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Old 05-14-06, 07:48 PM
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Purchasing? To customise or not?

Hi,

Just wanting some advice to help me with purchasing my next bike. I am looking at the Felt F55 (7005 aluminum with Dura-Ace components) which I belieive from my research to be a good value for money bike. It's weak points, I've read, are the non Dura-Ace brakes, and the Aksium Race wheelset. Should I be looking at a bike in the next bracket or is it worth spending the extra (pre delivery) to upgrade the F55?

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Old 05-14-06, 08:14 PM
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The only thing you're paying for with higher gruppos is weight savings. Unless you're racing, this isn't going to matter much, especially given the price increase from 105 -> Dura-ace.

It's not just the initial purchase cost, the cost of all consumables are higher as well.
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What he said,
105 or Ultegra is good, and you can use the money saved to upgrade the wheels. If you do that at the time of sale; the dealer should cut you a nice deal on new wheels to
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