Advise on new Road Bike

Nixer95

Hi,

Just looking for peoples views on the following Road Bikes. I'm getting back into the sport (non competitive) as my knees cant handle road or track running any more.

I used to do a lot of cycling a few years ago on a bike which I'd built with a Olmo SL frame, Campagnolo group set (Cant remember which one) Mavic wheels Cinelli Handlebars etc. A good bike which I had upgraded to this spec over a few years.

Anyway back on Topic. I've narowed it down to three bikes.

Carrera Vanquish
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_240383_langId_-1_categoryId_165710

the Beone Storm 1.0
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=25459

Giant Defy 2.5.
http://www.wheelworxbikes.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_17&products_id=1371

basically I'm looking for a good frame 7005, 6061 or SL prefered along with a minimum of Shimano Tiagra for the gears.

All the above have got good reviews behind them.

John

Raam

The BeOne has the best group set of the three. It's also less common than Giants. I'd go for the BeOne.

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

The BeOne has the best group set of the three. It's also less common than Giants. I'd go for the BeOne.

+1

paddyb

the beone also has a carbon fork as does the carrera but the carrera does look like the groupset is a double. triple on the beone would be good as you dont want to be grinding the gears if you have bad knees.

drogdub

I bought the Beone Strom 3 a few months ago and very happy with it. when you buy off chainreactions there is a bit of assembly work. The breaks, gears, handlebars, seat and stem all have to be done by yourself. But the delivery time was next day

Nixer95

Cheers for the suggestions. Would you believe I went for the Giant in the end. I'm going to see what the Tiagra is like with the view to upgrading to Ultregra in the new year.

I'll let you know how it goes.