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What are peoples opinions on the Planet X Pro Carbon Shiman Ultegra bikes, worth the money or avoid?
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBPXSLPULT2/planet_x_pro_carbon_shimano_ultegra_road_bike
I can buy one and expense it.
I've got a Pro Carbon with an odd Ultegra/XT mixed groupset. I like it - it's light, it's stiff, and the only problem I've had is a touch of fork flutter at speeds of over 50mph.
While the Planet X is only old-school 10 speed Ultegra rather than 11 speed, that's reflected in the price. One of my clerks got the Ultegra model you've linked to, on my recommendation, as his first proper road bike and he loves it. It's fantastic value for money, and in my book would be worth upgrading in the future.
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Bare sweet fixehs for $200 yo.
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even less!
My GF had one of these, I've moved the parts onto a better frame since.
heavy frame, but parts are acceptable, sealed hubs and bottom bracket, decent cranks.
For £200, you could replace the tyres for something better.
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even less!
My GF had one of these, I've moved the parts onto a better frame since.
heavy frame, but parts are acceptable, sealed hubs and bottom bracket, decent cranks.
For £200, you could replace the tyres for something better.
A mate from college bought one of these, I found the finish to be quite poor. I wasn't expecting anything very good though so if you have low standards then I suppose it would be fine. That's not a dig at anyone by the way.
At the end of the day, you pay for what you get and that really applies with bicycles. If I were you I would trawl the classifieds on here, gumtree, ebay etc. you should be able to find a nice and respectable steel conversion for 200 odd.
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Finish in terms of what? Paint? Components? Build?
From what I can remember the crankset, chain and hubs looked crap. I can't remember much else other than it was obviously thrown together any old way by the shop and my mate didn't know any better. This was 2011 actually so they might have made changes possibly. Have I just nullified my own point?
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I don't think they break per say, however the components arent good quality and won't last very long!
A few of my friends have Charge Plugs, go for that!
Will depend how often you used it too. A cheap thing like the Viking one used every now and again won't be too bad.
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The new ones for £200 are usually quite shit, you've got to get the price that way somehow and it's usually a combination of cheap, heavy frame and then crappy parts, the crappy parts are the worse bit as they can go wrong. You'll get a lot more value getting something second hand, for £200 you'll hopefully be getting a £400 or more new bike so the parts will likely be low end but not the kind of shit that are solely chosen to keep prices down.
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From what I can remember the crankset, chain and hubs looked crap. I can't remember much else other than it was obviously thrown together any old way by the shop and my mate didn't know any better. This was 2011 actually so they might have made changes possibly. Have I just nullified my own point?
Was it a Viking though, or a create/no logo/something else?
The reason I suggested the viking is that the wheels seem decent (formula type sealed hubs) reasonable rims, could do with a re-tension at the LBS of course, and chunky unbranded sugino cranks (i think) with a sealed bearing BB, and what look like unbranded Tektro brakes. You could probably spend £150 on those parts alone.
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The new ones for £200 are usually quite shit, you've got to get the price that way somehow and it's usually a combination of cheap, heavy frame and then crappy parts, the crappy parts are the worse bit as they can go wrong. You'll get a lot more value getting something second hand, for £200 you'll hopefully be getting a £400 or more new bike so the parts will likely be low end but not the kind of shit that are solely chosen to keep prices down.
Ahhh ok I see :)
great ill keep my eyes open. Its actually quite hard to find a bike when you budget is crap :(
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I've serviced a Viking not long ago.
The biggest issues is that it's put together by the customer rather than a qualified mechanic, which IMHO is the main cause of failure.
It's feasible to put it together properly to make it just about work as a pub bike, but that's about as much as it's capable of.
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Is this a good bike?
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/vintage-fixed-gear-custom-bicycle/1039742702#photo-content
He said its a raleigh frame.
I really like it!! thoughts?
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No warranty make it slightly less bang for your buck.