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Your ultegra spec bike recommendation

  • 26-02-2015 2:22pm
    #1
    JohnBee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭


    Its time to upgrade the bike! Spec wise I am budgeting for Ultegra level componentry (or Force 22). Cant give a euro budget because now I am in North America, however most bikes with ultegra level groupset hover around the same price point no matter what side of the atlantic!

    PS so before people try to rub it in, its correct, I cannot get ribble/planet x/rose/canyon too easily.

    Whats your recommendation and why? Big brand vs something like Olympia or Scapin?


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  • #2
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,903 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Some great value here if you can order in the US. The Fuji Gran Fondo with Dura Ace is savage value.

    http://www.coloradocyclist.com/road-bike-sale

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    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #3
    JohnBee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭JohnBee


    Brian? wrote: »
    Some great value here if you can order in the US. The Fuji Gran Fondo with Dura Ace is savage value.

    http://www.coloradocyclist.com/road-bike-sale

    Thanks for the quick reply!

    Sorry should have been a bit clearer! Want a road bike, performance or aero rather than Grand Fondo type!


  • #4
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,903 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    JohnBee wrote: »
    Thanks for the quick reply!

    Sorry should have been a bit clearer! Want a road bike, performance or aero rather than Grand Fondo type!

    Both the Litespeed and Kestrel bikes on that link I posted would suit.

    http://www.coloradocyclist.com/litespeed-l1-ultegra-bike-md-2014

    http://www.coloradocyclist.com/kestrel-2014-legend-ultegra-bike

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  • #5
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,903 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Also great value:

    http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1147799_-1___000000

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    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #6
    JohnBee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭JohnBee


    Thanks! What is your trusty steed Brian?


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  • #7
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,903 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    JohnBee wrote: »
    Thanks! What is your trusty steed Brian?

    Fuji Alatmira 2.0. bought from Colorado cyclist in January 2013 and a Merlin Proteus I bought piecemeal.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #8
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Get Ultegra Di2, I'd go electronic before I start worrying about saving a few grams.


  • #9
    JohnBee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭JohnBee


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    Get Ultegra Di2, I'd go electronic before I start worrying about saving a few grams.

    Di2 is a significant step up in cost. Is it really that much better? Most bikes with Di2, you will pay $1000 more nearly in cost. Would that not be better spent on wheels or something?


  • #10
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,903 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    JohnBee wrote: »
    Di2 is a significant step up in cost. Is it really that much better? Most bikes with Di2, you will pay $1000 more nearly in cost. Would that not be better spent on wheels or something?

    A grand on wheels or a grand on Di2? It's like Sophie's choice.

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    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #11
    Stevieg2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭Stevieg2009


    Brian? wrote: »
    A grand on wheels or a grand on Di2? It's like Sophie's choice.

    It would be the grand on wheels for me anyday


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  • #12
    JohnBee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭JohnBee


    Stevieg2009 wrote: »
    It would be the grand on wheels for me anyday

    That's what I was thinking. The performance benefit overall would surely be much better for wheels.


  • #13
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    JohnBee wrote: »
    That's what I was thinking. The performance benefit overall would surely be much better for wheels.

    What performance benefit? Seriously, maybe it's just me, but unless you are regularly doing TTs up Alpes d'Huez then to me a pair of Aksiums aren't much slower than a pair of Ksyrium SLs.

    You asked for an Ultegra level bike, a poster pointed to a Dura Ace one and to me, I'd go for Ultegra Di2 before I go for Dura Ace. Nice, reliable shifting all year round over a couple of hundred grams.

    Buying wheels has to be one of the most disappointing experiences of my life. I'm probably too slow to notice the difference, but a pair of wheels has never been a "performance" upgrade.

    I suppose we should have quantified what you mean by an upgrade beforehand.


  • #14
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    What performance benefit? Seriously, maybe it's just me, but unless you are regularly doing TTs up Alpes d'Huez then to me a pair of Aksiums aren't much slower than a pair of Ksyrium SLs.

    You asked for an Ultegra level bike, a poster pointed to a Dura Ace one and to me, I'd go for Ultegra Di2 before I go for Dura Ace. Nice, reliable shifting all year round over a couple of hundred grams.

    Buying wheels has to be one of the most disappointing experiences of my life. I'm probably too slow to notice the difference, but a pair of wheels has never been a "performance" upgrade.

    I suppose we should have quantified what you mean by an upgrade beforehand.

    Then youve never had a set of heavy wheels and changed them to something lighter and better. A new set of wheels with new (and better) tyres is like having a new bike.


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