£1000 budget

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I have a £1000 to spend on a new bike , my current bike is a oreba asphalt road with 105 mech.

I'm 85 kg and live with the quantock hills on my doorstep and exmoor easily near enough to cycle to.

Do i get the lightest bike possible within my budget :

rose pro sl200 8.3 kg
merlin fuse105 8.6 kg
boardman team carbon 8.7 kg
trek amonda alr4 8.8 kg

pros it's lighter so climbing should be a bit easier , cons there maybe a bit fragile with all 13 stone of me on top.

or do i go for a heavier more robust bike

whyte dorset 10.02 kg
pinnacle arkose 3 10.22 kg
gt grade alloy 10.05 kg
raleigh mustang elite 10.5 kg

pros they have hydraulic braking , there more robust so should be more reliable , cons there heavier and it's hilly round here.

I k on the whole i'd rank reliability above weight saving but would the road bikes actually that fragile ?

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In my head I think the x bikes would be more rugged and reliable and i like the idea of hydraulic brakes but part of me thinks maybe its overkill and I'm going to be hauling around a heavier bike than I need to.

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SixPotBelly said:

Depends on what surfaces you think you'll want to ride on. Tarmac only? First list. Tarmac plus unmade tracks and the road less travelled? The second list. Not so much for the hydro brakes (lovely as they are) but for the larger tyres and clearances.

OK, perhaps that's over simplifying it a bit, but it's a start.

pot holed tarmac and speed bumps pretty much.

the bike will be used in winter as well as summer and for sportives so i'd rank comfort ahead of pretty much everything else.

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Fluffsri said:

Out of your heavier range only one has the HYD disc brake and its TRP system which is great(GT). I ride my CX bike all year round and have 2 sets of wheels. Im in Hants and Dorset and we do have some hills around me and some crap road surfaces. I had the mechanical disc(BB5) and its OK but crap on long rides as I found I was always adjusting the non moving side. The TRPs are great. Id go Rose or GT.

Re the brakes , are you sure?

Arkose 3 = shimanno br-785

Whyte dorset = trp

raleigh mustang elite = trp

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swerni said:

OP how tall are you?

5'8

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So the general opinion then is get the lightest road bike i can , provided it rides nice.

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mikees said:

Where are you? I've a few I can let you try out. Bucks way.

Somerset , i've got some decent shops down here to test them.

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Joey Ramone said:

OP, just buy whatever bike you want. The biggest difference in weight is around two kilos. Unless you're racing it makes little difference. Just lose two kilos bodyweight if it's that much of an issue.

That's what the bikes for