Look up Romet. Polish brand, they sell in UK as well apparently. I picked up Huragan 1, aluminum frame with beautiful smooth welds, carbon fork, Claris (HT2 cranks), rim brakes. Takes 28mm tires, prefectly capable bike. Paid €480 for it.
Emonda ALR is the king and competes with carbon. If only Specialized would bring back the rim brake Allez with proper rack mounts. Giant Contend is the best rim brake one with internally routes cables.
I have been enjoying my road bike since this june and my choice was very close to edr af, a-105 set carraro 62 race, and it cost me a second hand for 700 euros. weight is 9.5 kgs with bottle cages.
This year I switched from Cannondale CAAD 13 105 (mechanical 2x11) to Cannondale SuperSix EVO 3 105 (electronic 2x12). I'll be honest. I don't feel as good on the new better carbon bike as I did on the previous aluminum bike.
Aluminum A pure metal that's malleable, a good conductor of heat and electricity, and nonmagnetic. However, it's too soft for many industrial uses. Aluminum alloy A combination of aluminum with other metals to create a material with different properties, such as increased strength and durability. 👍
I’m sorry but this video is not for 2025! Alloy bikes are not great these days… so if you want comfort then steel is better or ti. Saying comfort on an alloy bike better than carbon is a lie! Not maybe the endurance ones are slightly more than carbon race bikes but any carbon endurance bike will be more comfy. It’s still alloy at the end of the day and alloy has never been the most comfy. All the other ‘performance’ bikes are 2/3 years old and not up to spec for 2025. Alloy is heavy and less responsive than carbon. You can’t change that no matter how much marketing bs they say. If you want to value then get a Chinese bike. Similar prices and better specs and performance. If you crash then you can get carbon repaired as there’s plenty of places these days to do it. Having a aero bike for £3k is not hard these days. I’d even say unless you are willing to spend £12/15k on a bike you are better off get a Chinese bike built up, you will be able to get it speced to your needs and it’s probably better than any mid tier big western brand alternative! And far cheaper
Let's see a top ten rim brake bikes
I doubt it'd even reach 10 bikes. Definitely not if you limit it to anything past lowest end groupsets
There are 10?
Why ignore CUBE? They have a gorgeous Attain SLX that would fit right in this series.
Look up Romet. Polish brand, they sell in UK as well apparently. I picked up Huragan 1, aluminum frame with beautiful smooth welds, carbon fork, Claris (HT2 cranks), rim brakes. Takes 28mm tires, prefectly capable bike. Paid €480 for it.
The KINESIS looks like a hybrid
Emonda ALR is the king and competes with carbon. If only Specialized would bring back the rim brake Allez with proper rack mounts. Giant Contend is the best rim brake one with internally routes cables.
I have been enjoying my road bike since this june and my choice was very close to edr af, a-105 set carraro 62 race, and it cost me a second hand for 700 euros. weight is 9.5 kgs with bottle cages.
Waiting for my Caad 14. 13 is way too long in the tooth
This year I switched from Cannondale CAAD 13 105 (mechanical 2x11) to Cannondale SuperSix EVO 3 105 (electronic 2x12).
I'll be honest. I don't feel as good on the new better carbon bike as I did on the previous aluminum bike.
Alloy is not the same as aluminium.
Aluminum
A pure metal that's malleable, a good conductor of heat and electricity, and nonmagnetic. However, it's too soft for many industrial uses.
Aluminum alloy
A combination of aluminum with other metals to create a material with different properties, such as increased strength and durability. 👍
I’m sorry but this video is not for 2025! Alloy bikes are not great these days… so if you want comfort then steel is better or ti. Saying comfort on an alloy bike better than carbon is a lie! Not maybe the endurance ones are slightly more than carbon race bikes but any carbon endurance bike will be more comfy. It’s still alloy at the end of the day and alloy has never been the most comfy. All the other ‘performance’ bikes are 2/3 years old and not up to spec for 2025. Alloy is heavy and less responsive than carbon. You can’t change that no matter how much marketing bs they say. If you want to value then get a Chinese bike. Similar prices and better specs and performance. If you crash then you can get carbon repaired as there’s plenty of places these days to do it. Having a aero bike for £3k is not hard these days. I’d even say unless you are willing to spend £12/15k on a bike you are better off get a Chinese bike built up, you will be able to get it speced to your needs and it’s probably better than any mid tier big western brand alternative! And far cheaper
This video made me forget about all the things I was doing. Now I have a new goal of watching it over and over again💝
I laughed so hard that even my cat came over to see if everything was okay. Now she's a fan of this video too😻
I watched this video and laughed so loud my cat thought I was crazy. Now we have a new relationship🍭