Talk me out of a Ribble Ultra SLR

[oldguy00]

Oh jeez, I just looked at the price and specs of that ribble bike. I would never ever go for what most would consider a 'no name' bike when for the same, or lower price, you can get something like a Specialized Tarmac SL7 Comp also with 105 di2 . No brainer really. Can prob get the same sort of price on a Giant bike too.

[benb]

Originally Posted by oldguy00

Oh jeez, I just looked at the price and specs of that ribble bike. I would never ever go for what most would consider a 'no name' bike when for the same, or lower price, you can get something like a Specialized Tarmac SL7 Comp with 105di2 for the same or less money. No brainer really. Can prob get the same sort of price on a Giant bike too.

Yep.. learned this lesson the hard way. If I bought a Giant I can walk to the nearest dealer to get help/small parts. For Big S and Big T they are both within 1 mile of my office.

"Sorry we can't get you that seatmast topper part that broke, let's try to hack something together" sucks when you bought a wicked expensive frame that looks cool but doesn't have good local support.

No big deal IMO to support a smaller brand that's less local if it's something very standardized like a steel frame/fork with standard BB, headset, seatpost, etc.. where a) stuff is way less likely to break b) Even if the company goes out of business it's super standard