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Have you had a look at www.wheelbase.co.uk? They have some decent bikes on sale at the moment! If you find a bike that's not on sale, you can trade-in a bike (anything, in any working order) for £500 off (if you spend between £2501 - £3000) or £650 off if you spend more than £3000. Also, 0% interest on purchases for 6/12/18 months with no deposit.
Maybe an option?
Maybe an option?
Dizeee said:
That's right up my street, like that a lot. For 2k it would be a straight frame swap. However, I would still be stuck with my Campag Potenza mechanical that ha snever shifted correctly anyway, and my rim brakes. Its the same as the S5, just an aesthetic swap. If I added electric gears and anything over the nor, the price would be up to the 5k mark soon enough.
Potenza would be perfect on that. Campag can be fiddly to set up initially but once set it stays set. Probably just needs a good LBS to fit and set it up. Rim brakes will be around a long time yet, I’d not worry about it but can appreciate some will. That frame would be more than an aesthetic swap over your De Rosa, it’s a proper aero bike that has been aero optimised, it’s got a shock absorbing cup in the headset so it remains comfortable and it’s a Colnago, the most prestigious brand in cycling!
At £2k the frame is a bargain, I’m tempted on a 54s.
moonigan said:
If I was buying a new bike now then I wouldn't entertain anything with caliper brakes. Discs are here to stay and better in every way.
Except when you’re in a group of riders of mixed abilities, some with disc braked road bikes, and some with rim braked bikes, and it starts raining, and one of the riders with discs brakes hard, with no warning, and one of the ride leaders ( not me fortunately) with rim brakes piles into the disc braked rider, knackering said riders back wheel, and ending up with broken ribs. Disc brakes bikes can be an absolute liability in that sort of situation. Fortunately it wasn’t my ride ( I was only assisting) and I didn’t have to fill out the paperwork. This wasn’t an isolated case either. Something very similar happened on one of my rides, late last year, but everyone managed to avoid the disc braked bike riders bike. I try and organise it so that the disc brakers are at the back during group descents, and stay there, and that there’s more than the usual separation if it’s wet.GOATever said:
Except when you’re in a group of riders of mixed abilities, some with disc braked road bikes, and some with rim braked bikes, and it starts raining, and one of the riders with discs brakes hard, with no warning, and one of the ride leaders ( not me fortunately) with rim brakes piles into the disc braked rider, knackering said riders back wheel, and ending up with broken ribs. Disc brakes bikes can be an absolute liability in that sort of situation. Fortunately it wasn’t my ride ( I was only assisting) and I didn’t have to fill out the paperwork. This wasn’t an isolated case either. Something very similar happened on one of my rides, late last year, but everyone managed to avoid the disc braked bike riders bike. I try and organise it so that the disc brakers are at the back during group descents, and stay there, and that there’s more than the usual separation if it’s wet.
The “mixed abilities” is the problem there, not the brakes.Braking hard with no warning whilst in a group? Choppers will be choppers!
Jimbo. said:
GOATever said:
Except when you’re in a group of riders of mixed abilities, some with disc braked road bikes, and some with rim braked bikes, and it starts raining, and one of the riders with discs brakes hard, with no warning, and one of the ride leaders ( not me fortunately) with rim brakes piles into the disc braked rider, knackering said riders back wheel, and ending up with broken ribs. Disc brakes bikes can be an absolute liability in that sort of situation. Fortunately it wasn’t my ride ( I was only assisting) and I didn’t have to fill out the paperwork. This wasn’t an isolated case either. Something very similar happened on one of my rides, late last year, but everyone managed to avoid the disc braked bike riders bike. I try and organise it so that the disc brakers are at the back during group descents, and stay there, and that there’s more than the usual separation if it’s wet.
The “mixed abilities” is the problem there, not the brakes.Braking hard with no warning whilst in a group? Choppers will be choppers!
Sounds a barrel of laughs on your rides...
These basso ex hire bikes with di2 ultegra / discs are quite unusual and look right enough under £3k
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273663072314
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273663072314
ALawson said:
That bike comes with a promise to enhance my performance as a rider - I'd be mad not to!Those Bassos look bland, and my experience of road cycle exchange is their second hand frames are expensive, with very poor part exchange values.
snobetter said:
That looks very nice.The wife would kill me, I have already "invested" in a Wattbike Atom!
snobetter said:
I've never quite understood the C5. It doesn't have enough clearance to be a proper gravel bike, but it looks like it should be. I guess you could ride it as a winter road bike with 30mm tyres on it, but I'd rather have something with some proper clearance that could fulfil multiple roles.snobetter said:
No prizes for why that's been reduced and there is stock left... looks utterly boringIf your excitement in cycling comes from the material possessions within it, you'll never really get 'it' I don't think.
I've not ridden for a year or so now, just done two rides back, and at 92kg, with an FTP probably similar to yours, I've got a lot of excitement about seeing if I can get it back and get back into most of the clothes I bought a year ago. At no point have I thought about buying a new bike thing to make that more appealing. It just doesn't make sense to me.
Every Tom dick and Harry have all of these 'super bikes' - there are truly very few rare bikes, either because they're super vintage and rare, or they're REALLY expensive (mostly for no reason, Parlee etc). The joy I think in this sport should come from feeling your body change and things get easier/faster/results better - whatever that is.
I'd also say you'd garner far more 'respect' or whatever validation it is that you seem to crave from having a fairly normal bike and being strong as fck.
I've not ridden for a year or so now, just done two rides back, and at 92kg, with an FTP probably similar to yours, I've got a lot of excitement about seeing if I can get it back and get back into most of the clothes I bought a year ago. At no point have I thought about buying a new bike thing to make that more appealing. It just doesn't make sense to me.
Every Tom dick and Harry have all of these 'super bikes' - there are truly very few rare bikes, either because they're super vintage and rare, or they're REALLY expensive (mostly for no reason, Parlee etc). The joy I think in this sport should come from feeling your body change and things get easier/faster/results better - whatever that is.
I'd also say you'd garner far more 'respect' or whatever validation it is that you seem to crave from having a fairly normal bike and being strong as fck.
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