bang for your buck $1000-$1200 road bike. - Page 2

The Felt's I've looked at in my LBS seem really attractive from a value standpoint. The Specialized allez get's my vote though for it's handling and feel (although I've only ridden the felt, OCR, orbea, and cannondale on that list). I think within a dollar range of 100-200, your decision should come down to which feels best, and which turns you on the most, vs. pure value.

I've seen the Douglas Fusion up close and it seems like a very sweet ride. The trick would be getting one that fits when ordering online.

Tested the 03 tourmalet before I found my BA...If wasnt for the deal I got on the BA, I was ready to get the tourmalet...As much as I dislike LeMond right now...His bikes fit me well....

that shouldnt be more than 800 bucks

The Cannondale has by far the best frame (=It won many pro races) and is the best suited to upgrading. The way Cannondale downprices old frames by putting them in their low range is As far as I know unique. The other parts are not as good as the competitors though.

If you can stand the look of the C-dale and plan on upgrading if you have the cash, the C-dale can be the best pick. If you don't see yourself upgrading it rapidly looses merit (who needs a pro-frame anyway?) as it does make for a slightly unbalanced bike IMHO.

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The trek 1500 isn't on here. Is there a specific reason it was left off or nobody mentioned it?

I got a Trek 1400, 105 group.
Nice bike, well, at least to me that is!

if you can handle wrench and time, I'd recommend reading up. ebaying the frame and most of the parts seperately.

Here is my bike:
old nashbar race SIS, 61cm, 58 top tube.
-double butted steel, surprisingly good ride.
ultegra BB with dura-ace 177.5 53/39 cranks,
SRAM chain, ultegra 7spd cassette 13-21, 105 cassette 13-26 for hilly rides
105 rear and front derailer
shimano 105 hubs, mavic reflex tubulars, 36x 15-16 DT spokes front and rear
tufo s33 pro tires,
cinelli bar and stem with indexed downtube shifters and aero brakes.
look pedals, pp256
total cost: about 700 including all necessary tools to assemble, clean and maintain, weight: about 18-19, dont have a good scale for measuring it.

Durable, repairable, and it rides good. dont like steel, throw in another couple hundred and you can get pretty name on the frame.

Oh yeah and I have a whole nother bike for commuting for the next $300...
buy something classic, lightweight 20 or under steel bike, if cant ride on that and enjoy it

It should be considered. Nice frame (alum nicely finished), nice group (Ultegra), can´t stop talking good things about the bike. The weakest point would be the wheels, but I haven´t had problems so far.

The 2004 1500 has a mish mash of tiagra, 105, and ultegra, while the 2005 has 105, 105, and ultegra, which is nice.

I would say that the best ones to choose from are the
Trek 1500 (Some Ultegra)
Specialized Allez Elite (All 105) (I own it )
Lemond Tourmalet (All 105)
Felt F60 (Some Ultegra)
Cannondale R600 (nicer frame, some tiagra componentry)

Those would be the ones to pick from by size, and how it fits you, and of course color.

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I would look into building your own custom bike. You could find nicer parts if you look hard enough for 1000-1200 than if you were to buy a 'from factory' bike.

Brian

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Why do we need a 28th,29th, and 30th gear?
Bike #1= Lemond Reno.
Bike #2= Looking for new mountain bike

Look at Leader Bike as well. If you're going budget, don't go name brand. You're getting worse components and frame you can't do anything with. Later on, if you do decide to upgrade, having chosen the non-name brand will at least have given you good components to put on the next frame. Rest assured that with the non-name brand bike you won't lose any money on the purchase. The components are usually worth the purchase price, and you won't be paying sales tax.

I'll add this in here as a discussion. Although it retails for $900 when you include shipping it is close to $1000. So what about the Iron Horse Glory?

Alloy front triangle, threadless carbon blade fork w/ alloy steerer and crown. FSA handlebar. FSA 3D Forged road stem, FSA Orbit IS-2 headset. FSA ISIS bottom bracket. FSA Gossamer Triple crank 52/42/30T. Wellgo clipless pedals. HG 73 chain. San Marco ODS Race Gel saddle. Alloy micro adjust, 27.2mm seatpost. Alex paired spokes, front 20h, rear 24h w/ Alex rims. Shimano Ultegra shifters/levers. Sram PG 950, 12/26T cassette. Tektro dual pivot w/quick release brakes w/ cartridge pads. Hutchinson Excel 700c x 23 tires. Ultegra rear Derailleur, 105 Front Derailleur.

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Does anyone here have experience with the Ibex Aprisa Team Pro available from ibexbikes.com for $1299.00 American?.......It's got alloy frame w/ carbon fiber forks and seat stays, full Ultegra with Dura-Ace rear deralleuer.
Sounds like a pretty good deal to me, I'm considering it but would sure like to hear from someone who's got experience with that model.

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Scattante R650

Ultegra group, Easton Al frame. My frame weight is 1330 grams in 51 cm size. The bare frame costs $200 and its equivalent in weight to frames costing 10 times as much.
My only complaint is all the friggin' decals. So I stripped my bike down to the frame and did a silver to blue fade paint job.


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