Currently in a bit of a quandry about what to do with my bike situation.
My Ridley is pretty much done, the rear dropouts have worn away on either sides and this means the wheel doesn't sit straight. Think this happened a few years back when not seating a wheel properly and it's slowly got worse.
It's running mostly Ultegra 6800 kit with some Chinese Carbon Clinchers.
I was originally looking at cheap frames and sort of settled on the Holdsworth Super Professional frame from Planet X as it's not offensive and relatively cheap with some UK warranty... the chinese direct frames weren't any cheaper somehow when looking at those.
But then I've had a look and there is the Felt FR5 on wiggle for 999, which I could put my current wheels and possibly swap out the cranks and away I go, saving having to build it up, and then selling my old kit and wheels etc for a couple of hundred quid easily. This is obviously much easier and would keep me ticking over for a while, with potentially a posh road bike next year if I can afford it. But then it's 105 and Praxis cranks with a bit of a mix.
Give me guidance on how to keep me running for now
My Ridley is pretty much done, the rear dropouts have worn away on either sides and this means the wheel doesn't sit straight. Think this happened a few years back when not seating a wheel properly and it's slowly got worse.
It's running mostly Ultegra 6800 kit with some Chinese Carbon Clinchers.
I was originally looking at cheap frames and sort of settled on the Holdsworth Super Professional frame from Planet X as it's not offensive and relatively cheap with some UK warranty... the chinese direct frames weren't any cheaper somehow when looking at those.
But then I've had a look and there is the Felt FR5 on wiggle for 999, which I could put my current wheels and possibly swap out the cranks and away I go, saving having to build it up, and then selling my old kit and wheels etc for a couple of hundred quid easily. This is obviously much easier and would keep me ticking over for a while, with potentially a posh road bike next year if I can afford it. But then it's 105 and Praxis cranks with a bit of a mix.
Give me guidance on how to keep me running for now
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