swap a carbon for an aluminium

avalanche

just wondering what your thoughts are of this..

im thinking of changing my orbea onix carbon roadbike with full sram rival groupset for this..
http://www.canyon.com/_en/roadbikes/bike.html?b=1819

why? to be honest i always liked the look of the canyon and was debating it at the time of the purchase and having a canyon mtb i know they are a great bike. what do you think though,? to swap a carbon for a alu bike is crazy or sram for ultegra??

on_the_nickel

I can't answer your question, but I'm about to buy an Onix, what are your thoughts?

avalanche

on_the_nickel wrote: »

I can't answer your question, but I'm about to buy an Onix, what are your thoughts?

i have a 2008 model onix black and orange which i bought in 2009 at a discount. i think the older models are much nicer looking but thats a personal taste. I got mine for 1200 which was a great price with decent wheels but i think the new ones are a good bit more. I think the bike is very good, a very nice ride, a little bit of flex in the rear but a very decent bike, where you cant go too far wrong. i think it depends a lot on the group,wheels and price you are paying for it to determine its value.. im really only selling mine as i bought it from a catalogue and amnt overly impressed with the paint job so its purely a superficial thing plus im a fan of canyon bikes. heres some photos.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Might be worth looking at the carbon framesets Canyon are selling off for €849 & maybe switching the components from your current bike onto it!

http://www.canyon.com/_en/outlet/article.html?o=A1010020

Lovely bikes by the way. I was going to buy a Roadlite 7.0 recently also but the bloody waiting list was to long for my liking!

avalanche

not a bad idea that to be honest. what about the swap from a carbon frame back to an aul aluminium one. a step in the wrong direction?

avalanche

anyone any feedback on this please? is it a bad idea to take a step down from carbon to a lesser aluminium, Plus am i asked too little 850 for a good as new carbon orbea onix with sram rival groupset?

much appreciated.:)

blorg

It depends on what you want to use the frame for. Modern lightweight aluminium could be good if you are racing but probably not otherwise. You will never feel the frame material on a mountain bike or anything with wide tyres but on 700x23c in general carbon frames may be more comfortable. Again though you would have to test-ride to see what the story was.

I personally would stick with what you have.

DirkVoodoo

That's a lovely looking Orbea. If you only want to upgrade for aesthetic reasons (assuming both bikes are reasonably similar) and you have the cash then why not?

goldencleric

Is the orbea for sale?