Road Bike Recommendations (AU$2500 - $3000)

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Originally posted by Dominic Sansom
I have a friend who has been bitten (badly) by the bike bug. He has my old Avanti Triplo (great bike for the price) but is now after a new ride.
He's looking at Giant, Litespeed with carbon forks, seatpost and ultegra gruppo, but would like so more sugestions.

We ride almost every morning 25-30km and 50-100km on weekends

Any recommendations or thoughts ???

Thanks in advance!

Litespeed with carbon forks for under 3K?
surely you jest

If you are in Melbourne take a squiz at SHM store in Bourke St
they're closing and got 20% off their bike at the mo

Luverly Orbeas there. got a Felt Ultegra/DA mix for low 2k too!

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Originally posted by flyingdutch
Litespeed with carbon forks for under 3K?
surely you jest

If you are in Melbourne take a squiz at SHM store in Bourke St
they're closing and got 20% off their bike at the mo

Luverly Orbeas there. got a Felt Ultegra/DA mix for low 2k too!

Flyingdutch... thanks

I agree we'd be hard pushed to find a Litespeed w/carbon forks at that price.

We're not in Australia and there's no bike LBSs here. Does SMH have a web site?

The Felt U/DA sounds good.

smh.com.au

where are you?

felt have a good site too (unsure of exact address...)

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Originally posted by flyingdutch
smh.com.au

where are you?

felt have a good site too (unsure of exact address...)

Whoops! smh.com.au is the Sydney Morning Herald site... and shm.com.au is still under construction.

I found their phone no. at yellowpages.com.au and I've passed that on to my mate (he'll be in Oz in a couple of weeks).

Felt site is http://www.feltracing.com/
luuuverly bikes!!!

Where am I? Suva, Fiji. There's a handfull of roadies who try and ride most days and have a nice long Sunday Morning cycle that ends with bacon and eggs at my place. You're welcome to join us.

Thanks again for your help.

Dominic Sansom said:

flyingdutch said:

smh.com.au where are you? felt have a good site too
(unsure of exact address...)

Whoops! smh.com.au is the Sydney Morning Herald site...
and shm.com.au is still under construction.

I found their phone no. at yellowpages.com.au and I've
passed that on to my mate (he'll be in Oz in a couple
of weeks).

Felt site is feltracing.comfeltracing.comOpen ↗ luuuverly bikes!!!

Where am I? Suva, Fiji. There's a handfull of roadies who
try and ride most days and have a nice long Sunday Morning
cycle that ends with bacon and eggs at my place. You're
welcome to join us.

Thanks again for your help.

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Their website is actually shmbikes.com.aushmbikes.com.auOpen ↗ but
unfortunately most of the links on it are broken, so
phone/visit when your friend's in Aus is probably still a
better option.

Cheers.
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Nick

Can only talk for my local bike shop on Chapel St:

SCOTT:
- AFD Team 04 (105) - $2499rrp, $2249
- AFD Pro 04 (Ultegra) lighter frame than Giant TCR - $2999rrp, $2699 (My personal recommendation)

GIANT
- TCR 04 (Ultegra) - $2799rrp, $2519
- TCR Composite 2 - (Ultegra, carbon frame) - clearance sale at something ridiculous like: $3049.20

www.freedommachine.com.au
check website, ship anywhere in Aus

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Dominic Sansom
I have a friend who has been bitten (badly) by the bike bug. He has my old Avanti Triplo (great bike for the price) but is now after a new ride.
He's looking at Giant, Litespeed with carbon forks, seatpost and ultegra gruppo, but would like so more sugestions.

We ride almost every morning 25-30km and 50-100km on weekends

Any recommendations or thoughts ???

Thanks in advance!

I recommend looking at the Lemond bikes. I have a Tourmalet which was $2000 at Clarence Street Cyclery in Syd (6066 aluminium with carbon fork, 105 groupset except rear der which is ultegra, bontrager wheels). Lemond frames are actually made by Trek and the Lemond company is a Trek co. There are higher specced Lemond bikes than mine (but with same frame) but I do approx 100-150 kms on weekend (mostly climbs around three gorges (Galston, Berowra Waters & Bobbin Head)) and it handles them well. I am 6ft4in and weigh 92kg so getting the right frame was important. Very happy and I have tested colnago with higher specs and didn't think the extra money for Italian style was worth it. I'm sure some would disagree with this last comment. Only thing I would change would be perhaps put in carbon seat post. Not much give in the aluminium at 75kph downhill when you hit a sharp dip in the road.

Thanks everyone... this is great. lots of luverly bikes.... keep it up.

At the moment the Lemond and the Felt are favourites.

Any others?????

4 Weeks ago, I bought a Trek 1400 with Shimano shoes and Look pedals. Total with extras was about $2600.

I could have got the 1500 (and the ultegra groupset) for an extra $400 or so - but just don't need it yet - and it was all on credit 🙂

Love the TREK !

Twistie

I've been looking for a training bike. I called bikeshops
and asked to speak to someone who knew what they were
talking about. I said "I want a training bike, I need carbon
forks, I need all 105 components, what is the best price you
can do? I don't mean your best RRP, I mean the absolute best
you can do."

I got offered a whole lot of bikes at 400-450 AUD below RRP,
so if you can afford $2500, start looking at the $3200 bikes
and see what you can get from there.

My Felt F50 (carbon forks, full ultegra, race wheels, stelle
italia (sp?) seat that I currently train/race on was $2500
in September last year.

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Originally posted by Tamyka Bell

My Felt F50 (carbon forks, full ultegra, race wheels, stelle
italia (sp?) seat that I currently train/race on was $2500
in September last year.

You're the first person I have come across to actually ride one, Tamyka

As the Monty python sketch said...

"Wassit loike?"

did last year's model have the carbon bits at the stays and if so is there any ascertainable difference in feel/comfort?

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Dominic Sansom
I have a friend who has been bitten (badly) by the bike bug. He has my old Avanti Triplo (great bike for the price) but is now after a new ride.
He's looking at Giant, Litespeed with carbon forks, seatpost and ultegra gruppo, but would like so more sugestions.

We ride almost every morning 25-30km and 50-100km on weekends

Any recommendations or thoughts ???

Thanks in advance!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dominic Sansom
I have a friend who has been bitten (badly) by the bike bug. He has my old Avanti Triplo (great bike for the price) but is now after a new ride.
He's looking at Giant, Litespeed with carbon forks, seatpost and ultegra gruppo, but would like so more sugestions.

We ride almost every morning 25-30km and 50-100km on weekends

Any recommendations or thoughts ???

Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE What about a Piave with full Ultegra carbon forks Orange in colour for $1999.00 2003 model
Or 2004 model with carbon forks headstem carbon rear seat stays Black with full ultegra for about $2600.00 cant remember exact price as price list is at work.
We sell these and many other good value road bikes and Carbon frame fork bikes.

Located in Perth West Australia.

Good Hunting

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My Felt F50 (carbon forks, full ultegra, race wheels,
stelle italia...

You're the first person I have come across to actually
ride one, Tamyka

As the Monty python sketch said...

"Wassit loike?"

did last year's model have the carbon bits at the stays
and if so is there any ascertainable difference in
feel/comfort?

I think I'm the first person I know that rides one too. Saw
one for sale in Bris trading post for $2200 yeah like THAT
will sell.

Last years was just the carbon forks, no carbon stays.
Either way I wouldn't be a good judge because it was my
first bike, but it is an incredible ride. Makes it difficult
for me to pick a training bike.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ronni
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What about a Piave with full Ultegra carbon forks Orange in colour for $1999.00 2003 model
Or 2004 model with carbon forks headstem carbon rear seat stays Black with full ultegra for about $2600.00 cant remember exact price as price list is at work.
We sell these and many other good value road bikes and Carbon frame fork bikes.

Located in Perth West Australia.

Good Hunting [/B]

[B]

Quoted post said:

What about a Piave with full Ultegra carbon forks Orange in colour for $1999.00 2003 model
Or 2004 model with carbon forks headstem carbon rear seat stays Black with full ultegra for about $2600.00 cant remember exact price as price list is at work.
We sell these and many other good value road bikes and Carbon frame fork bikes.

Located in Perth West Australia.

Good Hunting [/B]

also check out Cannondale

in general, the owners reviews in
roadbikereview.comroadbikereview.comOpen ↗ are helpful for all
these brands

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What about a Piave with full Ultegra carbon forks
Orange in colour

for

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$1999.00 2003 model Or 2004 model with carbon forks
headstem carbon rear seat stays Black with full
ultegra for about $2600.00 cant remember exact price
as price list is at work. We sell these and many
other good value road bikes and Carbon frame fork
bikes. Located in Perth West Australia. Good Hunting

Sounds good. where can I find one online. Do you have a
web site.

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Dominic Sansom said:

I have a friend who has been bitten (badly) by the bike
bug. He has my old Avanti Triplo (great bike for the
price) but is now after a new ride. He's looking at Giant,
Litespeed with carbon forks, seatpost and ultegra gruppo,
but would like so more sugestions.

We ride almost every morning 25-30km and 50-100km on
weekends

Any recommendations or thoughts ???

Thanks in advance!

I built my own bike for < $2300 by buying the bits mail
order and/or from eBay. It has:
- a new Italian aluminium frame (Fondriest)
- a new Ultegra groupset (I don't know if you can call a non-
Italian a "gruppo" if you're not Italian yourself)
- a new carbon fork
- second-hand Rolf Vector Comp wheels (similar to the
Bontrager low-spoke-count wheels they sell on Treks
these days)

It was fun and educational, and I ended up with more bike
than I could have bought in a shop for the money (IMHO).

Or you could go the full "Suzy", i.e. mine and smelt your
own ore, cast your own tubing, make your own frame, grow
rubber trees for the tyres, etc. and do it even cheaper
still! :-)

&roo

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Originally posted by Andrew Swan
Or you could go the full "Suzy", i.e. mine and smelt your
own ore, cast your own tubing, make your own frame, grow
rubber trees for the tyres, etc. and do it even cheaper
still! :-)

&roo

We tried that but we hate mass produced stuff.

So, we chisled one out of flint and granite... with our teeth. Climbing is a bit tiring but free-wheeling down the other side we reached Mach 2. I thought stopping was going to be a problem but there were three tour coaches, parked end to end, at the bottom of the hill... we came to a halt half way through the third one. Bent the forks though.