First road bike
Jamesly
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in General Chat
I have been riding mountain bikes for years and now need to get a road bike - spend 500-750 - giant, specialised - any advice? Anyone know anything about the orbea range of bikes?
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Giant Defy Compact: http://www.formbycycles.co.uk/product/1 ... _Bike_2012
8 speed
Specialized Allez Compact
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec030703
8 speed
Felt F95
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fel ... e-ec032705
Specialized Allez Sport
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... e-ec030705
9 speed
Felt Z95
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fel ... 0#features
10 speed
Trek 1.2
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... e-ec030298
9 speed
Boardmans
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65710#tab2
9 speed
Cube
http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/produ ... _Bike_2011
9 speed
My thoughts:
10 speed if you can get it, 9 speed minimum
I would go for a compact for a variety of reasons, one being flexibility; it will probably come as a 50/34 but can easily swap out to a 36 or 39 and you can even swap out the 50 to a 51 or 52
I own the trek 1.2 and it is perfect. The main things is getting the fit right.
Personnel i would get giant or Trek.
If you want bikes made by faceless companies in the far east, then definitely go with giant or trek. If you want ones made in their apparent country of origin by workers who own part of the company then Orbea are the way to go (although they can be a bit manana when trying to order replacement bits). You also get something a bit different to what everyone else has. Makes it easier to find your own bike in transition.
Sound advice JB
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