svennn wrote:
During our lockdown I've been doing a lot of bike shopping.
My current bike is a 51cm Cervelo S1 that I've had for about 7 years. It's pretty low and and I tend to run a fair number of spacers to get where I like. What I'd really like to switch to is a do it all bike. Mostly road but with off road capability.
The object of my desire is ultimately a 3T Exploro, Open U.P. or Aspero but they just are not in my budget. I do see a number of other boutique type brands that look nice but are expensive.
The Ribble CGR SL is one bike I keep going back to. In 105 spec it is $1900.00 new. So what's the issue with Ribble? I don't see much online about the quality. That might be a good thing, if they had big quality issues I suspect it would be all over the net. I do all my own wrenching so an online order is not an issue for me.
On the surface, it seems to be one of the best values in a all road style bike.
Anyone here have a CGR? Maybe I'd be better off buying used and waiting on one of the other 3 bikes I listed?
I´ve got one and I´m super happy with it. Got three wheelsets. One on the picture 650b with 45mm slick tires for all round fast gravel, one 650b with 47mm off-road tires and one 700c with 28mm road tires. All set up tubeless. You won´t regret buying this one.
