Choice of Frames

joey100

So with my birthday coming up and a few old bits and pieces sold looks like I'm in the market for a new frame to eventually build up.

I've been keeping my eye out for a while now and have narrowed it down to 3 choices,

Turas RR 1.0

Fm 066 Sl

Scott CR1 pro
http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/frames-c6/road-frames-c112/scott-cr1-pro-hmf-road-frame-set-2012-p194664

At the moment I'm looking for something that I can build into a pretty light bike, will eventually (fingers crossed) be putting ultegra Di2 onto it with a light set of wheels.

Any of these frames stand out as being better than the others? or should I be looking somewhere else?

TinyExplosions

Haven't seen the Turas, but did consider both the Scott and the FM066 among a pile of others, and went Chinese in the end. It's a really lovely frame (still waiting on bits so it's not built yet), but I'm very happy with my choice.

colm_gti

I got a Scott cr1 sl frame from Westbrook, I like it, it's light, stiff and hasn't broken yet.

MajesticDonkey

I bought a Turas RR1.0 about 3 weeks ago. Fecking awesome bike. Got it with SRAM Force - while it takes a bit of getting used to compared to Shimano, I personally find it far more intuitive now that I am used to it.

Without pedals the bike is around 7.2kgs.

Brian?

I like the Scott, nice looking frame.

No input beyond that. The only thing that would put me off the Turas is the paint job, superficial eh?

joey100

Cheers Lads, at the moment I am probably leaning towards the scott. Cheaper than the turas and just not sure about the Fm 066SL, only really because I'm a bit of a snob and would prefer it to be from a 'big' brand!

colm_gti

Buy the scott before they run out of stock, it's a good frame.

petethedrummer

The geometry chart for the Scott is wrong. It's the geometry for a cyclocross bike. I was staring at it for ages wondering why the Top tube was so short.

This is probably closer (2013). http://www.scott-sports.com/us/en/products/227975/

Quite a tall headtube on that frame.

DrChristianTroy

Whats the difference between

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/frames-c6/road-frames-c112/scott-cr1-pro-hmf-road-frame-set-2012-p194664

and

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/frames-c6/road-frames-c112/scott-cr1-pro-road-frame-set-w-threaded-bb-2012-p225556

any reason to choose one over other?

(apologies if a bit off topic)

MajesticDonkey

DrChristianTroy wrote: »

Whats the difference between

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/frames-c6/road-frames-c112/scott-cr1-pro-hmf-road-frame-set-2012-p194664

and

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/frames-c6/road-frames-c112/scott-cr1-pro-road-frame-set-w-threaded-bb-2012-p225556

any reason to choose one over other?

(apologies if a bit off topic)

The type of compatible bottom bracket.