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Ribble bikes

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  • September 9, 2014 at 11:47 am #22340
    Cheekyjohn

    Simple really are they any good? My LBS said any LBS hates doing work on these! Very disparaging remark really. I think it may be because he only sells Forme bikes and cannot compete with Ribble. Not sure really? 😀

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  • September 9, 2014 at 2:45 pm #813633
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    Cheekyjohn

    Thank for the replys
    Thank for the replys

    September 9, 2014 at 2:14 pm #813631
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    stuke

    I’ve got one of their audax
    I’ve got one of their audax winter bikes and also had one of the Gran Fondo carbon ones, both great bikes for the money and no trouble with either.

    Both were framesets and when building them up I certainly didn’t find them anymore difficult to work on than any other bike.

    September 9, 2014 at 1:14 pm #813629
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    Maggers

    A mate bought one and the
    A mate bought one and the rear mech limits weren’t set up right leading to the mech catching in the rear wheel, cracking the hanger and generally wrecking the mech. Think it took him a fair while to get it fixed through their customer services too.

    I guess you’d do well to have a good check over all the set up before a first ride in light of this. The kind of thing your LBS would do for you but that’s why you pay a premium I guess.

    September 9, 2014 at 12:35 pm #813627
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    Leodis

    I’ve got a Ribble R872 and
    I’ve got a Ribble R872 and its great, when I needed a little tune on the gears the LBS joked about the bike but it really is good spec for the cash in this country over off the shelf bikes.

    September 9, 2014 at 12:14 pm #813625
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    Cheekyjohn

    His words were if you take a
    His words were if you take a Ribble bike in for a service or some other work into any LBS they will groan and don’t really fancy doing any work on them. I’ve no idea why! I think he was just being down on them I think

    September 9, 2014 at 12:08 pm #813623
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    Al__S

    I’ve had one for a year and a
    I’ve had one for a year and a half and I’ve been very happy- though I’ve not owned many bikes. What doesn’t he like about them? Only thing I’ve had an issue with was the bearings on the stock Rodi wheels wearing out- but that’s because they’re cheap stock wheels with an unsealed bearing.

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