Suggest a €1000 Bike for CTW Scheme.

Jumpy

Hi All,

Since its once every 5 years, I wouldnt mind spending the full grand for the Cycle to Work Scheme.

Can people post their recommendations here?

Should I got for a cheap custom or a prebuilt?

Personally I am looking for a road bike with decent gear shifts on the brake (dont know what they are called sorry).

Lumen

Wait until the sales next Christmas?

Almost all the cheap 08 stuff is gone now.

Like this:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Focus_Cayo_2008/5360032366/

€1,016.23 for carbon frame and Ultegra is unlikely to be beaten until next year. The equivalent 09 model is currently €1,778.91.

Jumpy

Nah, restricted by the finance dept on this one. Will be a month at least before I can buy.
Just need benchmarks.

Nice bike though.

Lumen

I think you're missing my point. The 08 bike is only available in size 50 - everything else is sold out. So unless you're Bernie Ecclestone you'll have to go 09 and pay more, or wait for next years' sales.

Jumpy

No I get it I am just saying that I cant buy anything for at least a month. So anything I do buy has to be on now prices.
I know I cant get what you listed there, I will have to settle for less. Still though I would like some ideas of said lower quality bikes.
I am a newbie, so I dont know if buying parts and assembling is possible for me.

Ghost Rider

I looked at that bike myself. Only problem with it is that they only have it in extra-small!

Lumen wrote: »

Wait until the sales next Christmas?

Almost all the cheap 08 stuff is gone now.

Like this:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Focus_Cayo_2008/5360032366/

€1,016.23 for carbon frame and Ultegra is unlikely to be beaten until next year. The equivalent 09 model is currently €1,778.91.

kenmc

£1099 planetx carbon ultegra

Lumen

kenmc wrote: »

£1099 planetx carbon ultegra

Except that's €1,218.07.

For a few quid less there's the Kiron Scandium.

It's only got 105 though, and less carbon, but it's arguably prettier.

Jumpy

Would a noob be able to tell teh difference between 105 and Ultegra?

penexpers

Jumpy wrote: »

Would a noob be able to tell teh difference between 105 and Ultegra?

Probably not.

Lumen

Jumpy wrote: »

Would a noob be able to tell teh difference between 105 and Ultegra?

Oh yes.



See, it says "105" on it.

Jumpy

LIES! All I see is "SOI"!


















narf.

scottreynolds

Jumpy wrote: »

Would a noob be able to tell teh difference between 105 and Ultegra?

Not at all -- they all work.

dfbemt

scottreynolds wrote: »

Not at all -- they all work.

No they don't - they've got no pedals just holes where the pedals should be !!!

Stark

Jumpy wrote: »

Would a noob be able to tell teh difference between 105 and Ultegra?

Nope. In fact, Shimano technology trickles down from Dura-Ace to Ultegra to 105, so newer 105 can be almost equivalent to older Ultegra. I'm not too sure of the exact details though like how long it takes technology to trickle down. I think the Cayo 2008 uses Ultegra 6600 (2006 Ultegra). I know Shimano have 2009 Dura-ace on the market (Dura-ace 7900) but I'm not sure if they have 2009 Ultegra and 105 (which would most like be labelled 6900 and 5900 if I'm interpreting the part numbering scheme correctly).

Lumen

Stark wrote: »

I'm not sure if they have 2009 Ultegra and 105 (which would most like be labelled 6900 and 5900 if I'm interpreting the part numbering scheme correctly).

AFAIK Ultegra is still 6600 (double) 6603 (triple) or SL.

105 is 5600 (double) or 5603 (triple).

penexpers

Stark wrote: »

Nope. In fact, Shimano technology trickles down from Dura-Ace to Ultegra to 105, so newer 105 can be almost equivalent to older Ultegra. I'm not too sure of the exact details though like how long it takes technology to trickle down. I think the Cayo 2008 uses Ultegra 6600 (2006 Ultegra). I know Shimano have 2009 Dura-ace on the market (Dura-ace 7900) but I'm not sure if they have 2009 Ultegra and 105 (which would most like be labelled 6900 and 5900 if I'm interpreting the part numbering scheme correctly).

They have 2009 105, part numbers are unchanged.

Stark

Ahright. How do you tell 2009 105 apart from older 105 when buying it?

blorg

I may be completely wrong here but AFAIK if the part numbers didn't change, the components didn't change, e.g. if a 2008 component bears the same part number as the 2009 component they are the same. Dura Ace DID change this year and went from 7800 to 7900. The 8 and 9 do not correspond to the year BTW, Dura Ace was on 7800 for a good number of years before 2008.

Stark

That's what I would have thought as well, the bit about the part numbers changing when the components change that is.

penexpers

blorg wrote: »

I may be completely wrong here but AFAIK if the part numbers didn't change, the components didn't change, e.g. if a 2008 component bears the same part number as the 2009 component they are the same. Dura Ace DID change this year and went from 7800 to 7900. The 8 and 9 do not correspond to the year BTW, Dura Ace was on 7800 for a good number of years before 2008.

They introduced 105 in black this year and the part numbers are identical to the part numbers that are also in silver. The parts may have some minor modicifications too (105 is also a few years old I think).

Chips Lovell

Yes, part numbers only change when the components are updated.

Ryaner

To the OP, http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Giant_SCR_1_Road_Bike/5360037570/ is a good option. It is below the 1k mark but once you add in rack, bags, mud guards, lights, it does come up pretty close.

Jumpy

Thanks man, could that one be used as a weekend racer?

Wouldnt mind getting back into it, even if the weather over here makes it hard.

Ryaner

I don't have experience racing. This was first road bike with my other bike being a hard tail mountain bike. It does seem light enough and strong enough. Wheels only required a tiny adjustment after the first few days but been perfect since.

I'm sure some of the more experienced people here would be able to tell what is required to race.