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Scott CR1 Pro - any views?
I looked at this one in a shop yesterday and have to say I was absolutely
blown away by the spec and looks of it. The guy in the shop, who I know well, says it's by far the best bike he has ever ridden (ok ok so maybe he would wouldn't he) but I just wanted to know if anyone on here either owns or has ridden one? C+ recently seemed to agree with him. I'd be looking at the Centaur rather than the Ultegra version: http://www.scottusa.com/product.php?UID=5842 Don't tend to see much debate about Scotts although what I have found seems positive - help me before I plonk my credit card down!! Cheers Paul |
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in message , Paul
') wrote: I looked at this one in a shop yesterday and have to say I was absolutely blown away by the spec and looks of it. The guy in the shop, who I know well, says it's by far the best bike he has ever ridden (ok ok so maybe he would wouldn't he) but I just wanted to know if anyone on here either owns or has ridden one? C+ recently seemed to agree with him. I'd be looking at the Centaur rather than the Ultegra version: http://www.scottusa.com/product.php?UID=5842 Don't tend to see much debate about Scotts although what I have found seems positive - help me before I plonk my credit card down!! The only Scott I've ever owned is a gaspipe mountainbike which is now eighteen years old. It's given excellent service, and is still in regular use, but that doesn't tell you much about this beastie. Having said that, I do have an all-carbon bike with a Centaur groupset, and I love it to bits. Carbon makes a remarkably comfortable bike - no vibration issues, very unharsh ride. Centaur seems to me to be a good value point in the Campag lineup - the finish isn't as good as Chorus or Record, and some of the materials are less exotic, but the parts are mainly functionally identical to their Chorus/Record equivalents. So on the whole I'd suspect this would be a very nice bike indeed. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ Do not sail on uphill water. - Bill Lee |
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"Simon Brooke" wrote in message ... in message , Paul ') wrote: I looked at this one in a shop yesterday and have to say I was absolutely blown away by the spec and looks of it. The guy in the shop, who I know well, says it's by far the best bike he has ever ridden (ok ok so maybe he would wouldn't he) but I just wanted to know if anyone on here either owns or has ridden one? C+ recently seemed to agree with him. I'd be looking at the Centaur rather than the Ultegra version: http://www.scottusa.com/product.php?UID=5842 Don't tend to see much debate about Scotts although what I have found seems positive - help me before I plonk my credit card down!! The only Scott I've ever owned is a gaspipe mountainbike which is now eighteen years old. It's given excellent service, and is still in regular use, but that doesn't tell you much about this beastie. Having said that, I do have an all-carbon bike with a Centaur groupset, and I love it to bits. Carbon makes a remarkably comfortable bike - no vibration issues, very unharsh ride. Centaur seems to me to be a good value point in the Campag lineup - the finish isn't as good as Chorus or Record, and some of the materials are less exotic, but the parts are mainly functionally identical to their Chorus/Record equivalents. So on the whole I'd suspect this would be a very nice bike indeed. Agreed Simon - I am raving about it to be honest. There is also a slightly cheaper version with 105 throughout and equipe wheelset rather than elite. That goes for 300 quid less than the Centaur version but I think I'd regret not spending that for the extra you get over 105 to be honest, added to which I prefer Campag in any case. They are also making a big thing of the Damping technology that Scott are claiming to have achieved with this year's carbon as it purports to be a very forgiving ride from a vibration point of view whilst retaining the kind of stiffness most would kill for. I daren't go and look at it again until payday!! On a serious note I don't know whether to buy now or hang on til later in the year to see what they knock off it. Cheers Paul |
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I daren't go and look at it again until payday!! On a serious note I don't
know whether to buy now or hang on til later in the year to see what they knock off it. It's a lovely thing to be sure, out of my price bracket though. On the subject of buy now or wait, just think - later in the year you will have missed out on a spring season that you could have spent wizzing about on your black bike. We only have a limited number of springs before we won't be able to ride any more, why use one up in order to save a bit of cash? That's my current line of attack anyway... lucky for my cash sit. that Harry Hall is closed today. bfn, Tony B |
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Paul wrote:
On a serious note I don't know whether to buy now or hang on til later in the year to see what they knock off it. Then you'll be wondering whether to wait for next year's model or get this year's cheap ;-) Plus this year's riding won't be half as much fun knowing you could have been riding your new bike and worrying if there will be any left when you get a round tuit. Tony |
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in message , Paul
') wrote: "Simon Brooke" wrote in message ... in message , Paul ') wrote: I looked at this one in a shop yesterday and have to say I was absolutely blown away by the spec and looks of it. The guy in the shop, who I know well, says it's by far the best bike he has ever ridden (ok ok so maybe he would wouldn't he) but I just wanted to know if anyone on here either owns or has ridden one? C+ recently seemed to agree with him. I'd be looking at the Centaur rather than the Ultegra version: http://www.scottusa.com/product.php?UID=5842 Don't tend to see much debate about Scotts although what I have found seems positive - help me before I plonk my credit card down!! The only Scott I've ever owned is a gaspipe mountainbike which is now eighteen years old. It's given excellent service, and is still in regular use, but that doesn't tell you much about this beastie. Having said that, I do have an all-carbon bike with a Centaur groupset, and I love it to bits. Carbon makes a remarkably comfortable bike - no vibration issues, very unharsh ride. Centaur seems to me to be a good value point in the Campag lineup - the finish isn't as good as Chorus or Record, and some of the materials are less exotic, but the parts are mainly functionally identical to their Chorus/Record equivalents. So on the whole I'd suspect this would be a very nice bike indeed. They are also making a big thing of the Damping technology that Scott are claiming to have achieved with this year's carbon as it purports to be a very forgiving ride from a vibration point of view whilst retaining the kind of stiffness most would kill for. I suspect that's marketing fluff. From my limited experience, all carbon monocoque bikes have 'a very forgiving ride from a vibration point of view whilst retaining the kind of stiffness most would kill for'. This isn't to say that the Scott isn't very good - I suspect it is extremely good. Just that I'd be surprised if it's that much different from other people's carbon bikes, many of which are also very good. I daren't go and look at it again until payday!! On a serious note I don't know whether to buy now or hang on til later in the year to see what they knock off it. If you buy it now, you'll get to ride it in the spring time. If you get it at a bargain price in Autumn, you won't. Go for it. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; Women are from Venus. Men are from Mars. Lusers are from Uranus. |
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"Tony Raven" wrote in message ... Paul wrote: On a serious note I don't know whether to buy now or hang on til later in the year to see what they knock off it. Then you'll be wondering whether to wait for next year's model or get this year's cheap ;-) Plus this year's riding won't be half as much fun knowing you could have been riding your new bike and worrying if there will be any left when you get a round tuit. Tony fx groan......why did you all have to go and say that? Have some respect for my bank balance........ ;-) Cheers Paul |
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Paul wrote:
fx groan......why did you all have to go and say that? We're urc. That's what we do. ;-) Tony |
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"Simon Brooke" wrote in message ... in message , Paul ') wrote: "Simon Brooke" wrote in message ... in message , Paul ') wrote: I looked at this one in a shop yesterday and have to say I was absolutely blown away by the spec and looks of it. The guy in the shop, who I know well, says it's by far the best bike he has ever ridden (ok ok so maybe he would wouldn't he) but I just wanted to know if anyone on here either owns or has ridden one? C+ recently seemed to agree with him. I'd be looking at the Centaur rather than the Ultegra version: http://www.scottusa.com/product.php?UID=5842 Don't tend to see much debate about Scotts although what I have found seems positive - help me before I plonk my credit card down!! The only Scott I've ever owned is a gaspipe mountainbike which is now eighteen years old. It's given excellent service, and is still in regular use, but that doesn't tell you much about this beastie. Having said that, I do have an all-carbon bike with a Centaur groupset, and I love it to bits. Carbon makes a remarkably comfortable bike - no vibration issues, very unharsh ride. Centaur seems to me to be a good value point in the Campag lineup - the finish isn't as good as Chorus or Record, and some of the materials are less exotic, but the parts are mainly functionally identical to their Chorus/Record equivalents. So on the whole I'd suspect this would be a very nice bike indeed. They are also making a big thing of the Damping technology that Scott are claiming to have achieved with this year's carbon as it purports to be a very forgiving ride from a vibration point of view whilst retaining the kind of stiffness most would kill for. I suspect that's marketing fluff. From my limited experience, all carbon monocoque bikes have 'a very forgiving ride from a vibration point of view whilst retaining the kind of stiffness most would kill for'. This isn't to say that the Scott isn't very good - I suspect it is extremely good. Just that I'd be surprised if it's that much different from other people's carbon bikes, many of which are also very good. I daren't go and look at it again until payday!! On a serious note I don't know whether to buy now or hang on til later in the year to see what they knock off it. If you buy it now, you'll get to ride it in the spring time. If you get it at a bargain price in Autumn, you won't. Go for it. Decision made Simon - I am going to but it's gonna mean that I have to go from 2 bikes to one and sell my 2 existing ones now. What's the best place to shift them - ebay? I tried to sell my hybrid on C+ a little while ago but no takers. If I can move them both that will ease the pain of the outlay for the Scott (which is still really gonna hurt!) Cheers Paul |
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Paul wrote:
: Decision made Simon - I am going to but it's gonna mean that I have to go : from 2 bikes to one and sell my 2 existing ones now. What's the best place That's all well and good, but what will you ride in the winter when there's lots of salt and crap on the roads? I'd keep on of your current bikes and sell one personally. Your nice new shiny bike won't stay nice for long if you thrash it all winter. Arthur -- Arthur Clune PGP/GPG Key: http://www.clune.org/pubkey.txt Don't get me wrong, perl is an OK operating system, but it lacks a lightweight scripting language -- Walter Dnes |
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