1st Road Bike

maxamillius

Hi Guys,

Looking at getting into road biking, anyone have any opinions on the below?

http://www.fitzcycles.ie/p/3363/bmc-bikes

Bike 2 work job,

Cheers

Cona

maxamillius wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Looking at getting into road biking, anyone have any opinions on the below?

http://www.fitzcycles.ie/p/3363/bmc-bikes

Bike 2 work job,

Cheers

lovely bike, couldn't argue much against it, i would usually recommend an alloy frame with a better group set than sora for your first bike. The new 105 gear set is superb now so I would tend to look for a bike with that

colm_mcm

Would Sora not be enough for a first bike?

ted1

colm_mcm wrote: »

Would Sora not be enough for a first bike?

Why not get a first bike that doesn’t need a second ?

RossieMan

ted1 wrote:

Why not get a first bike that doesn’t need a second ?

What sort of cyclist are you? Ban him I say!

Gears aren't the issue it's the ****ty breaks that end of the market usually . I rode a sora group set for ages and given the roads I ride I'm not much better off on a 105 group set on my current bike. That BMC is nice looking though and there abouts the right money if the breaks are decent on it.

RossieMan

Is the frame tiny? Or are BMC frames measured differently ?

RossieMan

RossieMan wrote: »

Is the frame tiny? Or are BMC frames measured differently ?

You need to throw your leg over a first bike imo. Size charts would have me on anything from a 49 to a 54 over a different manufactures

maxamillius

Thanks for the reply’s lads, sounds like a decent enough bike so!

Size wise it’s actuakly perfect it’s a 51, I’m owed to mountain biking, size seems to vary quite a bit on the road bikes!!