for RM5k.. you do have a choice... it is just whether you can accept those brands...
for a fact, i know the Swiftcarbon Ultravox RS-1 is a tad over RM5k and the Ultravox Attack is around RM3.5k... practically an unknown brand and you might not trust it but bikeradar gave it's team issue a very good rating... i know because i was just helping a friend out with his bike and this was more or less the pricing for the frames alone....
the other choices would be titanium frames like van nicholas that comes in at around RM3k++ not inclusive of the fork i think....lynskey might be tight as i remember it's around RM6k...
if KH is willing to sell the Look 586... it might go for slightly above RM5k as well... i saw it was still there as a complete bike some half a year back for around 7k if i am not wrong...
the thing is not whether you should aim for a high end alloy or low to mid range carbon... but, are you brand conscious? if you are... then carbon is definitely out of the question...
you need to look at the most unlikely places to explore some of the lesser known brands like what sunnyckh says, boardman or neilpryde at velocipede (most likely expensive, burasl costs 13k and alize costs 9k) not sure how low can the lower models go...
the next one if you want to aim branded might be scott to see if their cr1 has anything that fits you budget... it's going to be tight and the budget you have might just barely or need some topping up to cover the frame only and you have to fork out more for finishing kit...
miao's suggestion of the SL2 at bikepro is not exactly going to be any newer anyways and that is most likely what you can get if you want a branded one...
pedalspot also still has a couple of super old frames like derosa king 3 and a couple of older model merida's... try negotiate a bit and see if they can let go of the king 3 at cost price (i think it retailed for 8k during it's heyday)... or some of those merida scultura that they have which are past year frames... they won't be selling those frames cos no one will be interested in them now... and if you don't mind old stuff... i'd say... go give it a try and see...
so, you do have some question you need to clear with yourself first... branded or you don't mind...then comes the carbon or alloy question....
yeah... have been seeing quite a lot of people riding boardman recently... i think the prices might be quite attractive to them...
it's a diversion aimed at vin_ann.... we all know what he meant once vin_ann turns his back around...
life is never simple... stop dreaming...
suggest something a bit more sensible lar... it's like someone asking to buy a myvi or saga and then you suddenly pop up and say buy a ferrari...
we know u are weird lar... act weird appropriately dude...
yeah, saw the swift carbon frame at pedal spot, was offer Rm3500 for Attack model, then another question comes, high end alloy (spez Allez E) or low end carbon? some says high end alloy perform better than low end carbon, hence, scratch my head, which one to buy?
dont think will take the old model like SL2 or king 3, prefer more up to date model.
hmm....maybe should narrow my choice to boardman and specialized (allez)? if u were me, which one will u choose? high end alloy (allez), which need to wait till dont know when or less well known boardman, which i found the price and design quite attractive.
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