Just bought this...

bongofish

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/ultra-900-a ... IbEALw_wcB

I'm 6 foot 2 with inside leg of 33.5. only had XL left but they said it should fit fine and will change the stem to a 110 before I pick it up tommorrow.

Any thoughts?

joe_totale-2

It's a great bike and a bargain for the money, IMO there's no need for upgrading anything so no need to worry about that. Now go and enjoy riding the thing!

Matthewfalle

bargain and lovely - top work that man!

now head out and ride.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

BR review https://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cat ... iew-51987/

For £700, the spec looks pretty decent.

Given your thread about hills, you may find the 11-28 cassette with 36/52 chainset an issue. If you want to make the gearing a bit easier for the hills, the best deals I know of are...
Silver https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shi ... prod173487 £38 (bought one myself recently)
https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-10 ... 17086.html 11-34 £36.50 (I need to order this)

36/34 will then be ~27.5 gear inches according to https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gear-calc.html , a tiny bit easier than 34/32.

mbrune

Bongofish wrote:

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/ultra-900-af-road-bike-105-id_8377261.html?iv_=__iv_p_1_g_63789429500_c_316396706835_w_pla-309168562543_n_g_d_m_v__l__t__r_1o1x_pla_y_15177021_f_online_o_2160367_z_GB_i_en_j_309168562543_s__e__h_9046344_ii__vi__&gclid=Cj0KCQiAheXiBRD-ARIsAODSpWNaWjkMwRSF9SSQPm8ZNDkMWh3lZp2KRkhKIMzyxvBXLiPWSOiqBHAaApIbEALw_wcB

I'm 6 foot 2 with inside leg of 33.5. only had XL left but they said it should fit fine and will change the stem to a 110 before I pick it up tommorrow.

Any thoughts?

Is that your cycling inseam? If so you have a long torso, and the XL is likely the correct size for you, I'm 6'4" with a 36.5" inseam, and ride 61cm frames generally. Probably could ride a 58 or 60 in many cases, but too often the stack is too short to ride comfortably once I raise the seat for my long legs. Anyway, given your measurements you have an extra 1" in the torso over me, I would think that XL is likely a good fit.

Tyresome

I’d change the tyres as soon as you can, if I were you but everything else is peachy for the price there.

joe2008

If people say it's a not that good are you going to change it again?

Personally I would have gone with a carbon frame.

philbar72

joe2008 wrote:

If people say it's a not that good are you going to change it again?

Personally I would have gone with a carbon frame.

looks decent value, to be honest. for £699 with 105 and aksiums and other half decent running gear its not a bad buy...

joe2008

philbar72 wrote:

joe2008 wrote:

If people say it's a not that good are you going to change it again?

Personally I would have gone with a carbon frame.

looks decent value, to be honest. for £699 with 105 and aksiums and other half decent running gear its not a bad buy...

Yep, as long as op's happy with a harsher ride, it's good value.

step83

Matthewfalle wrote:

bargain and lovely - top work that man!

now head out and ride.

Just don't forget to add pedals first.

Decent upgrade, go out see how it feels tweak the seat and bars as you need them and enjoy

redvision

joe2008 wrote:

philbar72 wrote:

joe2008 wrote:

If people say it's a not that good are you going to change it again?

Personally I would have gone with a carbon frame.

looks decent value, to be honest. for £699 with 105 and aksiums and other half decent running gear its not a bad buy...

Yep, as long as op's happy with a harsher ride, it's good value.

All the reviews of the frame are decent and i would much rather ride a good aluminium frame than a cheap sh!te carbon frame. I think the OP has made a good choice and hope he enjoys his new ride.

supermurph09

Much better, get the pedals and bottle cages on and get going.

Matthewfalle

joe2008 wrote:

philbar72 wrote:

joe2008 wrote:

If people say it's a not that good are you going to change it again?

Personally I would have gone with a carbon frame.

looks decent value, to be honest. for £699 with 105 and aksiums and other half decent running gear its not a bad buy...

Yep, as long as op's happy with a harsher ride, it's good value.

he won't feel any different. its well cool and a bargain.

#bikesnob