After a new bike

[Neil from Fife]

Hi I'm thinking of getting a new bike and doing a major upgrade as I'm willing to spend about £2000. My local bike shop offers an excellent bike fitting service and basically build the bike to suit you. however they really push Orbea bikes and the one I have my eye on is the Orca s105. I have looked at other bikes and found better specced bikes for the money. However the thought of buying a bike built to suit me rather than buy an off the peg bike is very appealing. what are peoples thoughts on Orbea bikes as I want to make sure they are decent bikes.

http://www.swc.co.uk/#!orca-s105/c1pzh

[fossala]

If you want a bike built for you, try bob jackson, brian rourke, mercian, roberts, ellis briggs, enigma. You could have a decent bike built by any of them for you for around 2k (including a frame made for YOU).

If you want the carbon route, I would just buy of the net. Don't fool yourself into it being made for you, they are just components picked up off a shelf and attached, same as the ones on the net.

EDIT: Also if a shop is pushing you to buy one make, they are not working for you!

[Neil from Fife]

Thanks for that. Taking in what you say I'm now considering the Boardman Team Carbon bike at £1300 as the components are basically the same as the orca at £1000 more. Only problem is the bad press that Boardman bikes get.

[Mark1978]

Actually Boardmans get good press. It's Halfords that get the bad press.

[Neil from Fife]

Sorry thats what I meant. Though just reading a few posts in this forum seems to indicate a problem with Team Carbon bikes.

[AndyBSG]

The Cannondale Synapse Tiagra is selling for around £1200.

My uncle let me have a spin on his the other week and if I had the money and hadn't just bought a new Giant Defy I would buy it in a heartbeat!

On that note, i'm very happy with my Giant Defy and they have compsoite versions of the Defy in your price range which are also pretty good.