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First road bike.

Nekarsulm · 2014-09-23 19:08:58

Hi all, am looking about buying my first road bike since school (1980's!) I have done some limited cycling on a Specialized hybrid, but unfortunately it was stolen back in the summer. So am going second hand. Have roughly 300ish to spend, and would appreciate some input. I have two bikes to view, one is a Specialized Allez…

23-09-2014 7:08pm

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Nekarsulm

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Hi all, am looking about buying my first road bike since school (1980's!)
I have done some limited cycling on a Specialized hybrid, but unfortunately it was stolen back in the summer. So am going second hand. Have roughly 300ish to spend, and would appreciate some input. I have two bikes to view, one is a Specialized Allez which has Shimano 3200 equipment, at approx. 320 euro, and the other is a Boardman Comp with Tiagra on the front mech and 105 at the rear and a carbon fork. This one will cost roughly 280 Euro.

so which would you go for?

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#2 23-09-2014 8:10pm

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The Boardman has a much better spec. 2300 is 8 speed and has been discontinued/superseded by Claris. Tiagra/105 mix is most likely 10spd and I'm assuming the shifters are either tiagra/105 also and so much better than the thumb shifters on 2300. I personally wouldn't even consider the Siecialized with such a low spec groupset.

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#3 24-09-2014 9:24am

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I have no connection with this poster but i think it is fantastic value:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057290938

I thought about it for myself but tbh it is a minor upgrade to my existing bike and I will go for a better one when next I buy.

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#4 24-09-2014 10:31am

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+1 on this..

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057290938

Great value.!

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#5 24-09-2014 12:23pm

Nekarsulm

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Thanks everyone, mind made up! I went with the boardman. Twas 270 euro and only a half hour drive away. the bike you guys linked to is super , its just that I wouldn't do it justice at the moment.Need to lose 20kg first!
Thanks for the advice,N

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