Don't forget the B'Twin 500 SE @ Decathlon for £300.

Won loads of awards, and that was when it cost more money.

thanks looks like a nice bike for the money anyone got one ?

Weight: 10.1kg is good for the money

This or the Giant Defy5

have some heat my friend

Really good bike for a first road bike or a winter/training bike at that kind of money. Good find!

Looks a good deal.... Heat.

Bit of a looker that. Voted.

Don't forget the B'Twin 500 SE @ Decathlon for £300.

Won loads of awards, and that was when it cost more money.

Better than giant defy 5, carbon fork

Looking for a first road bike at around £200 to £300 and only seem to find Halford stuff. Bit confused with the short/long thing though, I'm 5ft 9. Any ideas/advice?

This looks like a great beginners deal.

Great find, Great price, looks good to me, have some heat :wink:

nice styling. Seems like strong value here.

thanks for this post.

Standard price for this, even marked, down is over £400. So It's clearly a good deal if it's the bike for you. A basic starter road bike with very basic gearing but it's good enough to get you going at that price. If you didn't like it you could probably sell it for not much less than you paid for it. Decent review here Ravenio review
Bear in mind the bike costs half what it did at the time of the review and it starts to look even better!

I have this bike,bought it a year ago £300.on ebay.I just give it basic maintenance,I would recommend this deal.

Thanks it was the long/short bit.....gone for it anyway thanks OP!

​Probably the btwin

I bought this bike in March for £550 so this is a bargain!

I'm thinking this is the better bike.

The compact claris groupset seems like a better bet than the triple on the btwin.
Have had nothing but trouble with the triple on my current roux 2300 cyclocross.

Neither..... for resale ease and price you're better off with the Giant Defy 5, which you can get for under £290 at Rutland.

Wow, that's a lot of bike for the money. Several years ago the Triban 3 was the budget bike to get and that had a similar spec (for the time) and was £300. This is even better :smiley: As others have mentioned too it's a nice touch that it's a triple rather than a double. Heat heat heat!

Can't buy another bike. My wife will kill me

This is a compact double...not a triple.
The alternative btwin that was mentioned in a post is a triple.

Off topic...
Anyone know where I could buy some cheap double sided clipless pedals.
Flat on one side and cleats on the other

Oops, that's what I meant to say! Promise!

anyone have a discount code ?

Yeah yeah...if I had a penny..:stuck_out_tongue:

I use these when I want the bike to have both
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-m324-combination-pedals/

Cheers. Bought a pair.

Thanks but I've ordered the shimano.
Also these have some pretty poor reviews.

have some heat

I've never understood these pedals. Are they any good on road bikes as off road I'd prefer a simple clip in on either side than a 50/50 chance of clipping in, depending on use of course, but it's easy enough to take the pedals of with an Allen key (as long as you know your threads are different on either side) and replace in less than 5 mins

Exactly can never have too many bikes.. :sunglasses:
Far easier than changing pedals for a couple of mins

my bike arrived today. now I just need time to unbox it :smiley: