Advice please

[VEA]

Good Afternoon,

A friend of mine is looking at getting a new road bike. He has asked me about these two bikes.
I know nothing about them as I have not even heard of the brands before.
Basically I was just wondering if anyone has any info on either of these bikes?

http://www.wilierbikes.co.uk/2009/latriestinamirag...

http://www.ridley-bikes.com/pd/at/en-gb/1/66/road/...

Any help is much appreciated.

[VEA]

I take it no one knows anything about either of these bikes?

Oh well worth a try!

[curlie467]

The ridley seems to have the better groupset so i would be swaying towards that one.
There are a huge amount of bikes for that price, why has he singled out these?
Does he have a price in mind?

[okgo]

Both well known brands, so I guess its just personal preference.

[Justayellowbadge]

Same groupset on a full carbon frame for the same money from Ribble.

/biased.

[VEA]

curlie467 said:

The ridley seems to have the better groupset so i would be swaying towards that one.
There are a huge amount of bikes for that price, why has he singled out these?
Does he have a price in mind?

At a guess it is the around 1k mark. I know he was looking at the caad9 but that is sold out most places and he is limited by the c2w scheme he is trying to use.

[Roman]

Ridley = Better groupset, more basic frame
Willier = cheaper groupset, better frame

Both good established brands. As mentioned a couple of good carbon options with Campag Veloce available from Ribble for similar prices. I have a Gran Fondo myself (Dedacciai carbon frame with carbon Centaur - excellent bike.

Like some other stores, Ribble charge an additional £50 to buy through a C2W scheme and delivery takes a few weeks as the bikes are built to order - not stock.