Which road bike for budget of 640

I'm selling a Trek 2.3 on eBay. It's 2.3 frame/forks with 1.2 groupset and wheels. It'll probably finish at about your budget. Worth a punt maybe?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2010-Trek-2-3-with-custom-spec-56cm_W0QQitemZ220529408506QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item335893b9fa

and the Trek 1.2 2010 model (£750)appears to have pretty much the same frame as the Trek 1.5 2010 model (£650 ish).

although that info was gleaned from a quick google shopping search..

my main road bike of the moment is a trek 1.5: although there's very little left of the original spec (erm, the frame and fork and seatpost. and headset) i can vouch for mid range Aluminium Treks as having good frames worthy of upgraded kit. mine's been the testbed for kit a bit higher up the pecking order than the bontrager/tiagra mix it came with and it's now down to 18.5lb, but the frame doesn't feel outclassed by the componentry

if you can stretch to £750 the Kona Honky Tonk and/or Zing both look like a good deal.

although kit wise the Boardman wins hands down...

This is a really good buy:

http://www.boardmanbikes.com/road/road_comp.html

Have a look in classifieds on here - someone is selling a Kuota Kharma for sensible money.
Geoff

having been looking recently, (ok at the £999.00 mark) check the Boardman bikes in Halfords, they do seam to offer value.

si

(someone told me also to have a look at Decathlon?)

if you think you need the gears then i'd get a bike specced with a triple every time. no harm in having it and not needing it, that's not true of the reverse situation

the giant defy and spec allez are both great entry level bikes, they're a world apart from a dawes discovery. the boardman road comp is incredibly good value, you can have one for about your budget. getting it set up properly at a decent bike shop might push you over though