Originally Posted by La Panamena

I live in the Dominican Republic, for a woman is kind of hard to make this kind of decisions, I've tryed the bianchi intenso and loved it, whith shimano 105 11 gears, so I tryied to look for one in the states and import it. Got the store and they are asking for 1800 for the intenso or 3100 for the infinito cv.

Here I have a store which represents orbea, they let me drive the two models they own Orca, and Avant. And for the orca or avant with 105, they are asking for 1800, tryed both and prefer the orca, faster, nicer, I dont really know if I like it as much as the intenso, but like it, and dont have to import the bike. For orca with ultegra, they charge 2500, and i have the choice for disc brakes.

Question is: are both as good bikes?, is the orbea a better decision? or should I stay with the intenso and import it.

some people are telling me to buy the bike and after a while change to Di2. that will be like a thousand more dollars. so in that case I should probably go with the cheapest 1800/shimano 105 either bike choice.

Advice please. my top is probably 2500.