Dont know whether this is good or not but based on the reviews and original price seems a good deal and even has 0% finance!
Reason for posting is a selfish one! Looking to purchase a first road bike. I have done a few charity bike rides and always used my Rockhopper with road tyres! Whilst training used to often see road bike chaps fly past at a rate of knots! I know want to do a few bike trips so need to get serious! Want to get entry level bike around £500 to see if I enjoy the longer distances so any help is appreciated.
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nickhalluk
20 Jan 171#1
First off I no nothing about this bike, but do a lot of cycling and am "interested" in bikes in general.
My gut feeling about his would be:
Carbon by its very nature is expensive so for a 'like for like' bike Carbon vs Aluminium you would expect to pay a chunk more for the carbon version.This is a cheep bike regardless of weather its Carbon or not. as the cost has gone into the carbon, cost cuttings will have been made in the componentry. for this price point you could probably get a better spec aluminium bike.
This is of course only my opinion, but i think it is worth a consideration
Cheers Nick appreciated, I can honestly say its a mine field buying a bike! Do you spend £300 on average one or 600 on one that seems a lot better or go for the jugular and hit big bucks first on the basis you know you'll enjoy it!
Reminds me of the first baby pram purchasing! :-)
spatter
20 Jan 171#3
If you're going to leave it outside EVER then don't spend more than £50....
esq3585
20 Jan 171#4
Tbh you have got to ask yourself am I gonna really start road riding or do I prefer mtbing, trail centres etc with the odd bit of road riding ?
esq3585
20 Jan 171#5
if your looking for a racer you can't go wrong with some of the decathlon or merlin cycles deals that pop up on here now and again, as the guy before said for that sort of money in this deal I would buy an aluminium framed bike with a carbon fork
McSteve
20 Jan 17#6
I am tempted by this. The review are quite good and it looks to be more expensive everywhere else.
keithbereal
20 Jan 17#7
not sure on the size your after but this is a very good bike for the original price of £750...Its now reduced to £550.
The Ultra 700 AF at Decathlon, that frame is nearly half a kilo heavier than the Axe Edge Compe!
richsmith460 to keithbereal
20 Jan 17#17
I've called Start, the Axe Edge Veloce is 8.16kg for a 53, that's 740g lighter. Worth the £70 all day. I'm going for one!
spatter
20 Jan 171#8
I went mad and bought a custom titanium frame, Rohloff hub etc for a total of about £3500. I really don't think that it was 'worth' it in terms of performance (I have a 26 mile commute across London) BUT I love it. There is a point where money spent on a bike offers diminishing returns to most people (me included) and it's finding that point which is the key. I reckon a £800 commuter bike is top notch for 99% of people and maybe £1000 road bike...
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Dont know whether this is good or not but based on the reviews and original price seems a good deal and even has 0% finance!
Reason for posting is a selfish one! Looking to purchase a first road bike. I have done a few charity bike rides and always used my Rockhopper with road tyres! Whilst training used to often see road bike chaps fly past at a rate of knots! I know want to do a few bike trips so need to get serious! Want to get entry level bike around £500 to see if I enjoy the longer distances so any help is appreciated.
All comments (41)
My gut feeling about his would be:
Carbon by its very nature is expensive so for a 'like for like' bike Carbon vs Aluminium you would expect to pay a chunk more for the carbon version.This is a cheep bike regardless of weather its Carbon or not. as the cost has gone into the carbon, cost cuttings will have been made in the componentry. for this price point you could probably get a better spec aluminium bike.
This is of course only my opinion, but i think it is worth a consideration
Edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RG5dztrXM check this out
Reminds me of the first baby pram purchasing! :-)
.http://www.decathlon.co.uk/ultra-700-af-road-bike-105-id_8324331.html