[Closed] First roadbike- (Budget)- Advice

i got a cheap 2nd hand road bike, fitted rack and 'guards and now its my commyter/pub/tescos bike that can do longer rides as well. alu frame, steel forks, sora groupset. it all works fine.

i'm never going to get into road biking or join a club or anything, outright speed isn't important so i just went with something cheap and versatile.

Don't forget that the Sora / Tiagra range this year has technology from last year's / year before that's. Same with MTB stuff really 2010 Deore could be compared to a previous year or two's XT.

Not quite true of Sora as far as I know - that still has the tiny little upshift button that is hard to reach from anywhere except the hoods, whereas tiagra has a proper shift lever you can reach from the drops like the fancy groupsets.

Joe