Joshua Plumtree
Approaching perfection from a distance.
You lucky bar steward! 
3 Grand. Bike of a lifetime
- Thread starter Winnershsaint
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Soltydog
Legendary Member
- Location
- near Hornsea
The one that makes you smile and go woot on the test ride
I reckon that's the best advice so far
I have a small savings scheme that has a few years before maturing & should give me £2.5k or thereabouts & my plan was to have a custom made to measure touring bike, but not after a few tweeks my current tourer is pretty spot on for me, so not sure I need to go down the custom tourer route. I've just bought a carbon road bike, so not sure what i'll spend my savings on when I get them now.
Thinking about the custom route, how do you get to test ride one to see if you like it
For a bike for life Titanium is the way to go. a custom build would be my choice with 3K to spend, quite a lot of nice Ti frames out there, start by looking here.
http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/1019/titanium-road-bikes.aspx
They do frames as well as full builds, I have a Kinesis Gran Fondo & a Van Nic Chinook that I built up myself, both excellent rides, but many more optons available if you look around.
http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/1019/titanium-road-bikes.aspx
They do frames as well as full builds, I have a Kinesis Gran Fondo & a Van Nic Chinook that I built up myself, both excellent rides, but many more optons available if you look around.
ayceejay
Guru
- Location
- Rural Quebec
Just a warning: even if you spend £3000,00 (5,400 $C) there is no guarantee that you won't catch the N+1 bug.
Having said that, at the moment there are sales that would get you a really really nice bike for that money. For instance BMC have fallen out of favour for some reason and they are being offered at a discount, Ridley Noah used to be top of the range but they also are reduced too, so have a good look around before you decide. IF you know exactly what you want (like the guy who bought a Mercian shown here recently) then go the custom route otherwise I would look for a £5000.00 bike reduccd to $3
Having said that, at the moment there are sales that would get you a really really nice bike for that money. For instance BMC have fallen out of favour for some reason and they are being offered at a discount, Ridley Noah used to be top of the range but they also are reduced too, so have a good look around before you decide. IF you know exactly what you want (like the guy who bought a Mercian shown here recently) then go the custom route otherwise I would look for a £5000.00 bike reduccd to $3
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Canyon. You get alot for your cash
I was chatting to a Spesh concept store today, as I'm planning on dropping in on wednesday to drool over the new Roubaix's, and interestingly, we touched on the S-Works Custom builds.....which although are £2600 for the Frameset alone, - he quoted me £3400 for a Custom Build with Ultegra Groupset.
Ok, perhaps the wheelset might be lead-in, but they wont be 'bad', and are easily upgraded in the future.
Not far above your £3k budget, and an S-Works would certainly feel special ?
Ok, perhaps the wheelset might be lead-in, but they wont be 'bad', and are easily upgraded in the future.
Not far above your £3k budget, and an S-Works would certainly feel special ?
OP
OP
Winnershsaint
Guru
Yes I was shown S-Works SL4 at Newbury Concept Store, Quoted the same price. Came with SRAM Force and Zipp 30 wheels. If I'd been able to my original post would have been immaterial.
Rustybucket
Veteran
- Location
- South Coast
http://www.pearsoncycles.co.uk/pearson-hammerandtongs.html
I'm looking to get one of these next, you can customize the spec to your liking. You also won't see too many of them about!
I'm looking to get one of these next, you can customize the spec to your liking. You also won't see too many of them about!
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
How is your Rourke build going FF ?
Not spent much time on the thread lately so may have missed it.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
A few random thoughts:
Given a budget of £3,000 a good spec Specialised or Giant or Trek would seem like a good choice, as you will get the benefit of multi-million pound R&D, development by some of the finest cyclists in the world with some of the finest teams.
However:
This may be of some use if you are going to ride it competitively, and need the extra fractions of a second. I guess that you don't fit into that category, and my thoughts are that style and individuality should therefore probably count for a bit more than marginal gains.
Hence:
De Rosa, Bianchi, Pinarello, Musseeuw, Rose bikes would be some of my first choices. Or Boardman/Genesis for flying the British flag (yes, I know they aren't built here).
Or alternatively some Titanium bling or Stainless Steel would look great.
Given a budget of £3,000 a good spec Specialised or Giant or Trek would seem like a good choice, as you will get the benefit of multi-million pound R&D, development by some of the finest cyclists in the world with some of the finest teams.
However:
This may be of some use if you are going to ride it competitively, and need the extra fractions of a second. I guess that you don't fit into that category, and my thoughts are that style and individuality should therefore probably count for a bit more than marginal gains.
Hence:
De Rosa, Bianchi, Pinarello, Musseeuw, Rose bikes would be some of my first choices. Or Boardman/Genesis for flying the British flag (yes, I know they aren't built here).
Or alternatively some Titanium bling or Stainless Steel would look great.
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Love the quirky name of that bike...
looks a bit old school, but what do I know anyway..
