I've been riding a steel Ironman Centurion for the past year and wish to graduate to a newer bike. My only criteria for filtering bikes are a price-range and frame-size (60cm). Someone who replied to a similar post I made earlier told me I should expect to pay around $1000 for a bike which will last and allow me to begin to compete, and to try not to settle for a groupset in a tier lower than shimano 105. What else should I incorporate in my search if I have ambitions in competing? Here are three bikes I found that satisfy the perhaps naive conditions I've set for myself as what qualifies for a potential find:
1)
Bianchi Vigorelli
2)
2013 Cannondale Synapse Carbon 4 Rival
3)
2005 Cinelli Unica
I understand that a successful evaluation of a bike and its fit to the rider takes experience and attempting to do so on the basis of photos and whatever information the seller provides may be a gamble. Is there anything from these three examples that would disqualify them to someone more discerning than I?