Originally Posted by Hitchy
G'day Kilbourne,
No contest.......at these prices the Learsport is the better deal!.....Both frames will be Taiwanese welded Alu, regardless of what trek claim, (prorbaly even the same factory). Trek has a lifetime warranty, against the Learsport's 15 yrs (which is a lifetime for an Alu frame!), The Learsport comes with Wellgo clipless pedals, the Trek none, (the welgo's are cheap but it'll save you buying any until you know what you want...but you will need shoes).....the biggest difference of all is the Tiagra vs Sora...for the $50 price difference, I'd be jumping at the Tiagra......Where are you situated?.....reason I ask is that the Trek link you supplied, won't actually sell it to you online, (see online policy), so unless you're close you'll have to arrange some otherway to pick it up. For any bike they ship, they'll want another $38 odd for shipping (see their shipping charges). Dean woods has the Learsport at the same price, in both colours & will ship for free....I've done business with them before & never had any problems....check this link
http://www.deanwoods.com.au/ If your choice is between these 2 bikes...it's no choice really...goodluck, let us know how you go,
Hitchy
Went and checked out the Learsport today and really liked it. The only problem is that the Trek is made in a 63cm frame and the Learsport is a 60cm. I'm about 198cm tall. The Learsport was comfortable but i need to raise the handlebar height.
There's a Learsport factory direct retailer in Canberra and they sell it for $1100, but the guy said he will price match and beat it by 10%. Dean Woods has it for $1050, so that would be $950 which is an awesome price for that bike. I'll pick it up on Wednesday when i get paid lots of moula. Now i just have to find somewhere cheap to buy all the gismos, ie. computer, pump, saddle-bag etc.
Thanks for the advice hitchy, ill let you know how it goes once i get it.
Cheers.