How much was your first MODERN ROAD bike? New or used?
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First foray into road bikes was a 6 month old 2010 Trek 1.1 bought used for £300. Still my pub bike/winter hack. Rack, guards, weighs a ton and you feel every road vibration but it's built like a tank and served me well.0
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Trek 1.9 in 2009 for £1,099. Ultegra groupset and a colour scheme that still makes me smile when I ride it. I have no idea if it's any good compared to other brands, but I like itStill trying to convince the missus of the n+1 rule...!0
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Trek 1200, bought in 2006 for £600ish I think. No idea how many miles it's done but I've had my money's worth out of it! Still sees regular use as winter/tour/occasional commute bike.0
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Giant Defy 2 got it in Sept 2011 just after the riots £520 or thereabouts cost per mile about 27p at the moment but had 4 months off last year with a multiple broken bones in my hand after a good crash. Just back riding properly, well almost in a rough way.Turned out nice again!0
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Bianchi Nirone. New, £1 under a grand.
Only lasted 3 months before it was written off. I needed an excuse to go carbon, anyway.0 -
1300, Pinarello FP Quattro.
after getting a cannondale quick cx2 hybrid, I decided I wanted a road bike and waited until I found something I really liked.
as for how many miles i've done on it - 0 as we're currently recovering from an ice age, and i'm not taking her out in the wet/cold!!0 -
Mine was £650, a Ribble Winter trainer with Shimano Tiagra, bought it about 10 months ago.
I did about 750 miles, a fair few of that on my commute to my old job. Now that I have a new job (much further away) and it is Winter, the bike is just sitting there0 -
Mine's a BTwin Triban 3, bought new for only £299.
Shimano Triple set, carbon forks, 5 yr warranty, and a free checkup within 6 months sounded pretty good as a first-time dive into road cycling
I'm yet to see if it's a complete steal at that price, or whether it is too good to be true when it starts shedding all it's vital parts on the way to work after 6 months. The online reviews all seemed very enthusiastic though.0 -
Felt F85
Loved it..
On a De Rosa now thoughAlways remember.... Wherever you go, there you are.
Ghost AMR 7500 2012
De Rosa R8380 -
twitchor wrote:Mine is a Felt Z85 2013 £785 new...
Had it 2 weeks and still ain't rode it..
Price per mile so far is ∞0 -
Felt F95 picked up 2 days ago - £650.
a huge 12 miles on the clock thus far.0 -
My Giant Defy 5 only cost me £500 back in May this year. So far, i've only managed 145miles so it has cost a massive £3.45 per mile - but that will change significantly over the coming months....
I bought it through the cyclescheme though, so it will only end up costing me around £340 - so at that it has only cost £2.34 per mile so far...."I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated"0 -
Bought a Giant OCR3 from ebay for £225 last September getting on for 1700 miles on it so far, sold an old MTB for £200 so effectively cost neutral trying to persuade the wife that I need a new bike so this can be relegated to Winter bike.0
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EasyToAssemble wrote:Mine's a BTwin Triban 3, bought new for only £299.
Shimano Triple set, carbon forks, 5 yr warranty, and a free checkup within 6 months sounded pretty good as a first-time dive into road cycling
I'm yet to see if it's a complete steal at that price, or whether it is too good to be true when it starts shedding all it's vital parts on the way to work after 6 months. The online reviews all seemed very enthusiastic though.
Same bike for me, was too cheap not to have a look at, esp after the countless very good reviews it got, i've had mine about 9 months, upgraded a couple of things since then, but more out of choice then necessity, only problem i've had was the chain kept jumping when putting the power down in the higher gears, had to change chain, rear wheel and cassette, works like a dream now, just over 1000 miles on it.0 -
Trek Domane 4.5 @ £2100 about 2 months ago. Absolutely loving it0
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New Ribble 7005 bike. Campag mirage, mavic MA3 wheels. £499 in 20030
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£649 - Trek 1.2 in 20100
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BMC Streetracer SR01 - Nov 2012 - 105 groupset
Ticket price was £999 but I got it on a cycle to work scheme so it'll be about £750 when I've finished paying for it.
Frighteningly I've ridden it about 3500 miles already. Lots of wear and tear of course. The Shimano 501 wheels that came with it are now emergency only having been written off when I got it service a couple of weeks back so an extra £350 can be added for the Mavic Ksyrium Equipes I've been using mostly since May. Also had the bottom bracket replaced, several chains and it's about to have the rear derailleur replaced. The headset is shot now too. I wish I was easier on my bikes :roll:0 -
davidefernandes wrote:EasyToAssemble wrote:Mine's a BTwin Triban 3, bought new for only £299.
Shimano Triple set, carbon forks, 5 yr warranty, and a free checkup within 6 months sounded pretty good as a first-time dive into road cycling
I'm yet to see if it's a complete steal at that price, or whether it is too good to be true when it starts shedding all it's vital parts on the way to work after 6 months. The online reviews all seemed very enthusiastic though.
Same bike for me, was too cheap not to have a look at, esp after the countless very good reviews it got, i've had mine about 9 months, upgraded a couple of things since then, but more out of choice then necessity, only problem i've had was the chain kept jumping when putting the power down in the higher gears, had to change chain, rear wheel and cassette, works like a dream now, just over 1000 miles on it.
I had the same chain problem with "catching" during a downward gear change the other day on one of my first distance rides (haven't been doing this for long). Hopefully it's not too common on the Triban 3s .
Although the bike had a setup when I bought it not long ago, I hoped it was just a case of doing a derailleur adjustment to fix the issue.0 -
Cervelo R5 = £7200
Didn't like it in the end though so broke it down and sold the frame 8 months after buying it! DOH :roll:0 -
Sensa Romagna Custom - £660
Excellent bike.You only need two tools: WD40 and Duck Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.0 -
A £400 Claude Bultler levante 05 hybrid that after atleast 6000 miles and a complete drive train replacement is still going strong. Reckon that ones paid for itself. I did work out the cost per mile as part of a transport course i did years ago, Think it was about 10p a mile.
£2700 on a full carbon lightspeed L3...Gonna take sometime to pay for itself.0 -
2011 Battaglin Start Veloce (now called the S11). Paid £599 reduced from ~£900+ in Wiggle mega deal.
Just looked and they're selling the same bike again now with 105 for £649.0 -
Claude Butler Levante around 2004, £300 aluminium frame, full 105 drivetrain except brakes. Upgraded to the Giant Defy 1 with just about the same specs but it cost me a grand.If you buy it, they will come...
...up to you and say, you didn't want to buy one of them!!!0