Stephen Roche Bike....reviews plz??

jammywaterford · 18-04-2009 10:03PM #1

Hi guys,

Just want your advise...... being wanting to buy a raod bike for a while..... n telephoned round couple shops..... herad bout this bike... rode it ,,, n liked it ...so splashed....now i'd like sum info bought its history ., n if its any gud, so if anybody , knows anything at all , plz drop me a line !!!

It seems that Stephen Roche , put his name to this bike , as it has no other manufacturers name...... Its red and yellow,,, lol, but who cares.... rides very well,,, seems a well put together bike ,,,,, cant find anything on line ....so could some one tell me bout the history of these bikes, any gud ?????

tnx guys;-))

1380 mini · 18-04-2009 11:27PM

Hey
I've an old Stephen Roche frame myself similar colour scheme too (red yellow and bare titanium)
i tried finding out about the bikes when i bought mine around 3 years ago and couldn't find much info.
the best i came up with is this
http://web.archive.org/web/19990422172732/www.sroche.com/bikes/special.htm

Mine is a titanium frame and from what i can gather from the archive website is a frame from in or around 97.
Not sure who Roche gets to actually build the frames though. I think he still sells his branded bikes or did
until very recently anyway all carbon fibre now though
see
http://www.stephenroche.com/locations_velo_US.html

cheers
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jammywaterford · 19-04-2009 11:17AM

Hi, tnx for that ...... at least i know sumthing more,;-)

Tnx, ;-)

luv kno more still , so anyone else anything to add, do the needful , tnx;-)

Aquos76 · 19-04-2009 12:24PM

Whats the story with all the text speak, you do know you have a full keyboard at your disposal

uberwolf · 19-04-2009 01:43PM

my recollection is that these frames didn't do so well. They either had a tendency to crack or had way too much flex in them.

If it's 12 years old, then I think the cracking isn't going to be a problem at this stage!

biker_joe · 19-04-2009 03:28PM

i have a later model it's aluminium and carbon mix, with Carve forks ....
I think I bought it in 2003-4, and got about 3 seasons out of it .... i have not converted it to a TT bike, I really liked the geometry of the frame ! but it's not the same as the 87th edition, I know another guy who raced that one and cracked it .....

Biker Joe

Stephen Roche Bike....reviews plz??

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