Full carbon road bike for 400 quid. What could go wrong?
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More question, and some answers too, here... http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40... ...some of the answers are from actual owners, too!
Sod it. Couldn't resist, got one reserved at branch so a few days to back out if I need to.
Assuming I go through with this and can bring myself to go the house of the laminated book of dreams and sit there clutching my ticket, I'll strip it, check it and rebuild it first.
I've got a set of Racing 5s to swap and a spare 105 compact crankset & BB to chuck on too. I'll watch out for a cheap Fizik Aliante and that'll do me til I kill the Sora.
Assuming I go through with this and can bring myself to go the house of the laminated book of dreams and sit there clutching my ticket, I'll strip it, check it and rebuild it first.
I've got a set of Racing 5s to swap and a spare 105 compact crankset & BB to chuck on too. I'll watch out for a cheap Fizik Aliante and that'll do me til I kill the Sora.
Type R Tom said:
ro55a said:
Homebase do them online for £399.99 and have a number of discount codes floating around for 20% off when you spend £250. If they apply, we are talking £320.00!
I went through a load of codes this morning, couldn't get any to work. Let us know if you do!The crankset is an ICE Alloy compact, 175mm arm length on the bigger size. It looks like a square taper bottom bracket.
ICE cranksets are apparently rebranded FSA cranks - probably a Tempo, Vero or a Gossamer.
It would be an easy sell on eBay, loads of people are looking for square taper compacts for classic road bikes that came with standard (53/39) cranks. Of course, the ICE cranksetit would be perfectly servicable on the ventura, but you could make a strong argument that an external bottom bracket would look less out of place on a new carbon frame.
There is a video walk round on youtube, warning, the music is dreadful:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVe60_WkEFk
ICE cranksets are apparently rebranded FSA cranks - probably a Tempo, Vero or a Gossamer.
It would be an easy sell on eBay, loads of people are looking for square taper compacts for classic road bikes that came with standard (53/39) cranks. Of course, the ICE cranksetit would be perfectly servicable on the ventura, but you could make a strong argument that an external bottom bracket would look less out of place on a new carbon frame.
There is a video walk round on youtube, warning, the music is dreadful:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVe60_WkEFk
Edited by Barchettaman on Thursday 14th August 21:05
Edited by Barchettaman on Thursday 14th August 21:10
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