What is the best bike out of the factory?

[Guest]

G'day.

Just wondering what everyone thinks, what is the best road bike that comes out of the factory?

I don't mean a bike which you've bought and then added certain parts to it. Only bikes which have come straight out of the box.

Giant TCR Zero? Cannondale R5000? What else?

I personally like the TCR Zero, but I have a bias for Giant frames.

 

[Guest]

I haven't ridden any, but the GIants get my vote based solely on price and spec.

 

[Guest]

Giants are good for their money, i'd have one over my cannondale R900.

 

[Guest]

AWESOME!

 

[Guest]

yes thats sweet my new bike will have that frame but in a differnt color. ps check this out

from cycling news:Giant's carbon TCR project is looking sleeker by the year and should very soon appear in a bike shop near you.

that looks sweet, though the seet looks like its so skinny it will probe unwanted places

 

[Guest]

Don't bother - go get C40

 

[Guest]

My choice:

 

[Guest]

I would be quite happy with any of the bikes mentioned so far ;D

 

[Guest]

I'd really like a Pinarello Prince or perhpas something from Litespeed ;D

 

[Eldron]

Only two in it for me:

Litspeed Ultimate (Robbie Mcewens sprint bike of choice)

Cannondale R500Si (must be the new CAAD7 design - new lighter aluminium developed with Alcoa and a tube set that's been bent, moulded, tweaked and profiled in every square millimetre)

 

[Guest]

I'll have the LiteSpeed Vortex thanks. Apparently slightly stiffer rear triangle while being just as comfortable as the Ultimate due to the curved seat stays.