New road bike under €1200...Advice needed.

ellie74

Hi
Im trying to get back into cycling, looking to get some something under the €1200 mark, female racing road bike. Was lookin at felt Z85, what do ye think.. any info that would be helpful..!!
Thanks
Ellie74.

Icyseanfitz

Wouldn't get caught up in the whole female specific road bikes, pretty much the exact same thing as a normal one just generally more expensive, are you using the bike to work scheme or anything? If not your best value will be from the Web with brands like canyon

Pembily

I bought a cube axial and I love it. It's €1,199.

Go with something that is comfortable to cycle.

ellie74

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Wouldn't get caught up in the whole female specific road bikes, pretty much the exact same thing as a normal one just generally more expensive, are you using the bike to work scheme or anything? If not your best value will be from the Web with brands like canyon

Yep, Bike to work...liked the felt, I think it was a mans Bike, the guy in the shop also said that was no bother. Felt was lightest of the ones he showed me and its from a good local dealer in the midlands, thinking of servicing in the future.

BMKN

Look into eurocycles and look at 2012 models they are usually cheaper, I got a bh 7.0 for €999 was €1300 very light weight, there are no ladies bikes really anymore u need to get fitted on the bike and u get the right frame size for you, road bikes are probably 90% unisex anyway

ellie74

BMKN wrote: »

Look into eurocycles and look at 2012 models they are usually cheaper, I got a bh 7.0 for €999 was €1300 very light weight, there are no ladies bikes really anymore u need to get fitted on the bike and u get the right frame size for you, road bikes are probably 90% unisex anyway

Cheers. The felt model I looked at was 2012 but he was charging €1200, will shop around a bit so...

Pembily

If you're not in a rush defo shop around. Prices vary a good bit! Good luck

MontyisMe

I just bought an orbea aqua T105 for €1200, hope to take it for a good spin tomorrow, I'll post how it goes

Russman

I had a Z85, very good bike. I'd imagine you should be able to haggle a slightly better price than €1,200 though.......

Seaneh

I reckon at that price you'd better off looking at the like of Ribble and Planet x for a carbon bike.

The planet x Pro Carbon Rival is €1184 right now and the Ribble Evo Pro Carbon comes in at just under €1200 with a tiagra groupset.

Both are very decent frames for the money.

After that if I was looking for a alu frame I'd be looking more towards the likes of the Giant Defy or Cannondale CAAD8/10 or the Canyon Roadlite or Roae Pro.

MontyisMe

:owell i took the new t105 out today didn't get as far as id like to have as the wind was severe and things felt a bit hairy at times. but can't fault the bike. it felt comfortable to ride the gears were smooth and it felt firm and stable. I should point out though that i havent been cycling in years so anything built in recent times may seem like a dream machine to me.