new bike advice

Adam Lea said:

I am thinking of replacing my mountain bike with a Kinesis Racelight T for
my 12 mile undulating commute. The local bike shop recently had one in stock
for 670 pounds. Is this a good quality bike for moderate distance riding and
would this be good value for money?

Thanks

Adam

This would entirely depend on what components were hung on the frame. If
you have a look at www.wiggle.co.uk you will see that they have the
frame at £200 without forks so £670 seems reasonable once you have put
forks, a groupset & wheels on it. The people I know who have these
frames are very happy with them.

Stan Cox

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I am thinking of replacing my mountain bike with a Kinesis Racelight T
for my 12 mile undulating commute. The local bike shop recently had one
in stock for 670 pounds. Is this a good quality bike for moderate
distance riding and would this be good value for money?

It depends on the build. The Kinesis Racelight T is normally available as a
frameset, and the build the bikeshop put on it is up to them. The frame
itself costs about £200 full retail, with another £100 for a carbon fork.
I can't see anything special about it, and that's quite a high price for
an aluminium winter training frame, which is essentially what it is.

Built up with a Campag Veloce or Shimano 105 groupset and Khamsin/Aksium
class wheels, £670 would be an OK price.

FWIW the Dolan equivalent is £275 for frame and carbon fork:
http://www.bikes-dolan.uk.com/en-us/dept_57.html

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Stan Cox said:

Adam Lea said:

I am thinking of replacing my mountain bike with a Kinesis Racelight T for
my 12 mile undulating commute. The local bike shop recently had one in stock
for 670 pounds. Is this a good quality bike for moderate distance riding and
would this be good value for money?

Thanks

Adam

This would entirely depend on what components were hung on the frame. If
you have a look at www.wiggle.co.uk you will see that they have the
frame at £200 without forks so £670 seems reasonable once you have put
forks, a groupset & wheels on it. The people I know who have these
frames are very happy with them.

Kinesis offers the Racelite T as a complete bike with a mish-mash of
components (including Shimano 105 rear mech, cassette, hub, chain and
STI shifters) for £649.