jimd118

Hi Guys,
I have been mountain biking for years and have been wanting to start road biking as well. I think im going to order a road bike in the next few days and wanted to know if anyone has a windsor Bristol from bikes direct and what your experience with it is. This would my first ever road bike so im not looking for something pro just a decently well rounded efficient machine.
Secondly if you dont own one or similar please save your anti bikes direct comments. A few years back I was considering buying a windsor mtn bike as a back up second bike and something for friends to take if they wanted to tag along on some trails and most of the comments were people that had no experience with bikes direct and continuelly bashed them and said I would just waste my money. Well ended up buying it and love it so much I made it my primary off road machine and still is to this day. Have had very few problems and ride it often and hard.
So please let me know any info on the Bristol and my spending limit is $500 so any suggestions of anything else at same price or less.

https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...ol_x.htm#specs

Thanks,
Jim

liquefied

This bike is a better deal. Newer and better components https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...e_pro_sale.htm

jimd118

Looks good, any downsides to this one? Im new to the road bike setups so I have zero knowledge of road cycle components. How much of a difference is there between these two and say a $350-400 windsor or motobacane from bd?

liquefied

I don't understand your question. The two bikes here are a motobecane and windsor in the $350-400 range.

rogerstg

FYI, one is a triple and one is a double. How hilly is it where you ride and what kind of shape are you in?

OldPilot

The Motobecane has better components but is a double crank if you want a triple crank the Mercier has better components than the Windsor. https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/.../orion_al8.htm The Mericer has a Tigra RD, double butted AL frame vs Sora, straight AL frame.