Merlin Malt R

sillybigfella · 2013-01-21T21:56:45+00:00

Merlin have these bikes for a knockdown price of £499 and thinking of incurring the wife's wrath by buying one. http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/bikes/road-bikes/merlin-road-bikes/merlin-malt-r-tiagra-triple-road-bike-2012.html I want a sportive-esque bike and have about £600 to spend. They're well specc'd for the money. Should I buy a 'bigger' brand like Specialized, Giant or Felt (the ones my LBS carry)or tread my own path and buy the Malt? I tried a Felt Z95 and a Giant Defy, and they felt pretty good. Hoping to further annoy the missus and drive up to Chorley on Sat to try the Malt. Cheers in advance.

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January 21, 2013 at 9:56 pm #17743

sillybigfella

Merlin have these bikes for a knockdown price of £499 and thinking of incurring the wife’s wrath by buying one.

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/bikes/road-bikes/merlin-road-bikes/merlin-malt-r-tiagra-triple-road-bike-2012.html

I want a sportive-esque bike and have about £600 to spend. They’re well specc’d for the money. Should I buy a ‘bigger’ brand like Specialized, Giant or Felt (the ones my LBS carry)or tread my own path and buy the Malt?

I tried a Felt Z95 and a Giant Defy, and they felt pretty good. Hoping to further annoy the missus and drive up to Chorley on Sat to try the Malt.

Cheers in advance.
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January 30, 2013 at 4:41 pm #712777
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sillybigfella

Cheers for the advice, but
Cheers for the advice, but I’ve decided to go for the Specialized Secteur Sport Triple instead.

January 30, 2013 at 8:36 am #712775
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PJ McNally

Looks pretty damn good –
Looks pretty damn good – better than the £900 Argos (yes, that Argos) carbon bike.

It does say ” Although the image shows a double groupset this amazingly priced sale bike comes with a triple groupset. The spec on this bike is fixed as listed above and cannot be changed.” – I assume that’s ok with you? (I ride a triple except on my fastest bike, and am very happy with it).

January 23, 2013 at 11:40 am #712773
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trikeman

What a cracking bike for the
What a cracking bike for the money and a reasonable quality fork too.
I agree with notfastenough – go for it and let us know how you get on with it.
Bet there will be a lot of buyers for that puppy – you could just about buy the groupset for that money.
Regards,

Trikeman. 😉

January 21, 2013 at 10:48 pm #712771
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notfastenough

A merlin with tiagra for 500
A merlin with tiagra for 500 quid – id be all over it rather than a giant etc. go for it!
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