Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
£6,000 budget, recommendations welcome
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straas
Matt
- Location
- Manchester
A guy in my club has this - it just looks incredible.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/reviews/road-bikes/scott-foil-rc
Would fully recommend using about £200 of the budget on a good bike fit - I know it's possible to make all the changes yourself using guides, yoootube and mirrors, but I think it's money well spent.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/reviews/road-bikes/scott-foil-rc
Would fully recommend using about £200 of the budget on a good bike fit - I know it's possible to make all the changes yourself using guides, yoootube and mirrors, but I think it's money well spent.
BigMeatball
Senior Member
Typical cheapskate words.
You could have worked a little harder in life so you'd have been able to afford these bikes too instead of being bitter towards people who are in a position to afford them.
vickster
Legendary Member
He says he could afford them but he has no interest in such bikes. That's his prerogative but he can't help himself criticising people who make different choices
(I'd love to know how much he pi$$es away on beer (literally) and kebabs every year which is what he chooses to spend on)
vickster
Legendary Member
A lot of high end shops will include a bike fit when spending that much
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
I could go out today and buy a £6k bike, and I'm a lazy b*stard
BigMeatball
Senior Member
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I cycled past this place on SaturdayA lot of high end shops will include a bike fit when spending that much
https://www.racescene.co.uk/
Which is in a very unassuming little town near Barnsley.
I suggest the OP looks for a place like this which is a bit nearer to him than Barnsley. It seems to be focused on customers like him.
vickster
Legendary Member
He’s not said where he’s based I think?
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
It won't be Yorkshire...they know the cost of a pound there!
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Only one?I could go out today and buy a £6k bike, and I'm a lazy b*stard
To be honest the focus on price/budget confuses me and seems a strange way to choose a bike. I find it hard to equate 'I've been getting back into cycling for a couple of months after a 3yr absence' with 'I want to buy a £6k bike'.
I am a lifetime cyclist and have quite exacting requirements and expectations of my bikes and while budget isn't really an issue I would never think 'let's go out and buy a bike worth £xxx'. I would make a list of what features I need, what features I want and any extras that would be nice to have. Once that lot was priced up I would then decide if I was able and happy to spend that amount. Starting from the price and working back is an odd way to do things.
Skimmed all previous replies and can see Ridley Noah has been mentioned but would add this into the mix
https://www.ridley-bikes.com/product/helium-slx-disc/#/catalogue/road-men-lightweight-disc-brake
Click on customise and create what ever unique colour combination your like ! Hours of fun.
I am slightly biased though as just purchased one of these ! Don't see too many Ridley's about in my area so nice to be a little different. Cracking bike (but i would say that )
https://www.ridley-bikes.com/product/helium-slx-disc/#/catalogue/road-men-lightweight-disc-brake
Click on customise and create what ever unique colour combination your like ! Hours of fun.
I am slightly biased though as just purchased one of these ! Don't see too many Ridley's about in my area so nice to be a little different. Cracking bike (but i would say that )
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
You and me both, this does seem a back to front way of doing this, it’s a hell of a gamble to drop £6,000 on a bike, only to find out a few months later that something about it actually doesn’t work for you as you hoped it would, be better to find it out on a much cheaper bike.
Only one?
To be honest the focus on price/budget confuses me and seems a strange way to choose a bike. I find it hard to equate 'I've been getting back into cycling for a couple of months after a 3yr absence' with 'I want to buy a £6k bike'.
I am a lifetime cyclist and have quite exacting requirements and expectations of my bikes and while budget isn't really an issue I would never think 'let's go out and buy a bike worth £xxx'. I would make a list of what features I need, what features I want and any extras that would be nice to have. Once that lot was priced up I would then decide if I was able and happy to spend that amount. Starting from the price and working back is an odd way to do things.
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
The other week I was out on my Raleigh Royal, not exactly dawdling, and I got overtaken on a slight uphill gradient, at quite some pace, by some bloke riding the cheapest, nastiest Viking road bike - one level up from a BSO. This guy didn't even look like a cyclist, he was dressed casually just like I was, but he was going like a bat out of hell - and having passed me, continued at that pace into the distance. The bottom line it's the rider that makes the biggest difference, not the bike. You can spend all, the money in the world but at the end of the day fancy bikes don't mean shoot. A fast rider will make anything go quick, a slow rider will still be slow even on a £10k bike.
