Manufacturers ranked in terms of quality
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Good evening, could I ask some advice. I'm quite new to cycling but have really enjoyed my rides so far this year and would like to look out in the sales for a good fast road bike for 30-50mile rides. Budget £1500 or less.
What I'm looking for is a bike if correctly maintained will last a minimum of 10 years it hopefully more.
Looking around there is a staggering amount of choice of manufacturers and my question is , which manufacturers are producing a real quality product, the sort of bike that will grow old with you?
Not to single out a manufacturer but I popped into a Giant store and looked at their carbon bikes and they just looked really cheap (no offence if you own one). Equally, my local bike shop stocks cannondale, their CAAD12 aluminium frames looked like a quality product. But away from the main stream, is there a gem of a manufacturer out there who I should be looking at? Maybe a steel framed Holdsworth or the equal?
What I'm looking for is a bike if correctly maintained will last a minimum of 10 years it hopefully more.
Looking around there is a staggering amount of choice of manufacturers and my question is , which manufacturers are producing a real quality product, the sort of bike that will grow old with you?
Not to single out a manufacturer but I popped into a Giant store and looked at their carbon bikes and they just looked really cheap (no offence if you own one). Equally, my local bike shop stocks cannondale, their CAAD12 aluminium frames looked like a quality product. But away from the main stream, is there a gem of a manufacturer out there who I should be looking at? Maybe a steel framed Holdsworth or the equal?
Matt_N said:
I'm not entirely convinced that a bike for life, or 10 years, should be aluminium.
I've got an early 00s Colnago Dream, regarded as one of the best aluminium frames at the time and whilst it's lovely, it's also corroding in quite a few places. Also, it's a nice racey bike with fat chainstays and oversized crimped tubes, making it stiff and responsive but also quite buzzy and unforgiving.
I appreciate that things may have moved on with the CAAD series, but ultimately you can't change the fundamental properties of the material.
Have you thought about Ti or stainless steel? Although you're unlikely to get a complete bike for around £1500 unless you look at second hand.
thanks for the response...happy to buy second hand but what manufacturers make road bikes are available in Titanium or Stainless steel?I've got an early 00s Colnago Dream, regarded as one of the best aluminium frames at the time and whilst it's lovely, it's also corroding in quite a few places. Also, it's a nice racey bike with fat chainstays and oversized crimped tubes, making it stiff and responsive but also quite buzzy and unforgiving.
I appreciate that things may have moved on with the CAAD series, but ultimately you can't change the fundamental properties of the material.
Have you thought about Ti or stainless steel? Although you're unlikely to get a complete bike for around £1500 unless you look at second hand.
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