Ridley Noah Rs

pedalpusher

Tell me why i shouldnt buy this stunning bike ? Is there a nicer / better bike for 3 grand??

Lumen

The Noah is nice.

There are many nice bikes for €3k.

For instance...

Scott Addict SL framset from Westbrook Cycles, €1300
SRAM Force groupset, shinybikes, €740
Shimano RS80 wheels, shinybikes, €415 (or Soul S2.0SL for ~€480 if you're light)
Toupe saddle, €70
KCNC seatpost from Clee Cycles, €80
KCNC stem from Clee Cycles, €100
Handlebars, €30
Conti GP4000s tyres, €80
Bar tape, €10
Tubes, €10

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€2835

OK, my insomnia is fixed.

Smithzer

£2699 with wheels

ednwireland

i quite like this


http://www.wiggle.co.uk/focus-izalco-pro-10-dura-ace-2011/

TheBlaaMan

Have a Ridley Orion - and very happy with it. However, with €3k to blow, I would have thought that the world was your oyster......:D

Lucky fella !

PS: Have a bit of fun with the Ridley online customiser...http://data.ridley-bikes.com/customizer2011/2011-noahrs.html

pedalpusher

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

Have a Ridley Orion - and very happy with it. However, with €3k to blow, I would have thought that the world was your oyster......:D

Lucky fella !

PS: Have a bit of fun with the Ridley online customiser...http://data.ridley-bikes.com/customizer2011/2011-noahrs.html

Thanks for that Customizer is savage

Would be keen to hear any alternatives to the Ridley Noah RS

jamescon

pedalpusher wrote: »

Tell me why i shouldnt buy this stunning bike ? Is there a nicer / better bike for 3 grand??

I really like Ridley bikes, I know a fellow that bought the Noah RS and loves it, thinks it's super fast, he paid 2650 euros for it. I built myself a Ridley Helium over christmas also a super bike.

dermur

@ednwireland : I've got one of those...



I fondle it regularly.

ednwireland

dermur : those high road wheels tubs ? i'm assumunig thats an izalco

sweet bike

jamescon gonna kick you off that next club ride (if i can keep up - unlikely) - nice to see another donegally on here - whose got the noah RS

dermur

ednwireland wrote: »

dermur : those high road wheels tubs ? i'm assumunig thats an izalco

Yes, Izalco Pro which is cheaper/slightly different to the Izalco Extreme. The carbon in the extreme is unidirectional, the pro is high modulus. Not that a mortal like myself is ever going to know what the difference is.

Wheels were an end-of-season clearout in 2009, advertised right here on the thread "Pro Cycling Team Columbia/HTC Bikes For Sale". Very happy with them, €800 for two excellent condition zipp 404s with a da7900 casette for good measure. I didn't bother taking the highroad decals off since I'm doing my cycling over in China at the moment and much less likely to have the piss taken out of me for being so flashy!

Doesn't stop me lusting after that Ridley Noah though...beautiful bike.

Lumen

dermur wrote: »

Yes, Izalco Pro which is cheaper/slightly different to the Izalco Extreme. The carbon in the extreme is unidirectional, the pro is high modulus. Not that a mortal like myself is ever going to know what the difference is.

"Unidirectional" refers to the weave type.
"High modulus" refers to the stiffness, usually of the fibre type.

Fibre types

Weave types

FACT!

I think it's also complicated by the fact that you can weave unidirectional tapes.

edit: that Spesh site gets an instant fail for using the term "aerospace grade". There are lots of grades of materials used in the aerospace industry; I wouldn't particularly want a frame made out of the same "advanced polymer" as a seat-back tray.

jamescon

ednwireland wrote: »

dermur : those high road wheels tubs ? i'm assumunig thats an izalco

sweet bike

jamescon gonna kick you off that next club ride (if i can keep up - unlikely) - nice to see another donegally on here - whose got the noah RS

Ed you should have no trouble kicking me off it the form im in at present lol,
The noah rs a guy from sligo has it, seen the noah isp a few days ago stunning bike a guy from convoy has it that in the club..

dermur

@Lumen : Thanks for those links. So basically I'm safer on my bike than in the space shuttle!

falladeen

pedalpusher wrote: »

Tell me why i shouldnt buy this stunning bike ? Is there a nicer / better bike for 3 grand??

why do u ask that question when u already have the bike picked up(big brother) ?

l.chris

on the topic of the noah rs
has any1 seen an rs in there apple green colour
all i can find is the red/blue white and black colour scheme
if any1 has a pic or has found a green noah rs i would love to see a pic or a link to see it
thanks guys

jiffybag

Probably a customized paint scheme . Ask your local Ridley dealer about this , they will paint it to your prefered choice of colours . Seen a red/yellow/red version recently . Looked sweet .

ednwireland

l.chris wrote: »

on the topic of the noah rs
has any1 seen an rs in there apple green colour
all i can find is the red/blue white and black colour scheme
if any1 has a pic or has found a green noah rs i would love to see a pic or a link to see it
thanks guys

you can customize it here

http://data.ridley-bikes.com/customizer2011/2011-noahrs.html