Felt Z85 Or Specialized Allez Elite
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Rob3rt
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Im guessing your budget is about £800-1k?
I heard the Scott speedsters werent all that good, but I never seen one or rode one and cant remember the source of this "opinion". So dont go by that comment, ride one.
I'd look at Trek's in that price range, they give good bang for your buck. Or look at the Boardman range, they do a very nice aluminium framed bike for £800. The Allez is clearly a very nice bike but I personally think they look ugly, the curved top tube is grim. If you can up budget to 1k you could look at the Cannondales or the Trek 2.1, or the equivalent Specialized, giant or even a Planet X carbon bike or the Carbon version of the boardman bike I mentioned above.
If you really like the Felt, get it (If you love the look of your bike you will want to ride it more), and then change the wheels if you have issues? £200 should get you a nice set of wheels some point in the future and thats probly one of the 1st upgrades you would want to make to a bike anyway.
Ride before you buy.
I heard the Scott speedsters werent all that good, but I never seen one or rode one and cant remember the source of this "opinion". So dont go by that comment, ride one.
I'd look at Trek's in that price range, they give good bang for your buck. Or look at the Boardman range, they do a very nice aluminium framed bike for £800. The Allez is clearly a very nice bike but I personally think they look ugly, the curved top tube is grim. If you can up budget to 1k you could look at the Cannondales or the Trek 2.1, or the equivalent Specialized, giant or even a Planet X carbon bike or the Carbon version of the boardman bike I mentioned above.
If you really like the Felt, get it (If you love the look of your bike you will want to ride it more), and then change the wheels if you have issues? £200 should get you a nice set of wheels some point in the future and thats probly one of the 1st upgrades you would want to make to a bike anyway.
Ride before you buy.
matt.cartwright7
New Member
What are chicken levers?!?!?!
As for the trek and boardmans they are not an option as the shop doing our C2W scheme dont stock them. I tried the giant and allez and although they both felt good I am not a fan of the curved top tube on the allez and the giant was a little 'uninspiring'. Have been trying to find a felt anywhere to test ride them but not many places stock them and evans wont have any in stock til mid April (after the closing date of my C2W scheme!)
I figure I like the look of the felt, the 50cm giant and sized allez fitted my midget stature fine so going for the 51cm felt (smallest one they do and geomoetry looks very similar to the giant and allez I tried).
As for the trek and boardmans they are not an option as the shop doing our C2W scheme dont stock them. I tried the giant and allez and although they both felt good I am not a fan of the curved top tube on the allez and the giant was a little 'uninspiring'. Have been trying to find a felt anywhere to test ride them but not many places stock them and evans wont have any in stock til mid April (after the closing date of my C2W scheme!)
I figure I like the look of the felt, the 50cm giant and sized allez fitted my midget stature fine so going for the 51cm felt (smallest one they do and geomoetry looks very similar to the giant and allez I tried).