Anyone ride/ridden a Felt80/Focus Variado/Bianchi Via Nirone?!
Mark044
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Am stuck between these 3 as for buying. Would be using for duathlons and training. Have about £700 to spend if anyone has any further options?!!
Cheers!
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having said this I found this site useful (bering in miund its only someonelses opinion)
http://www.trigearreview.com/forms/Article.aspx?REVID=192
& these on the bikes
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/article/mps/UAN/307/V/2/SP bianchi
220 last month had a review on the focus
the spec of the felt & the focus seem almost on par .. however the bianchi is claimed to be somewhat lacking in gearing suggesting it may be prudent to spend a little more for the next model up (Mirage/Veloce)
but hey what would i know
madnurse (phil)
Luke
It is great value for money (especially with 10% of free accessories at the moment, I used this to get some nice Shimano Ultegra pedals, only £40 on Wiggle after all the discounts)). After sales service may be a concern as Wiggle say you need to keep all original packaging (including the original zip ties) if you want to claim something under the warranty. It comes pre-assembled in a huge box so how they can expect someone to store it all I don't know. I am sure that if you had a problem a friendly email to Focus direct would probably solve it. As without a great presence in the UK, their brand and reputation are all they have at the moment.
I am looking forward to trying the Variado out on a couple of triathlons in the summer to see how much time I can shave off the ride. Previously I rode a Barracuda Azzuri and as you can imagine the Focus is a great improvement.
Best of luck with the bike, but I can advise in favour of the Variado if you are willing to take the sizing risk!
I would seriously consider Planet x the cheapest stealth is £999 and that is full carbon and tri specific or you could ask them to downgrade the sl pro carbon ultegra to 105 with ultegra its £999.
Hope this helps,
Callum