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New Frame – £1K budget

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  • September 15, 2008 at 9:32 am #11443
    The Flying Scotsman

    So, I’m upgrading my road bike frame from my current sportive ready Roubaix to something a bit faster. Well, ideally a lot faster…

    Been looking at the Cervelo Soloist Team. Anyone got an opinion or another suggestion?

    Cheers,

    TFS

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  • October 13, 2008 at 12:46 pm #624979
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    jay cee

    I’d take a look at Pedal
    I’d take a look at Pedal Force too. very good value for money.

    September 23, 2008 at 8:24 am #624977
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    The Flying Scotsman

    MMM…. Soloist Team!
    Well…

    Ended up getting a Soloist Team for £500, spent the rest of the budget on a new ultegra SL groupset and some bling carbon bars. Happy days!

    September 19, 2008 at 9:22 pm #624975
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    Blackhound

    Dedaccai (sp?)
    My mate bought an unbranded Sumo carbon frame & fork off an ebay shop for about £500. Made by Dedaccai and this importer sells them onto to Ribble & Dolan for starters who paint and sticker them up. Looks nice and his is close to the UCI minimum weight limit. He has got a bit of Record and Corima tubs on it though.

    September 19, 2008 at 3:44 pm #624973
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    Barry Parker

    1k Road Frame
    I think the Pro0Lite Galileo would be a good frame to look at at that price range.
    £999 It is Full Carbon Mono built and comes in a vast range of sizes.

    The weight is 1046 grams.

    please look on their website http://www.pro-lite.net

    September 17, 2008 at 9:21 am #624971
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    the-daily-ripper

    I’d certainly consider the ti
    I’d certainly consider the ti planet x – the build they tested in 220 tri came in at about £2k with full dura-ace I think.

    Personally, the soloist looks nice, but I would probably go for carbon or ti at that price point. The Time frames as have been mentioned are worth a look. You could well be in luck too given that we’re near the 2009 range switch, so some identical frames with a changed colour scheme may be quite a bit cheaper.

    Plus I’ve heard varying things about the soloist, the primary one being that it feels too stiff. Other ones to consider might be the Dedaccia frames – they’ll be quality as they’re often rebranded and sold for more by other companies.

    September 15, 2008 at 10:18 pm #624969
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    The Flying Scotsman

    Omega Ti
    If your Omega ti was 6cm bigger I’d be interested!

    I am sorely tempted by the Cervelo, reading the (admittedly bias) Cervelo owners forum does nothing but whet the appetite.

    Don’t think it was me who bought your wheel, though I do lurk around on STW.

    September 15, 2008 at 7:10 pm #624967
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    Slim

    Mmm, Soloist Team…
    … My anodised black Soloist Team arrives tomorrow! A shame that Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op have sold out as £700 was a bargain for such a LUSH frame! The new S1 (2009 Soloist Team) isn’t quite as pretty IMO…

    What size are you? Got a Ti frame for sale at the mo for a lot less than your budget! It’s an Omega Enigma, size 56cm with a 55cm top tube and a 14.5cm head tube – it’s genuinely LOVELY but I need something bigger :O(

    Drop me a line if you’re interested: richard DOT gearing AT mac DOT com

    P.S. I think you bought an SS wheel off me a little while back from STW??

    September 15, 2008 at 3:53 pm #624965
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    purplecup

    Pedal Force?
    how’s about a new Pedal Force RS2? it’s only $800 and looks like a peach of a frame for the money. you’d probably have to get it sent over and pay duty though, but even then it’d probably only be about £600 all in

    September 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm #624963
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    The Flying Scotsman

    I have looked at the Planet-X
    I have looked at the Planet-X ti frame. I do wonder if the hype (well, the one glowing review) is justified… It is tempting but it’s £999 for frame only, once you add on fork and what not it’s £1200 at least.

    September 15, 2008 at 10:47 am #624961
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    Tony Farrelly

    Re: New Frame – £1K budget
    The Cervelo Soloist Team – sounds okay, although I’ve not ridden one. On your budget though I’d probably aspire to carbon or titanium.

    Carbon options worth checking out are the Time Speeder frameset at around £850 or the Look KG451 for around £750.

    Ti options? Off the top of my head, the Van Nicholas Zephyr at around £800, but the one that really would appeal if it was my money is the new Planet X Ti Pro Road – looks the dog’s accoutrements and you’d still have a pound of your budget left over for an energy bar, or possibly a nice cake.

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