Road bike recommendations

yep think I will persuade him to stretch budget to the btwin 500. He will also need a new set of tyres and maybe a service which will bring it nearer £400 than £300.

Mosquito doing 50% off RRP on the Volre 10 and 20 from today:

http://mosquito-bikes.co.uk/product/volare-20/

http://mosquito-bikes.co.uk/product/volare-10/

Seems like a great deal if you're in the market for an affordable steel framed road bike.

The 10 has Tiagra and Fulcrums for 499. Not bad.

Selling my small Wilier - https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/269452/

Stretching the definition of Road Bike but there we go...

After a new bike for my girlfriend, to be used as commuter, weekend road rides and very light tourer .

General wants are: clearance for 28mm (or 32mm if possible) tyres, disc brakes (mechanical fine), rear rack mounts. And not too expensive. Easy eh?

Can be a "mens" bike if they do one small enough - partner is 5ft 4" - will need something around a 51.

Any ideas? Have been looking at the Pinnacle Arkose 1 Womens but £700 is pushing it.

Second hand?

Or a little more and get a kaffenback. Comes with Apex22, not 9sp sora

THanks for the reply - Kaff is on the possibles list - not being able to test ride one in the size we'd want is worrying for me though - I don't really trust the measurements any manufacturer give out.

Ride something with similar geo? Just look at all the geo charts till you find a bike similar size and ride that.

For 700 you might be better going 2nd hand, get more for your money.

Yeah will take a look at second hand - hoping I find a 2014 croix de fer in size 50. That'd do it!

Apologies if this has been posted before:-

Genesis Volare 10 Road Bike Pro Black - Save 50% code:VARVOLARE10 £499.99 (FREE UK Delivery)

Bikeradar review

Seems like a bit of a bargain

Hmm, that could be good for the Mrs, good shout.

For someone upgrading from an old steel road bike will there be much difference between similarly priced options from Dolan, Vitus, and Planet X/Viner? Or is anything else than Canyon or Rose just plain stupid, nowadays?

What are some of the best road racing frames with a standard threaded BB?

bowman palace

"PF86 bottom bracket"

And for press fit frames, no. CAAD10 beats it on every front.

Pinarello Dogma F8. Bit pricey though.

Apparently the Pinarello Dogma F8 is threaded... #blowthebudget

oh shiz I thought it had BSA ..

Custom alu?

Spooky? Zanconato? Rock lobster? Singular/duratec?

Far east frames come with selection .. FM066 etc.

1 of 3 of my bikes has press fit (BB90) factory installed .. zero issues; I hardly ride it in bad weather though. But I get your point, DA9000 BSA BB is merely 65g (claimed) and £20.

Yep, my CAAD10 with the BB30 has been fine with no problems (built by a bike shop), but I want to service everything myself and considering either sizing down to another CAAD10 with a Praxis convertor, or getting a frame with an easier to install and maintain BB.

Just learn about BB30 and acquire tools and lots of threadlocker?

It's surprisingly easy to service BB30, you just need to buy a couple more tools to do this.

^this

Afaik the entry level Canyon frames have normal BSA. Cervelo s2 (and r3?) used to be BSA - might be bbright now though.

Mine is BSA, but it's a 2012 model. The current ones are indeed BBright.

am off to san sebastian and feel like hiring a road bike for a day

Orbea Orca or Avant?

http://www.kili.bike/

Avant is endurance, Orca is race fit, which are you boy?

From the fit data I sent you which would you say?