Road Bike $2000-$3000

Originally Posted by Wayno

The Scott is definitely the best choice. Its the lightest frame for the money, remember in 06 Sunier Duval were using the CR1.
At the moment 07 Giant TCR C1 (Ultegra) can be picked up for $3000 which is an absolute bargain. And TCR C2 is $2500.

Originally Posted by Dave80

[font=&quot]Funny to see an old thread revived. I can say I'm very happy with the Scott Cr1, to date it has done 4,500km. I riding to work a couple of times a week (30km each way), take it for a lunch time spin and ride it for fun on the weekend.
So far the only minor problem has been a picky rear cassette/derailleur which had a tendency to hunt in the middle cogs occasionally. The bike shop was very good about it and tuned it ASAP every time I bought it in and offered to replace if the problem continued. It seems to have settled down now.
I also snapped a drive side spoke which was a bit frustrating (especially as I went for the truck wheel option) but I put this down to 'bunny hopping' train tracks, which I guess it really wasn't designed for (esp as I'm about 93kg). Once again the bike shop was great and had me back on the road asap.
The only addition I have made is a Cateye Astrale 8 computer and some blue bar tape after the factory tape started to disintegrate/gather at about the 2500km mark (is that a reasonable life span for bar tape?), blue tape looks very cool against the blue/black frame. In short I love it and would make the same decision again.
My work mates have some very sweet DuraAce equipped bikes and I have to say I have no desire to up-spec my 10spd 105 (2006) running gear. Any difference is so marginal, at my level, to be virtually irrelevant (I’m sure an extra 10mins of training a week would make up any difference in speed/time).[/font]