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  • January 11, 2010 at 10:35 pm #12114
    CrispyDuck

    New steel framed road bike – Grand to spend – ideas?

    Hi team – In the market for a new road bike for a mix of commuting, exercise, touring and the odd event. Keen to get a steel framed bike, a few years back had a steel mountain bike and loved the feel of that, really not enjoying riding my ali road bike any more.

    Have a grand to spend, anyone got any good suggestions, the equilibrium looks good and so do some of condor’s offerings.

    Cheers in advance

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  • January 28, 2010 at 8:34 am #632861
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    dave atkinson

    we should have an equilibrium
    we should have an equilibrium coming in soon. in the meantime the [url=http://road.cc/content/review/13016-charge-juicer-mid]charge juicer review[/url] is worth a read…

    January 28, 2010 at 6:05 am #632859
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    V6matt

    Hi – would Surly or Charge be
    Hi – would Surly or Charge be worth looking at?

    Both do (IMHO) lovely steel frames with all sorts of applications

    http://chargebikes.com/home/
    http://www.surlybikes.com/

    I’m a fan of the Steel framemyself – good luck! 🙂

    Matthew

    January 13, 2010 at 9:48 am #632857
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    Simon E

    Chuffy, I’ve been looking at
    Chuffy, I’ve been looking at the 2009 bike (still in stock in a few places) with the Dura-Ace DT shifters. The 2010 one is red with STIs, as you have pointed out.

    Just read the [url=http://road.cc/content/review/12457-kona-haole]Haole review[/url]. Lovely!

    January 13, 2010 at 12:18 am #632855
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    TRs Blurb n Blog

    How about the Cotic Roadrat?
    How about the Cotic Roadrat? A great versatile bike plus someone is selling one one in the classified section: http://road.cc/content/forum/1589-sale-cotic-road-rat-large-immaculate-condition-%C2%A3650-ono

    January 12, 2010 at 10:34 pm #632853
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    Dinks60

    Have a look at the 853 framed
    Have a look at the 853 framed Thorn Audax MK3. £1300 for the Deore/Tiagra 27 Speed. Keep your alu road for events and do everything else on your Thorn (Club runs, Audax, Light Tour, Commute).

    http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/reviews.html

    January 12, 2010 at 8:56 pm #632851
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    CrispyDuck

    cheers guys – thanks for the
    cheers guys – thanks for the advice.

    Hanging out for a review of the Genesis bike.

    January 12, 2010 at 6:45 pm #632849
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    Chuffy

    Simon E – The 2010 Honky
    Simon E – The 2010 Honky Tonk has Sora levers. Full spec of zero-ten bikes here [url]http://www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=honkytonk[/url].

    January 12, 2010 at 12:53 pm #632847
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    canyonsi

    How long have you got to
    How long have you got to wait?…… you could push the money frame wise and go for a hand built, say, Mercian*, and upgrade components as and when you can.

    This way you get made to measure to your spec………….. but it takes a while.

    si

    * other makers out there!

    January 12, 2010 at 11:47 am #632845
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    Simon E

    I think the new Genesis
    I think the new Genesis graphics on the downtube aren’t as nice as last year’s – they look ‘cheaper’.

    Croix de Fer: [url=http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/images/Croix-de-Fer-hi.jpg]2009[/url] v [url=http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/cross/croix-de-fer/croix-de-fer/overview/]2010[/url].

    January 12, 2010 at 10:08 am #632843
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    dave atkinson

    Look out for a review of the
    Look out for a review of the Haole on road.cc real soon! hopefully we’ll be getting an Equilibrium in soon too

    January 12, 2010 at 9:53 am #632841
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    Simon E

    I have been looking at the
    I have been looking at the Honky Tonk as an all-rounder. Like the idea of the downtube shifters (room for a bar bag) and the vaguely retro – and very un-team replica – colours and styling. UK range is listed at [url]http://www.konabikes.co.uk[/url], though they don’t have the 2010 model specs up yet.

    [url=http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/]Genesis[/url] have the Croix de Fer and Equilibrium, both a quid under a grand.

    Surly and Charge do steel-framed road bikes, there’s the Salsa Casseroll, though it might be a bit over your budget. I’m sure there are more.

    January 11, 2010 at 11:43 pm #632839
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    Chuffy

    Kona do some nice ones. The
    Kona do some nice ones. The [url=http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Kona_Honky_Tonk_2010/5360047418/]Honky Tonk[/url] would probably suit as an all-rounder but Wiggle have the very lovely [url=http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Kona_Kapu_2009/5360039348/]Kapu[/url] reduced to £1144 (53cm only though). If you’re very lucky you might find a 2009 [url=http://www.ashcycles.com/power/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1657]Kona Haole[/url] reduced to around 1k and that’s about as good a bargain as you’ll ever find. My wife has one and it’s very, very nice.

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