lidl road bike

TinyExplosions · 04-04-2009 10:13PM

xz wrote: »

As regards the wheels, you can get Mavic Aksiums or Fulcrum 7's for around the same price, so to say they are "cheap jobs" could be construed as snobbery,I,personally have a set of Fulcrum 7's for about a year now,I am a big guy and have so far found them to be very sturdy.Those Shimano wheels may just be a good,bomb proof training wheel.

The RS10 wheelset on the lidl bike is a step below the Aksiums or Racing 7's (Shimanos equivalent is the RS20)

Chips Lovell · 05-04-2009 12:59AM

xz wrote: »

As regards the wheels, you can get Mavic Aksiums or Fulcrum 7's for around the same price, so to say they are "cheap jobs" could be construed as snobbery,I,personally have a set of Fulcrum 7's for about a year now,I am a big guy and have so far found them to be very sturdy.Those Shimano wheels may just be a good,bomb proof training wheel.

Saying something is cheap isn't snobbery. My point was that everything on the bike was pretty entry level except for its groupset, which seems to be its sole selling point. I've never heard of the frame before. It could be fine or it could be crap. We just don't know yet.

My own bike came with Fulcrum 7s and I rode them for over a year. I'm a big guy too and they were grand. And I know plenty of people on entry level Shimano wheels. Having said that, more than one of them ditched them because they found them too flexy.

petethedrummer · 05-04-2009 02:42AM

I don't really have an opinion on the bike itself or its euroness or whatever. But the price point seems a tad high for the average non-cyclist to take a punt on it. And anyone into (or potentially into) cycling who is prepared to pay 900 euro on a bike would probably not go to Lidl.

I'm keen to see the uptake on this. If they sold a bike around the 300-400 mark, I imagine the demand would be huge.

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 02:48PM

The arrogance of the average irishman astounds me.

I can guarantee the quality of this bike is vastly superior to your ability to ride it.

Raam · 05-04-2009 02:53PM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

I can guarantee the quality of this bike is vastly superior to your ability to tide it.

What's the ride like?

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 03:04PM

Raam wrote: »

What's the ride like?

Very good, I'd imagine.

I encounter the same problem with both cyclists and golfers. They both shell out bucket loads of cash on the best products. Think they are all Little Lance's and Tiger's.

Jokers.

Raam · 05-04-2009 03:10PM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

Very good, I'd imagine.

I encounter the same problem with both cyclists and golfers. They both shell out bucket loads of cash on the best products. Think they are all Little Lance's and Tiger's.

Jokers.

Maybe it is very good. I would say this though, I can go uphill faster and easier on my carbon bike than I can on my alu bike.

The tax man · 05-04-2009 03:14PM

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 03:14PM

Raam wrote: »

Maybe it is very good. I would say this though, I can go uphill faster and easier on my carbon bike than I can on my alu bike.

And what,

Will that effect your final standings in the Giro, maybe be the deciding factor in whether the team enter you for the tour de france?

Unlikely.

Raam · 05-04-2009 03:15PM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

And what,

Will that effect your final standings in the Giro, maybe be the deciding factor in whether the team enter you for the tour de france?

Unlikely.

It will affect position in uphill TT races.

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 03:17PM

Raam wrote: »

It will affect position in uphill TT races.

A few seconds at most. It will not be the deciding factor between the riders.

Raam · 05-04-2009 03:18PM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

A few seconds at most. It will not be the deciding factor between the riders.

A few seconds can be the difference between winning and loosing in a TT.

jautukas87 · 05-04-2009 03:20PM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

A few seconds at most. It will not be the deciding factor between the riders.

Just go and buy the bike.

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 03:23PM

Raam wrote: »

A few seconds can be the difference between winning and loosing in a TT.

Possibly,

Although if this occured, I'd rather alter my training than splash the cash on a new steed.

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 03:26PM

jautukas87 wrote: »

Just go and buy the bike.

I bough myself a cracking Trek Madone 2 years ago on ebay (UK).

£300 and postage. A scratch here and there, yes. However the man powering the chain is what really matters.

jautukas87 · 05-04-2009 03:31PM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

I bough myself a cracking Trek Madone 2 years ago on ebay (UK).

£300 and postage. A scratch here and there, yes. However the man powering the chain is what really matters.

Agree, but you're not gonna force everyone to think so. Especially if ppl have $$$.
I've go BeOne briza 1.0 for 300 euros. I'm happy with it. But I'm not racing so It's ok for me.

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 03:36PM

jautukas87 wrote: »

Agree, but you're not gonna force everyone to think so. Especially if ppl have $$$.
I've go BeOne briza 1.0 for 300 euros. I'm happy with it. But I'm not racing so It's ok for me.

Yeah that's it in a nutshell. However Lance could jump on an old mountain bike and leave most of these posters on their €3000 carbon fibre bikes well behind.

I mean, in my local area I know quite a few riders. A lot of them would laugh if some chap tuned up on this Lidl bike, irrespective of the fact that most of them are hopeless bike handlers before we even broach the subject of fitness.

TinyExplosions · 05-04-2009 07:17PM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

Yeah that's it in a nutshell. However Lance could jump on an old mountain bike and leave most of these posters on their €3000 carbon fibre bikes well behind.

I mean, in my local area I know quite a few riders. A lot of them would laugh if some chap tuned up on this Lidl bike, irrespective of the fact that most of them are hopeless bike handlers before we even broach the subject of fitness.

But if you can afford the €3000 carbon bike, why not buy it... you shouldn't have to justify your purchasing to all and sundry, and if it makes you feel like you're going faster/easier, then it's fine by me.

Note, no one here has said that the bike is awful, just saying that at that price, the chance is the quality isn't going to be high on the frame, much the same as we would say about tesco's bikes etc etc. Yes, it's snobbery, but we're human, and that's fine -you said you've a Madone, does that mean you're as good as Lance or one of his domestiques?

PaulHardwick · 05-04-2009 07:23PM

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Yes, it's snobbery, but we're human, and that's fine -you said you've a Madone, does that mean you're as good as Lance or one of his domestiques?

I am about good enough to fill up LA's water bottles.

niceonetom · 05-04-2009 08:08PM

To be honest paulhardwick, i think you're the one who's being a bit snobbish now. When someone asks "how good is this bike?" and your only contribution is along the lines of 'too good for any of you, jokers' you're sort of missing the point of the question and being a little bit insulting.

No one here is under any illusions about their ability. As the terraces say, "We're sh1t and we know we are". We enjoy cycling. Some of us bloody love it. I spent about 6 hours on my bikes yesterday - by your narrow and petty opinion I should have spent that on bikes befitting my standard - but I don't want to spend six hours on a double-sus from Dunnes, and I shouldn't have to to adhere to some tortured logic about who gets to privilege to ride what.

Are you good enough for your madone? that was lances bike right? so you think you're good enough to ride lance's bike? puh-lease.

rubadub · 05-04-2009 08:54PM

I would prefer if the frame was a manky lidl colour with lidl logos. Nobody would nick it then!

petethedrummer · 05-04-2009 09:17PM

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Note, no one here has said that the bike is awful, just saying that at that price, the chance is the quality isn't going to be high on the frame.

That's it in a nutshell. Noone has ridden or even seen this bike in real life. I couldn't find any reviews on line for stratos frames, so maybe its worth the punt and maybe its not. For 900 euros noone is gonna say yes definitely go an buy it.

People have been on boards spins with all sorts of abilites and all prices of bikes and noone has been snobbish about it.

EBIW · 05-04-2009 10:38PM

Hello,
I'm new on here, this is my 1st post.
I stumbled upon this board whilst searching for info and opinion on Lidl's “Stratos” bike. I recently bought a second hand Mountain Bike, GT 2008 Outpost Disc, the best bike I've ever had (comparing it to £50 stuff from Makro), for fun/fitness, having stopped smoking, at the age of 42!
I'm not trying to set the world alight, I do at most 40 tarmac miles per week in 10-15 mile chunks. Tarmac because I cycle with my GF, who has a road bike (Giant OCR4).
So, I would like a Road bike, when I seen Lidl had a Road bike coming up on their special offer sheet, I thought great but I was expecting something around £150-250. I'm in Northern Ireland where this bike will be 799 sterling, probably slightly cheaper than 899 yoyos.
I don't want to get too carried away, spending what I would consider a fortune on a bicycle but I do appreciate that really cheap bikes are a waste of money. I also appreciate it is difficult/impossible to judge it properly without actually getting your hands on one. Looking on eBay you could strip it and sell the bits separately at a profit.

Chips Lovell · 06-04-2009 08:44AM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

Very good, I'd imagine.

So you haven't ridden it?

PaulHardwick · 06-04-2009 08:49AM

Last weekend I tested a mate of mine. He was going on about how he went to a wine tasting course. I bet him a tenner that in a blindfold test he could not tell the difference between red and white wine.

He could'nt.

el tonto wrote: »

So you haven't ridden it?

No, sure the bike is not on sale until the 9th of April.

zzzzzzzz · 06-04-2009 08:53AM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

Last weekend I tested a mate of mine. He was going on about how he went to a wine tasting course. I bet him a tenner that in a blindfold test he could not tell the difference between red and white wine.

He could'nt.

No, sure the bike is not on sale until the 9th of April.

Your mate was obviously an idiot

Chips Lovell · 06-04-2009 08:55AM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

No, sure the bike is not on sale until the 9th of April.

So you can "guarantee the quality" of a bike you haven't even ridden is "vastly superior" to people's ability to ride it? And you call everyone else arrogant?

Nice.

PaulHardwick · 06-04-2009 09:18AM

el tonto wrote: »

So you can "guarantee the quality" of a bike you haven't even ridden is "vastly superior" to people's ability to ride it? And you call everyone else arrogant?

Nice.

Do you have to get wet before you will beileve it's raining?

Same principle here. I looked at the bike, looked at the spec, and I then I made a decision on the quality.

PaulHardwick · 06-04-2009 09:22AM

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

Your mate was obviously an idiot

Oh he is quite the arrogant idiot when it comes to lifestyle issues. He could go into the local deli and ask for things I have never even heard of.

One of these new ireland people.

TinyExplosions · 06-04-2009 09:25AM

PaulHardwick wrote: »

Do you have to get wet before you will beileve it's raining?

Same principle here. I looked at the bike, looked at the spec, and I then I made a decision on the quality.

And so have we, yet you seem to disagree intently with some of our conclusions and label us as snobs... we're simply extrapolating different conclusions from the same data .

PaulHardwick wrote: »

Oh he is quite the arrogant idiot when it comes to lifestyle issues. He could go into the local deli and ask for things I have never even heard of.

One of these new ireland people.

His lack of wine related tastebuds aside, you call him an idiot because he orders things in a deli you've not heard of? Man, I bet you're a great friend...

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