£1000 ish carbon road bike

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£1000 ish carbon road bike
scuff321
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Any ideas for entry level carbon road bike

Posted 9 years ago

lowey
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Ribble Gran Fondo ?

Posted 9 years ago

Painey
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Planet X have been doing some great deals recently. There and Ribble should be your first places to look.

Posted 9 years ago

FGF 701 The Hydrate Or Die Edition

julians
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Planet x seems to be the default choice for that money.

I bought the previous years Cube GTC agree in the sales for £750, as I didnt want to spend as much as a grand.

Posted 9 years ago

stumpy01
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The Canyon Endurance range seems to get good reviews & can be had for around the £1k mark.

Posted 9 years ago

uwe-r
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The PX RT58 looks a cracking bike however i didnt have the budget, ended up with a dale synapse alloy which is a lovely frame. If i had 1k to spend i’d be looking for a carbon synapse on ebay and failing finding one would widen the search to a RT58.

Posted 9 years ago

hammyuk
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Just built up a Pro Carbon £299, 105 groupset (Merlin/CRC/Wiggle £299), seatpost/seat/stem/etc PX, Mavics off here – all in under £850.
Tips the scales at under 8Kg too

Posted 9 years ago

mrblobby
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You’ll likely get a better alu frame with that budget.

You could get a Cannondale CAAD10 with 105 for 1300, much rather that to a PX pro carbon or a ribble.

Posted 9 years ago

northernmatt
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No one mentioned Giant Defy 0 yet?

(d’oh, it isn’t carbon)

Posted 9 years ago

nickc
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I’ve a Ribble R872 it was £1600 with Ultegra and Ksyrium wheels, with careful picking of parts you could easily get to your target.

Posted 9 years ago

TiRed
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I’d normally say alloy CAAD10 at your price point… But, if you are prepared to have Tiagra, then Paul Cycles have Giant TCR Advanced 3’s for £1100 this is an absolute bargain and you will not find a better frame, let alone bike, for that money. And there is nothing wrong with Tiagra, I’ve raced it just fine. That frame was £1250 on its own. It’s that good.

Linky here

Posted 9 years ago

whereisthurso
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Or go for the 2013 carbon model for the same money but with full ultegra (all be it 10spd). Amazing value if bang up to date gearing doesn’t bother you.

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s6p4906/GIANT-TCR-COMPOSITE-1-2013

Posted 9 years ago

frogstomp
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Mekk Poggio 2.5?

Posted 9 years ago

burnsybhoy
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Cannondale Supersix Evo 105 6 at Sprockets Cycles for £1039.99 only size 56cm left.

Here is think link.

Posted 9 years ago

thisisnotaspoon
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+1 for alloy at that budget. It may not be any better than the best carbon at that price, but it wont be worse and will be a lot better than some carbon options.

See Hora’s recent history for the pitfalls of buying a carbon bike for £1k just because of the spec.

Posted 9 years ago

aazlad
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I can recommend a Dolan L’etape very highly. I have the Campag Veloce with wheels upgraded to Mavic which can be had for less than £930.

Posted 9 years ago

jools182
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Merlin

Posted 9 years ago

snownrock
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Those Sensa bikes look good, I just wish Merlin wouldn’t be a little devious and show bike pictures with different specification to the one listed.

Posted 9 years ago

TiRed
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If that TCR with 6700 Ultegra is in your size, then it really is superb value. Easily the best frame for you budget, with the rest of the bike coming for free. If not, Tiagra is no bad choice.

Check sizing here because Giant bikes come up quite big.

Posted 9 years ago

turbo1397
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Not sure if it’s of interest but I’m selling a giant defy composite frame/forks/seatpost/stem/bars for £400 in the classifieds..

Posted 9 years ago

asc73
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our local shop has a 2015 c dale synapse 105 carbon in a 58cm at £1300 they claim it has a mark on it could’nt see it ,looked stunning.stealthy black.

Posted 9 years ago

muddydwarf
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I can also vouch for the Dolan L’Etape – bought mine frame only & built it up with parts I already had. Really nice bike to ride.

Posted 9 years ago

jonk
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I have a similar bike to this but with ultegra, Superb bike and very comfy and a steal at £1000.

Posted 9 years ago

jeremyd42
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Viper Verbier.
Not the sexiest but very good price tag for a carbon bike with 105 groupset.

http://www.alltricks.com/road/bikes/viper-verbier-road-bike-shimano-105-compact-11-speed-2015-266-185135.html

Posted 9 years ago

chakaping
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Ribble frames are good for cheap carbon IME – stiff, comfy and fast geometry.

See Hora’s recent history for the pitfalls of buying a carbon bike for £1k just because of the spec.

Do you really think there was anything wrong with the bike?

Posted 9 years ago

kimbers
Full Member

not carbon but cycle surgery have kona zings on a 1 day sale for 550 quid today

Posted 9 years ago

teamslug
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Try Pauls Cycles. I got a cdale carbon synapse from them. About £1100 iirc. 105 10 speed. Lovely looking bike and pretty comfy!!!.

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s6p5237/CANNONDALE-SYNAPSE-CARBON-105-2013

Posted 9 years ago