Pinarello heaven but what to do?

[alci4]

went to Bicicielo in brum yesterday on my way to evans to scope out a bike and boy is it pinarello heaven,staff were more than nice, lovely store e.t.c

fell in love with this (it's a fair but cheaper at wiggle) http://www.wiggle.co...ra-2011-1/#more

but rrp is £1229

was thinking with the respect boardman bikes get in that price range would this be a better buy

http://www.halfords....yId_165710#dtab

not a lot in the rrp and the boardman but carbon frame on the boardman

which would peeps go for

i am going from mountain bikes to my first road bike so know vary little any advice appreciated

the FP1 is beautiful to look at though lol

 

[NormanD]

Your best bet is to park your backside on both bikes and make your choice from there ... bikes don't ride well on looks alone! .. what looks nice to you, might ride like a three legged Jack Russell in a Greyhound race with your type of riding style.

So the best bet is to try them out

 

[alci4]

dont think halfords let you try em may be wrong though

 

[VamP]

Yes the Boardman (amongst others) is better value than the Pina. The cheap componentry on the Pina will have you hankering after upgrades before you know it.

Depends what your goals in cycling are, but take a look at the offerings from Planet X, Ribble, Cube and Rose before you make any decisions. Their bikes will generally be better equipped at any given price-point.

 

[gaz]

Everyone knows the FP1 is bottom of the range with poor quality components for the price. Much better off getting a board man

 

[smokeysmoo]

Give me aluminium any day, but not that Pina

 

[alci4]

but it's soooooo pretty lmao

saw this at evans cycles any good anyone?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bianchi/via-nirone-7-xenon-compact-2011-road-bike-ec025814

 

[Rob3rt]

Cannondale! Buy one, dont look back.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Cannondale! Buy one, dont look back.

I did and haven't. Can't, it's too bloody fast

 

[VamP]

but it's soooooo pretty lmao

saw this at evans cycles any good anyone?

http://www.evanscycl...d-bike-ec025814

I've actually got one of these

You can get it cheaper than that, shop around. I have also upgraded wheel and chainsets, so it's a properly fast bike now (as well as about 1kg lighter).

As with the Pina, the level of equipment on the Bianchi is not as good as you might get for that price elsewhere. It is however very pretty

 

[alci4]

any ideas what entry level Cannondales i should be looking at

thanks for any advice

 

[barongreenback]

I can't go in there any more - I get seduced by all the pretty stuff and usually come out having purchased at leastone bit of overpriced Lezyne gizmo. Those bikes seem awfully expensive for what they are. Although I wouldn't say no to a Dogma if that gave me a 95% discount.

 

[smokeysmoo]

any ideas what entry level Cannondales i should be looking at

thanks for any advice

I can wholly recommend the CAAD bikes from Cannondale, check them out HERE. In fact I've just noticed in posting that link that the entry level 105 CAAD has had £300 knocked off the price, now just £999!!!! That's a real bargain

Here's a pic of my baby, a CAAD10 Dura-Ace. Note; she's not factory standard anymore. I need to update the image actually as she's now got Conti 4000s tyres and red jockey wheels and I've altered the bar position down a bit

 

[Rob3rt]

any ideas what entry level Cannondales i should be looking at

thanks for any advice

CAAD 8 105 should be about the £1k mark. The CAAD10 like Smokeysmoo's but with lesser groupset was about £1300 last I looked.

I have a CAAD9, they no longer do this model, very nice bike, and I have just put a deposit on a second Cannondale bike too, lovely bikes.

 

[Atomic_18]

Have you considered looking second hand?

Reason I ask is that I got an Argon 18 Krypton for just over £1k with Sram rival gruppo - although it has an Sram carbon chainset - Sram S30 wheels, Schwalbe Ultremo R1 Tyres, carbon seatpost, Zipp Stem, Zipp handlebars, Zipp Carbon Bottle cage and Look Carbon/Ti blade clipless pedals (And i've probably forgotten some of the other little bits on there).

Had it weighed and set up properly for me yesterday - came in at 7.7kg and is properly quick