why planet - x?

justo

Planet - x seems to be the road/cx bike of choice for the boards community.

Why so?

Stark

Great value from what I can tell.

Lumen

They used to be cheap.

AstraMonti

It's carbon, it's light, it has no issues and they were good value. I 've seen people saying that it's flexy under heavy wattage, but I 've yet to see any proper analysis on the subject, so I don't take it in account.

ednwireland

i have a focus

xz

well those that have seen me, know I'm of the larger body type, I have a PX and have absolutely no problems with it whatsoever, It's light, very responsive, and has great handling, actually feels very safe on fast descents

fran oconnor

good well speced bike,but they are ugly imo.

mfdc

Lumen wrote: »

They used to be cheap.

That's it in a nutshell, for a while you couldn't get similar kit at a price anywhere near what they were asking. I got a titanium w/ Ultegra for £1650, their only titanium on sale now is £2600. They had their carbon bike on sale for £800 for a while too, it's now £1000. Same with the time trial bike, they had it for a grand and now it's £1400.

Since the prices rose, their days as the recommendation of choice are done I think

buzzingnoise

They're bulletproof.
Excellent value.
And most importantly aesthetically pleasing!

2 Wheels Good

Variety is the spice of life though?

petethedrummer

pat_hurley@yaho wrote: »

Variety is the spice of life though?

You can get them in white and blue.

Beasty

ednwireland wrote: »

i have a focus

But you're from the middle of nowhere, where no-one can see you on it.

Oh hang on, I've got a Focus also...

CramCycle

ednwireland wrote: »

i have a focus

I have a BH, much like planet X they also used to be good :eek:

fran oconnor

buzzingnoise wrote: »

They're bulletproof.
Excellent value.
And most importantly aesthetically pleasing!

i agree with you're first point,but i think they are an ugly bike..

tunney

justo wrote: »

Planet - x seems to be the road/cx bike of choice for the boards community.

Why so?

Valueing frame materials and rear mechs over everything else.

AstraMonti

tunney wrote: »

Valueing frame materials and rear mechs over everything else.

If we could afford it we would all buy a Cervelo, believe me.

I haven't seen any proper reasoning of why you think PlanetX is not a good frame for the money though.

bcmf

Ahh....... the old p-x debate. never fails to raise emotions.

IM0

Kinesis FTW!

niceonetom

Mine is black. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

buzzingnoise

fran oconnor wrote: »

i agree with you're first point,but i think they are an ugly bike..

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

fran oconnor

buzzingnoise wrote: »

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

or beerholder:p

ednwireland

Beasty wrote: »

But you're from the middle of nowhere, where no-one can see you on it.

Oh hang on, I've got a Focus also...

just have to point out, i'm no from here just live here

buzzingnoise wrote: »

They're bulletproof.

could be useful round here hmmmmmm

Dubba

Can you get another bike at this price point weighing in at 7.64kgs with pedals?

CramCycle

Dubba wrote: »

Can you get another bike at this price point weighing in at 7.64kgs with pedals?

225sterling approx + pedals should be well lighter and cheaper

Dubba

CramCycle wrote: »

225sterling approx + pedals should be well lighter and cheaper

I like, where can I find? :pac:

monkeypants

AstraMonti wrote: »

Cervelo

Ooh, they're nice. I'd need to jump a shop counter to get that kind of money though.

TinyExplosions

petethedrummer wrote: »

You can get them in white and blue.

And Pink!

petethedrummer

TinyExplosions wrote: »

And Pink!

Dunno how I forgot that.

AstraMonti

bcmf wrote: »

Ahh....... the old p-x debate. never fails to raise emotions.

I don't think it raises emotions, I mean I won't get offended if someone doesn't like my bike/my car/my house/my hair etc etc.. but it's another thing to make statements without sufficient data to support them, in this case probably scientific; and while you are at it take in account how much it costs.

tunney

Dubba wrote: »

Can you get another bike at this price point weighing in at 7.64kgs with pedals?

Because the weight is the more important thing?
What about handling and power transfer?

tunney

AstraMonti wrote: »

I don't think it raises emotions, I mean I won't get offended if someone doesn't like my bike/my car/my house/my hair etc etc.. but it's another thing to make statements without sufficient data to support them, in this case probably scientific; and while you are at it take in account how much it costs.

Person A says they ride well, descend well, doesn't flex.
Person B says the ride like a pig, descent like a bus and flexes like a flexy thing.

Surely either both or neither should provide this "scientific" data to support their claims?