Advice

[Tim]

Hi,

I have up to £600 to spend on a new road bike and need some advice on what
to actually buy,

Initial choices are Trek 1000, Cannondale R500 or maybe Guess RB1.

I have not seen any reviews of these bikes so any advice would be
appreciated.

Cheers
Tim

[Michael MacClancy]

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:39:05 +0100, Tim wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have up to £600 to spend on a new road bike and need some advice on what
> to actually buy,
>
> Initial choices are Trek 1000, Cannondale R500 or maybe Guess RB1.
>
> I have not seen any reviews of these bikes so any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Tim

Also consider a Giant OCR1.
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[Peter B]

"Tim" > wrote in message
...

> I have up to £600 to spend on a new road bike and need some advice on what
> to actually buy,
>
> Initial choices are Trek 1000, Cannondale R500 or maybe Guess RB1.
>
> I have not seen any reviews of these bikes so any advice would be
> appreciated.

Not many for Cannondales but quite a few on the Trek. Bear in mind it's a US
site and the specs may vary from UK bikes.


http://www.roadbikereview.com/2004,Road,Bike/Trek,1000/PRD_290760_5668crx.aspx
http://www.roadbikereview.com/2004,Road,Bike/Cannondale,R600/PRD_290489_5668crx.aspx
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Regards,
Pete

[Zog The Undeniable]

Tim wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have up to £600 to spend on a new road bike and need some advice on what
> to actually buy,
>
> Initial choices are Trek 1000, Cannondale R500 or maybe Guess RB1.
>
> I have not seen any reviews of these bikes so any advice would be
> appreciated.

At that price the Cannondale will have most of the money spent on the
frame. If you want to upgrade later it's a good bet, otherwise the
other bikes should have better components.

[Simon Brooke]

in message <40c1815a.0@entanet>, Zog The Undeniable
') wrote:

> Tim wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have up to £600 to spend on a new road bike and need some advice on
>> what to actually buy,
>>
>> Initial choices are Trek 1000, Cannondale R500 or maybe Guess RB1.
>>
>> I have not seen any reviews of these bikes so any advice would be
>> appreciated.
>
> At that price the Cannondale will have most of the money spent on the
> frame. If you want to upgrade later it's a good bet, otherwise the
> other bikes should have better components.

It's always the way with Cannondales unless you spend shedloads of
money. But the frames are very good indeed.

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