1st Road Bike

[Wolf616]

I bought a 500SE a couple of years ago. Generally very happy with it. I use it as a winter bike. My only criticism is that because it uses cheap components, things wear out faster than you might expect. I have gone through two freewheels and 2 rear cassettes much faster than on my Defy 2. However, it does get used in wet and muddy conditions in the winter.

Yeah this is true, I have had to replace the cassette and chain twice - but that is in part due to not looking after it (i.e. never cleaning it). I also do quite a large amount of miles and replaced the first cassette before it wore out (I wanted a wider set of gears to get up some hills in Wales).