Full carbon road bike for 400 quid. What could go wrong?

[Bloke654]

Long time lurker breaks cover!

Back on Argos at £499.99

Managed to pick mine up last time, but thought others may still be after them without doing the ebay route.

[Risotto]

Anyone know the seatpost diameter on these please?

[Fugazi]

Just measured mine and it's 31.6mm.

[Type R Tom]

lukeyman said:

Just a quick pic and thanks for the chainset recommendation!

I got a 105 BB to go with it. Saved enough weight over the original bits to offset the raceblades I think and they feel a lot more efficient.

Could you let me know exact model of Raceblades (there are few) so I get a set. Cheers

[Barchettaman]

Back up at £699, will drop again post-Xmas maybe?

[anonymous-user]

I bet a fair few were purchased on impulse & are still in the box

[lukeyman]

Type R Tom said:

Could you let me know exact model of Raceblades (there are few) so I get a set. Cheers

These:

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/accessories/mudgua...

[Risotto]

Fugazi said:

Just measured mine and it's 31.6mm.

Thanks, got an inline seatpost to allow the seat to move forward a little more. Certainly feels less of a stretch now. I got the 55 but in all honesty it was a little too big. A shorter stem and the seatpost seem to have sorted things though.

[marksid]

Hi
Just picked up a Ventura and was wondering if following a lot of positive comments on here that people were still happy with the bike ?
Regards

[richardxjr]

Yep. Mines had a few upgrades and is now tucked up for winter

All the running gear is doing well on my alu winter bike. Nowt wrong with 9sp Sora.

Welcome by the way!

[Fugazi]

I've had no problems with mine and all I've done to mine is swap the saddle for a Charge Spoon and change the brakes. Okay it's not the lightest carbon bike out there but for the price it was worth the punt and I've had a lot of fun on it.

I'd think about changing the brake pads as the ones that came with the bike were very poor. Somebody on here recommended Clarkes pads which were less than a tenner and have been faultless.


Good riding!

[Type R Tom]

GF loves her's, keeps moaning at me to check the gears as they aren't perfect. Think it's just cable stretch since new. She's saved a fair amount of time and energy on the morning commute too!

[Napper]

Mine's going well.... It's now on the turbo trainer for the winter so is still getting used.....

[SHutchinson]

Type R Tom said:

GF loves her's, keeps moaning at me to check the gears as they aren't perfect. Think it's just cable stretch since new. She's saved a fair amount of time and energy on the morning commute too!

I had this too. The bike has been faultless and I've begun to rack the miles up on it but I had an issue with the gears whilst out that turned out just to be cable stretch.

Still a great bike for the money. Mine now sports red Vittoria Zaffiro tyres but only because they were loads cheaper than new black ones!

[lukeyman]

Evening.

In case anyone's interested there's a few available via Argo's eBay outlet!

£399.

[hornetrider]

Good spot. There's also a used but mint one with a 250 reserve.

[lukeyman]

£250. Do I need a spare one...

[hornetrider]

I'm thinking can I sneak it under the radar...

[lukeyman]

How big is your radar?!

[marksid]

Cheers Lads , good to know alls good with the Ventura , happy new year