Which road bike

[Patch888]

I've been looking online and I'm after a decent road bike for £600-£700. I'm new to road bikes and have been enjoying my mountain bike for a while, I feel now that I'd like to get a few miles in and do some longer commutes.

I've been looking at the cube peloton and cube peloton pro. I'm not looking to compete or buy a state of the art model just something decent to enjoy. Any advice/ owner reviews on the peloton would be a great help as would other suggestions in this price range. Cheers.

[Barchettaman]

Looks a nice bike. Unusually, the Pro comes with a triple crankset, which may make sense for you if you are planning lots of hilly rides and/or a n Alpine trip.

At that price point - and bear in mind, there are plenty of suitable bikes available - I would suggest you look for:

-at least a carbon fork
-Sora groupset or above
-decent wheelset.

Funnily enough, the Ventura carbon bike from Argos comes in under budget at £499 and ticks all those boxes and more.
If the sizing and geometry works for you, it's hard to look beyond that.

[47p2]

Bargain of the summer... CLICK

[numtumfutunch]

47p2 said:

Bargain of the summer... CLICK

Wow - good price

[Amateurish]

Similar to you, I just spent £600 on a BTwin Alur 700 from decathlon. I'm pretty pleased with it. It's lighter than those Cube models, and comes with 105 gearset. I did a 75 mile ride today and it felt good.

[DuncanM]

I've recently bought a Specialized Allez from Evans for £480 and honestly couldn't recommend it highly enough.

They have the Allez sport for £600 which has better components (Sora and Carbon fork)http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/allez-sport-2015-road-bike-ec070567

[Patch888]

Thanks for all the replies so far, that planet x bike looked a cracking deal but its now full price again.

I've seen that Argos bike in a thread on here, its a bit of a gamble I thought but a great price for the spec.

I'm going to ride a few in Rutland water in the next few days but I'm looking for any great online deals, the bike on planet x was a cracking deal but unknowing to me expired at midnight.

[S10GTA]

Buy the very best you can afford. Stretch your budget if you can. Don't bother buying anything crap, you'll hate it and never ride it.

[nammynake]

A slight budget creep, but the Rose is a cracking bike for just under £800. Full 11-spd 105 groupset, full carbon fork and quality finishing kit and wheels.

Had mine for a few weeks and it's a great bike - comfy yet stiff for efficient power transfer. It compares favourably with my carbon framed Canyon (which was twice the cost).

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/bike/rose-pro-sl-2000-b...

Here's mine with a wheel change:

[Amateurish]

Lovely looking bike

[Patch888]

That is a superb looking bike, very very nice, at £820 delivered its a bit more than I wanted to spend, in saying that as already mentioned I don't want to buy a bike I'll regret so I'm going to look at the rose a bit deeper, thanks.

[bakerstreet]

Barchettaman said:

-at least a carbon fork
-Sora groupset or above
-decent wheelset.

Decent wheel set doesn't really exist at that price point IMO. Just accept what ever wheels are on the bike and upgrade at a later date if you choose to.

Planet X is certainly worth a look or maybe one of the Giant Defy bikes. Planet and X are difficult to go and see depending on where the OP is based. Rose are obviously in Germany!

[47p2]

Patch888 said:

Thanks for all the replies so far, that planet x bike looked a cracking deal but its now full price again.

Damn that offer never lasted long, now £799, it really was a bargain at £499

[samj2014]

The shop I work in is doing the 2015 Saracen Tenet 3 for £650 - rrp of £950. Postage would likely be extra.
Tiagra groupset, disc brakes, carbon fork, nice ally frame with internal routing. Here's our website: http://www.summittosea.co.uk/
The bike isn't listed on there, but give us a ring and we can order them in.
We're also able to do some of the Rapide range fairly cheap, they're decent bang for the buck as well.

Edited by samj2014 on Monday 15th June 17:00

[Clinton Baptiste]

I've a cube peleton race 2014,it's a great bike and handles brilliantly.

[Patch888]

samj2014 said:

The shop I work in is doing the 2015 Saracen Tenet 3 for £650 - rrp of £950. Postage would likely be extra.
Tiagra groupset, disc brakes, carbon fork, nice ally frame with internal routing. Here's our website: http://www.summittosea.co.uk/
The bike isn't listed on there, but give us a ring and we can order them in.
We're also able to do some of the Rapide range fairly cheap, they're decent bang for the buck as well.

Edited by samj2014 on Monday 15th June 17:00

Thanks mate, I'll take a look over website, don't really know very much about Saracen bikes.

[Black can man]

Patch888 said:

That is a superb looking bike, very very nice, at £820 delivered its a bit more than I wanted to spend, in saying that as already mentioned I don't want to buy a bike I'll regret so I'm going to look at the rose a bit deeper, thanks.

Be warned there's an 11 week delivery at Rose at the moment but you defo seem to get a cracking deal if you can wait with Rose, i have less than a month now for mine


Everything else comes in about 4 days !

Edited by Black can man on Monday 15th June 18:57

[samj2014]

Patch888 said:

Thanks mate, I'll take a look over website, don't really know very much about Saracen bikes.

Much improved over the last few years since Madison bought them out! No longer churning out the ste of a decade ago. To give you an idea, Manon Carpenter rode one to victory at the downhill world champs last year (obviously their downhill bike, not their road bike)

[bakerstreet]

Black can man said:

Be warned there's an 11 week delivery at Rose at the moment but you defo seem to get a cracking deal if you can wait with Rose, i have less than a month now for mine


Everything else comes in about 4 days !

Edited by Black can man on Monday 15th June 18:57

11 weeks?? Thats a joke! Even Planet X can do better than that. I'd imagine that's costing them a few sales. Not sure I could be bothered to wait 11 weeks for a bike. I recon you could buy a Dogma quicker than that.

[Black can man]

bakerstreet said:

Black can man said:

Be warned there's an 11 week delivery at Rose at the moment but you defo seem to get a cracking deal if you can wait with Rose, i have less than a month now for mine


Everything else comes in about 4 days !

Edited by Black can man on Monday 15th June 18:57

11 weeks?? Thats a joke! Even Planet X can do better than that. I'd imagine that's costing them a few sales. Not sure I could be bothered to wait 11 weeks for a bike. I recon you could buy a Dogma quicker than that.

In all fairness to Rose they do tell you before they confirm your order & they do not take the money out of your account until the goods are shipped. 11 weeks as you say is a long time but the bike i'm buying with the spec i just couldn't get in the uk for anywhere near the price i'm paying Rose. I really want this bike i've ordered & i'd probably regret getting a bike that was readilly available for just being impatient.



I have bought plenty of stuff from Planet X without any hassle but i've heard horror stories about them .

Ribble seem to be pretty keen on price for their stuff too.