Road bike recommendations

If that what your intention, why not go super cheap and get a Ribble Audax? Abet it's Alu but frame is around £100.

If you're dead set on classic steel frame, like other have said, a 525 Steve Geoff sound the ticket.

^ I've got one of these that's been used as a winter trainer & commuter. Quite a decent ride for the price.

It might be worth talking to Mosquito bikes about Soma frames. I think they have a couple of suitable models but I doubt they'll be cheaper than a Surly.

If I were you I would compromise on the 1 1/8 ahead setup and take my pick form the thousands of used steel frames out there.

If that what your intention, why not go super cheap and get a Ribble Audax? Abet it's Alu but frame is around £100.

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I don't think Ribble sell these any longer. They do sell the 7005 model (with horizontal tt and tighter clearances) which is still pretty much the default choice for winter training frame if you've not got something old and steel to use.

Surosa Cycles sell the same 7005 frame in black (with Surosa decals).

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If I were you I would compromise on the 1 1/8 ahead setup and take my pick form the thousands of used steel frames out there.

+1

If its ahead/threadless you're after, you can just buy some new forks.

I've changede bikes too many times now, and i want to have one without any half solutions.

So far i've found
Surly Pacer
Charge Juicer (no where to be found..)
Custom Steve Goff (but that's prolly going to be to pricy)

I know that http://www.eastcentralcycles.co.uk/ had a Charge Juicer in the shop a couple of weeks ago... worth a try?

I know that http://www.eastcentralcycles.co.uk/ had a Charge Juicer in the shop a couple of weeks ago... worth a try?

I've sent them a mail

It's for my everyday bike.

I have a reynolds 853 Bob Jackson for road use.

I thought this was the road bikes thread? Audax / commuto-cross / touring bikes thread this way >>>>>>>>>>>>

In all seriousness though I know what you are looking for...but I think you are trading aesthetics against functionality, which seems like shooting yourself in the foot if you are looking for an everyday bike on a budget frameset.

Get a crosscheck and be done with it.

Then i'd rather take a Pacer

I quite like the look of the offerings from Soma

http://store.somafab.com/roadframes.html

Not sure if they still have a UK distributor though? Used to be available through Mosquito bikes I think.

...or even Soma frames from Mosquito!

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I quite like the look of the offerings from Soma

http://store.somafab.com/roadframes.html

Not sure if they still have a UK distributor though? Used to be available through Mosquito bikes I think.

They sell them, but they cost more then the Surly Pacer

^^ Whoops :-s

^ Yeah, the prices don't translate too well across the Atlantic. I think the Smoothie ES is pretty good at £405. Suppose you have to factor in the added cost of the fork though!

Think you should get a pacer :-)

Especially whilst you can get one for £245

http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/m4b103s25p1805/SURLY_Pacer_Frameset/RS_GB/3390

Especially whilst you can get one for £245

http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/m4b103s25p1805/SURLY_Pacer_Frameset/RS_GB/3390

THEY WONT SHIP TO DENMARK! Giving them a ring on monday to beg them...

They seemed very helpful when I spoke to them on the phone recently.

Good luck!

When choosing a road bike frame, what sways one to a certain brand bar brand blindness or allegiance? Or is it just simply all in the styling? As they're much of a much in the end.

I've currently a Trek 1400, but also ride a Specialized Roubaix. So allegiance isn't a bother.

Fit should be the determining factor.

Oh, I always thought you should make your decision based on which was the prettier colour!

Can you go further in that, as I presumed they'd all be pretty much the same?
Clearly you'd need to get a size that is correct in the brand you choose.

Oh, I always thought you should make your decision based on which was the prettier colour!

Foffa fappers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

James, it is important to colour co-ordinate your bike with the rest of your ensemble!

skinny, it is more than just size, what kind of riding position is going to work for you, what are your intentions with the bike...

get the bike that fits you and your intended use

James, it is important to colour co-ordinate your bike with the rest of your ensemble!

did i tell you about when i woke up from my 2nd operation last year, so off my nut on opiates that i was convinced i had a yellow and black aluminium Condor bike prosthetically attached to me. i can't remember which offended me more, the frame material or that it would clash with the rest of my cycling clothes

hence why my bikes are done in the colour scheme of black and bare titanium