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Frame advice

Postby NickH » Tue May 18, 2010 3:16 pm

Having broken it one too many times I am having to replace my carbon Bianchi frame. I am on a budget, however, a trip to Butler's at the weekend resulted in a recommendation from them of a Planet X SL Carbon (http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/bikes/q ... -carbon/12) which they are doing for just under £450. It sounds to me like a good deal for a well known make - but what do others think? Any thoughts?
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Re: Frame advice

Postby Andrew G » Tue May 18, 2010 5:09 pm

If you want a plastic bike then PX are good VFM. I know a few people who have and are happy with that bike. I think prices may be /have come down a bit as they are clearing for their new Nano frames.
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Re: Frame advice

Postby AshleyN » Tue May 18, 2010 6:00 pm

I love mine.
It is my first 'proper' road bike so I don't have much to compare it too, but it's really light and nothing really compares to it in terms of value if you want a carbon frame and fork.
I bought the complete bike with the new Ultegra (the one in your link above). I've swapped a few parts and tweaked the set-up over the past 6 months and PX have always been helpful and good with exchanges.
Only gripe I have with the kit is that the Ultegra chain is rubbish. They are no longer suppling them on their Ultegra spec version, they supply a KMC instead. I sent mine back and they sent me a dura-ace replacement.
On the bike Radar review some of the comments mention issues with the front end, but I've never had any issues.
[url]http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/product/sl-pro-carbon-10-36958[/url]
I'm on the club run this saturday if you want to have a look/ride.

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Re: Frame advice

Postby Andrew G » Tue May 18, 2010 8:53 pm

Sounds like the front end issues they had were to do with the fork. If you have this issue then just switch to a differnt fork whic gives the feel and stability you want and flog the PX one on ebay. Depends what you will use it for too, I suspect it was stronger riders hammering it out of corners and nailing it at race effort that found the "issue".
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Re: Frame advice

Postby Marcus » Tue May 18, 2010 8:59 pm

Now supplied with Dedacciai Black Magic Full Carbon Road Fork as standard.

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Re: Frame advice

Postby David.Hilbert » Wed May 19, 2010 9:40 am

[quote="Andrew G"]If you want a plastic bike then PX are good VFM. I know a few people who have and are happy with that bike. I think prices may be /have come down a bit as they are clearing for their new Nano frames.


The Nano frames are not a replacement for the SL Pro .
They are going to continue to sell both with the Nano being slightly higher end.


[quote="Andrew G"]Depends what you will use it for too, I suspect it was stronger riders hammering it out of corners and nailing it at race effort that found the "issue"..

The fork issue was that one or two people reported speed wobble on fast downhills. Many others have reported no such issue, so it might just be an individual setup thing.

I've had a SL Pro Carbon for about a year with the PX fork and never had the speed wobble.
It's my 1st carbon frame so I can't really compare it to any other carbon frames but with that caveat, I think it is a fantastic frame. It's incredibly stiff at the BB, far stiffer than any other frame I've had and is very comfortable. Handling is quite nippy too. Overall, I've absolutely no complaints. Value for money, I think it's great.
The medium comes in at about 1.1kg, if memory serves.
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Re: Frame advice

Postby Jon H » Wed May 19, 2010 10:51 am

I had a Planet-X Superlight Team frame (aluminium main triangle, carbon stays and P-X branded carbon forks) which suffered from speed wobble.

Apart from that it was great, but I got rid of it to some eBay punter (I didn't mention the speed wobble, or the big crash at Hillingdon when I broke my arm :lol: ).
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Re: Frame advice

Postby NickH » Fri May 21, 2010 8:50 am

Thanks all, (and Andrew in particular for his pm assistance) very helpful. I think I shall be heading back to Butler's for the PX - unless you think I should go for one of these: http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/penny-fa ... index.html instead? :D
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