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...and a removable cast, to ward off over zealous London commuters!

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Ouch!!!. What happened?. :eek:

"andy" said:
do the v8 v12 offer anything at all over the wellgo copies ? they always seemed a rip off to me. even 10 years ago
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Wellgo's and the DMR's are made by the same manufacturer / in the same factory or something?. I might be wrong on that but it sticks in my mind from somewhere.
 
So, having returned my new Boardman roadbike three times in less than a month, i finally got fed up and got a refund.

So now i need a new roadbike, what could i get that has a good spec for about £800'ish,

I've seen this which i really like the look of, but it pushes my budget a bit.

http://www.evanscycles.com



can i get a better spec for the money, or is this a good buy.
 
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One More Solo said:
Surely you'd want better than Shimano 105 for close to 900 quid?
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105 and it's SRAM Rival or Campy equivalent is pretty much the norm for @£900. At that price you would be looking at 105 or Tiagra as far as Shimano groupsets go. There are of course, some really good deals on older 2009 / early 2010 models to be had if you shop around which will push you up to Ultegra levels.

Sgt_Pepper - Have you looked at Ribble bikes?. You could probably use their online bike builder to get a Ribble Sportive for approx £1k.
 
Sgt_Pepper said:
So, having returned my new Boardman roadbike three times in less than a month, i finally got fed up and got a refund.

So now i need a new roadbike, what could i get that has a good spec for about £800'ish,

I've seen this which i really like the look of, but it pushes my budget a bit.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/raleigh/avanti-u6-pro-2009-road-bike-ec018983

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can i get a better spec for the money, or is this a good buy.
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Out of interest, what did you return the boardman for (what were the problems)?

Personally at your budget I'd be looking at the Trek 1.5 at £750. Its the best bike around for that kind of cash and the upgrade in spec on the bikes at 800-950 isnt really worth the extra cash imo, you'd need to be spending over 1k to take the next step up.
 
Draeger said:
Sgt_Pepper - Have you looked at Ribble bikes?. You could probably use their online bike builder to get a Ribble Sportive for approx £1k.
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Did have a look on Ribble, Suppose I could hold on for a few more weeks and save the extra up, the Sportive and GranFondo look nice. I also liked the much cheaper 7005SL alloy frame, but they don't do it in a white 54 :)

Burned_Alive said:
Out of interest, what did you return the boardman for (what were the problems)?
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Had some problems with the rear derailleur and then i got it back with a buckled wheel:(
 
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