flat bar road bike, 1000 budget

[scrwright]

Before I buy a Cube SL Road Race anyone any suggestions for something different. The Cube ticks all my boxes, dont want drop bars or a race bike & already have a full sus & hardtail cube hence first thought to stick to brand. Going to be used on road & occational gravel just as a fitness bike.

Thanks

[Mr Will]

Have you ridden something with drop bars yet or are you dismissing them because they are funny looking? On long rides they are far more comfortable than flat bars because of the variety of positions they offer.

[Kawasicki]

saw a Rose flat bar roadie the other day...looked nice. I would also think about a light steel bike, maybe Cotic or another British brand...nice bikes.

[scrwright]

can't do drop bars due to wrist injury,

Cotic looks interesting...

like the Rose PRO DX MULTICROSS-2000 too, more to think about

Edited by scrwright on Monday 8th June 20:24

[anonymous-user]

What about PlanetX :-
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXSLPAPEXFB/planet-...

[scrwright]

ohh, I like them, just blown the budget, looking at getting a London Road with flat bars, gonna call them friday, its payday

like the look of this one in their gallery

Edited by scrwright on Monday 8th June 22:15

[gazza285]

Looks like a low rent copy of a Kinesis Pro 6 frameset.

[lukeyman]

I've just bought the frameset... Really bugs me that the headtube logo isn't central vertically!

[richardxjr]

Lovin my London Road Flat bar makes sense cos you can have fantastic cheap Shimano hydros.

eta The half price silver ones look much better in the flesh, and the logos blend in a bit more

Edited by richardxjr on Tuesday 9th June 08:43