New road bike, the fun of choosing.

[Stick Legs]

I'm looking for a new road bike in the next 12 months and am in the very fortunate position to be able to afford something quite special.

My current criteria is that it should be new, beautiful, use Campagnolo Super Record, have sharp handling and feel special to own.

I currently have a 2014 Wilier GTR with Dura Ace, and the current Wilier line up has the Filante SLR with Super Record 13. This has the same reach and stack as my GTR (as what was 'endurance' is now 'race') and at £12k looks to be the front runner.

However as it's a fair weather bike I do wonder if it's the last chance saloon to build something truly special as a 'last rim braked' top level bike.

Colnago still list a C68 Rim model, and I could find enough New Stock Campagnolo Super Record 12 EPS (or even mechanical Super Record) to make a wonderful bike.

The thing is I'm not sure if I can be bothered with 'charging my gears' before a ride or using an app to fine tune my mechs.

Has anyone got any other suggestions on a similar budget?

[Pablo16v]

With that sort of budget I would be tempted to go for something like this, which I think would feel truly special.....

https://www.quirkcycles.com/ratpenat

Put this away after a ride and I would definitely be doing a lookback before closing the garage door.

[Stick Legs]

Pablo16v said:

With that sort of budget I would be tempted to go for something like this, which I think would feel truly special.....

https://www.quirkcycles.com/ratpenat

Put this away after a ride and I would definitely be doing a lookback before closing the garage door.

That's the kind of thing I'm after, great suggestion.