What road frame?

[Ken Sington]

Having discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw in my road bike frame, and not being able to source a like for like replacement due to the manufacturer no longer being in business, I need to source a replacement frame. I can't justify spending a huge amount on it at the moment, so it needs to be reasonably priced. So far I have a few suspects namely Be-One, Kinesis, Pro-Lite and Ribble. Anyone know if any of these frames are any good?

[anonymous-user]

Ken Sington said:

Having discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw in my road bike frame, and not being able to source a like for like replacement due to the manufacturer no longer being in business, I need to source a replacement frame. I can't justify spending a huge amount on it at the moment, so it needs to be reasonably priced. So far I have a few suspects namely Be-One, Kinesis, Pro-Lite and Ribble. Anyone know if any of these frames are any good?

they are all far eastern built, the ribbles are dedacciai frames which are very good and rebadged as lots of other things (infamously De Rosa). there are lots of reviews on bikeradar of ribble bikes. there are also horror stories regarding their customer service but i think the nmumber of satisfied customers far outweighs the people who like to moan on the internet. i do wonder if the complaints about ribble are even genuine sometimes or if people just want to be part of the bandwagon and slate them online.

I have a friend with a kenesis and he loves it. their racelight and crosslight frames are very versatile and are very good value for money. they are designed in the UK and made to their spec in the far east.

dont know much about Beone or prolite frames but they either made to a spec similar to the kenesis method or bought off the shelf from a frame supplier in taiwan and rebadged like the ribble.

of thouse four, ribble, kenesis, beone and prolite in order of where i would stick my money.

some internet seraching with phrases like "where are beone frmaes made" adn "who makes beone frames" in google should find out all the info you need...

[Rouleur]

This Dolan looks good too

http://www.dolan-bikes.com/Dolan%20Preffisio%20Fra...