£600 Road bike bargain heads up

[Roman]

Full carbon pro race winning frame, 105 & RS10 wheels for £600!

I've no connection to Decathlon.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/btwin-facet-3-id_812760...

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/...

[anonymous-user]

Roman said:

Full carbon pro race winning frame, 105 & RS10 wheels for £600!

I've no connection to Decathlon.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/btwin-facet-3-id_812760...

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/...

I considered this on Cyclescheme- was a lot of bike at the old price!!

[Simond S]

it says £900 for me?

[anonymous-user]

Simond S said:

it says £900 for me?

Decathlon link says 599 here..

[Roman]

Works for me too, maybe you need to change your 'local store' on the menu.

[Gizmo!]

That frame's a bit of an odd shape, but at £600 for a full CF... not much to complain about.

[PGM]

Looks as though they've sold out.

[ndg]

Click the disconnect store link in the top bar to see online stock. Still available in 55 and57cm.

[Funkateer]

Got an aluminium framed road bike from Decathlon last year for the commute, and so far have clocked up over 1000 trouble free miles (apart from the odd puncture!).

Can't praise Decathlon kit enough

[s3fella]

ndg said:

Click the disconnect store link in the top bar to see online stock. Still available in 55 and57cm.

But 900 quid now!

[ndg]

Still showing at £600 for me??

[s3fella]

None were ever available, it seems .......
response to my email to them last week, below:-

Unfortunately you bike you are looking for is a discontinued model and has been left up on the website by an IT error, we are working now to get it taken of as no store has any stock and the warehouse is unavailable with this product.

I am really sorry for the confusion.

Bugger

[okgo]

Pro race winning frame?

[Roman]

okgo said:

Pro race winning frame?

Yes - ridden by AGR in the 2007 season - results here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ag2r-La_Mondiale

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=/photos...

Shame there's none left at that price..

Edited by Roman on Friday 9th March 17:50

[Crippo]

The same frame or a lookey likey?
£600 for a full carbon frame is ridiculously cheap it will be heavy and or weak and ride like crap. The fact that you are also getting a 105 group at this price shows how bad that frame must be. Even at manufacturer prices it would be a bag of st at that money.
The amount of labour that goes into laying up even a basic carbon frame is huge that unless it was made out of rice paper by ethiopian children on £1 a month the figures dnt add up.

[Crippo]

The same frame or a lookey likey?
£600 for a full carbon frame is ridiculously cheap it will be heavy and or weak and ride like crap. The fact that you are also getting a 105 group at this price shows how bad that frame must be. Even at manufacturer prices it would be a bag of st at that money.
The amount of labour that goes into laying up even a basic carbon frame is huge that unless it was made out of rice paper by ethiopian children on £1 a month the figures dnt add up.

[Roman]

Crippo said:

The same frame or a lookey likey?
£600 for a full carbon frame is ridiculously cheap it will be heavy and or weak and ride like crap. The fact that you are also getting a 105 group at this price shows how bad that frame must be. Even at manufacturer prices it would be a bag of st at that money.
The amount of labour that goes into laying up even a basic carbon frame is huge that unless it was made out of rice paper by ethiopian children on £1 a month the figures dnt add up.

They claim it's the same frame and the rrp is £900 - still great value, they have a good reputation and I've been pretty impressed with other Btwins I've tried so I really doubt this one is 'crap':
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/...

[Gizmo!]

Roman said:

They claim it's the same frame and the rrp is £900 - still great value, they have a good reputation and I've been pretty impressed with other Btwins I've tried so I really doubt this one is 'crap':
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/...

Although to be fair that review does say it's a bit floppy, as carbon goes.

[okgo]

Looks nice. I know this gets said a lot, but wtf is going on with those bars?!