I may be looking for a winter road bike (62cm) complete with guards etc. Does anyone know of any shops etc doing reasonable deals atm? I have done a lot of generic searches but haven’t turned up anything particularly interesting.

ribble???

Ribble come in at a bit over £500 and there aren’t any “deals” as such. They are on my radar thought.

Reasonable means different things to different folk. What is your reasonable budget?

I would also have said Ribble as I have just got a second hand 7005 framed setup 🙂

Ribble do seem to always quote quite long lead times if that’s likely to be an issue?

£500 is max for this, preferably lower.

How about a Felt for £399 on Merlin (some big sizes av) you can put some Crud Road guards on

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop/Bikes/Road+Bikes/Felt+Bikes/Felt+F95+Road+Bike_FELT-F95.htm

I’m just about to sell a 60cm ribble frame/fork/guards and some extras for cheap if that is any use to you, mail in profile.

Slowjo – what about getting that Felt and bigdugs frame, fork and guards – swap the frame and sell the felt frame?

A 60cm frame wil be a bit short in the top tube. I’ll have to measure it all up.

What length top tube are you after?
I’ve got a custom made Borghini winter frame with carbon/alu and steel forks. I’ll have to measure it, i’m 6 ft 4
How tall are you?

Ebay has quite a few frames including the Ribble 7005 for sale if that helps?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RIBBLE-ROAD-BIKE-/120635646812?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item1c1671e35c

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ribble-Winter-Training-Audax-Road-Bike-/160496127383?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item255e508d97

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ribble-Winter-Trainer-Road-Bike-/180578711103?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item2a0b54763f

just type ribble and loads come up 🙂

I’m a shade under 6ft 4ins.

Would consider a CX bike as an option too…. big tyres and all that!

60cm should be fine, unless you have a 29″ inside leg and all your height is in your body?

I’m a shade over 6’3″(191cm) and both my Road bikes & CX bike are 60cm

http://www.dalescycles.com/productdetails.asp?productid=51215

That’s a bit over £500 Organic!

That’s a bit over £500 Organic!

Sorry only lazily read the title and 1st post.

61cm Langster for £359?

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/specialized-langster-road-bike-black-id52847.html

Yes I know its Evans but cheap all the same
Trek 1.1 £419.99