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Originally Posted by robchester
I do like the Boardman's but they do seem to be quite common, and are regularly found 2nd hand on eBay. I think people tend to go to Halfords to look at them, buy one and then never use it rather than going to their LBS
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Agreed, but they are good bikes and you'll pick up a bargain if there are plenty of them about.
There's a bit too much brand snobbery about, I would have love a carbon Colnago, to replace my steel one. But list price new is way out of my reach and even second hand you can pay crazy money for them.
Plus like most manufacturers these days, all their carbon frames are made in the far east (not sure about Trek or Specialized). If you told a Colnagno enthusiast are few years ago his frame was made in Tiawan he'd have committed hari kari with his seatpost.
I was considering the Planet X carbon frame, because at £399 for the frame and fork, it was as cheap as one of my steel Colnago's from the 1990's.
Luckily I got the Wilier at a crazy price and sold my old steel Colnago for a crazy price too.
