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Hi. This isn't for me, my friend wants to get a road bike, he doesn't really cycle at the moment. He's got his heart set on the Wilier Escape Xenon which he can get for £700 on 0% finance now. Here's a link for specs, although I don't think he plans to get it from Evans:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/wilier/escape-2011-road-bike-ec026873#features
This review says it's pretty good for an entry-level bike and handles well:
http://road.cc/content/review/29926-wilier-escape-xenon
I'm don't know much about road bikes, I do think Wiliers look very nice but I worry that they are style over substance? I also worry that that's a lot of money for your first proper bike but maybe I'm just being tight. I myself am looking at road bikes so I know that while you can get an apparently OK one for around £500 the components might not be great, so maybe its not a lot of money and £700 is about right to avoid the crappest groupsets without going crazy.
I'd be interested to know what people think of Wiliers and if there might be better options at the £700 mark.