I’ve got a London road which I bought new in October. Paid about £720 from memory in the sale.
I’ll try to summarise it for you from me having it for the last 4 months.
I bought it as a cheap winter road/gravel bike so I could save my decent Gravel and road bikes for summer. It’s fitted with guards and lights and I’ve still not washed it yet.
Good - It works very well. Gears and brakes are great for the money. Wheels are nice and finishing gear is decent. There isn’t a better sub 1k option.
Bad - it’s a harsh ride. It’s slow compared to my gravel bike even. The seat is awful.
I plan to replace saddle at some point , and maybe use a thinner Seatpost and a shim to help with comfort.
It rolls slower than my gravel bike on 43c tyres. No idea why but it’s hard to keep it going. After 2 hours I’ve had enough and want to quit. This means that if the weather isn’t too bad I tend to use the gravel on the road. However I must mention that the gravel bike is 7x the price so of course it’s going to be nicer to ride. I think once I’ve tweaked the LR it will be better.
For a all round bike I’d recommend it. Don’t buy the Triban it’s crap in comparison. The quality is far better from Planet X.
The groupset and wheels are equal to the purchase price.
I’ll try to summarise it for you from me having it for the last 4 months.
I bought it as a cheap winter road/gravel bike so I could save my decent Gravel and road bikes for summer. It’s fitted with guards and lights and I’ve still not washed it yet.
Good - It works very well. Gears and brakes are great for the money. Wheels are nice and finishing gear is decent. There isn’t a better sub 1k option.
Bad - it’s a harsh ride. It’s slow compared to my gravel bike even. The seat is awful.
I plan to replace saddle at some point , and maybe use a thinner Seatpost and a shim to help with comfort.
It rolls slower than my gravel bike on 43c tyres. No idea why but it’s hard to keep it going. After 2 hours I’ve had enough and want to quit. This means that if the weather isn’t too bad I tend to use the gravel on the road. However I must mention that the gravel bike is 7x the price so of course it’s going to be nicer to ride. I think once I’ve tweaked the LR it will be better.
For a all round bike I’d recommend it. Don’t buy the Triban it’s crap in comparison. The quality is far better from Planet X.
The groupset and wheels are equal to the purchase price.