 2 for a few days in the Alps. Other than the brakes being terrible in the wet (suspect this is down to the pads) the bike felt really good.

    Standard Shimano 5800 105 calipers, could be the pads where the problem, a change to SwissStop FlashPro BXP blue should solve that problem.

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