whistle bikes.

[Steampig]

Anyone have one or know of anyone who does have one?
Its a complicated tale but to cut a long story short i have the chance of a sauk carbon bike still unused and in the box for £800.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...1_categoryId_165710?shouldCachePage=true&msg=

Any thoughts on this bike. How can you tell if its a good quality carbon or cheapest that's made?"?

 

[smokeysmoo]

At that price, (I mean the new RRP of £1529.99), it will be the cheapest carbon weave , no doubt about it.

I've never heard of the brand TBH, but then again there's lots of stuff I've never heard of

BUT, it's never a good sign when a bike is being sold by Amazon, the catalogue company Very and Bike2Udirect.com.

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I knew TBH.

[EDIT] the bike is being offered by Bikes2udirect for £1089.99, at least then you've got a full guarantee with it, and I can't easily find any reviews of this bike so I suspect you might need the guarantee!

 

[Psyclist]

Looks like open mould Chinese made frame, but don't worry, there are other companies which use open mould. i.e Vivleo (Bulgaria) and (U.K) Mekk are two companies I know of which do.

This is somebodies bike on another forum:

This is the Mekk, exactly the same bike, made by Deng Fu bikes Hong Kong, performance and weight aren't noticeable.

 

[Nearly there]

Whistle are a US based brand but like smokeysmoo said being associated with very and bikes2udirect would put me off straight away but thats just my opinion,Can you not test ride the bike and if you like it buy it after all your the one riding it

 

[Nebulous]

Not a lot of info available on them. I've seen one whistle roadbike reviewed in Cycling Plus with a fairly poor review.

It looks like a good deal, but you're not getting much in the way of kit - advertised as an Ultegra bike with sidepull brakes?