Hi, as title possible to get a rm3k road bicycle that wont trial far behind a expensive road bicycle???

Lazanda shopee under 1k got ady

Yes, for western branded bikes, can get 8 speed shimano claris brifters.


But if you are willing to consider China brand, options open up for you up to shimano 105 11speed groupset.


I'll go for the China brands over the western ones. More worth the money.

Shit bikes using freewheels and not real cassettes and using low end shifters.

Can give some china brand names?

Go check out RN Samy bikes in Batu Caves.

Up a bit (for real) Twitter Thunder Full Carbon Shimano 105 full.

I regretted with my Specialized Peter Sagan Venge. Damn.

i am staying very far from batu caves. But i did fb search this shop and in the first few post i did see they are selling a road bike for only rm999, fuuu damn good price.
But the question is this super cheap bikes vs those super expensive carbon fiber bike will it be hard to keep up with them? Like if you are riding in a group do you have to be padding extra hard just to maintain speed with them???

Bike is like 10%.

If you're just starting get 30k bike also can't keep up with 3k bike with decent rider

why regret??

Just get a good quality alloy bike with at least shimano 105 11 speed and learn to pedal properly. Padding hard will not get you anywhere. Bicycles are simple things, the engine is you and the most important answer to your question.

Some decent China brands are CAMP, Twitter. JAVA.

Also can consider Raleigh sojourn, (not truly UK raleigh but Malaysian license/unlicense copy) under 2k for 9 speed sora set.

But this is not the end of story, you need to make sure they have the frame size that suits your height.
You cannot just buy any road bike.
Also, different manufacturer has own way of counting frame sizes. Only consistence is across their own models.



And remember, the higher the speed count, the faster the chain wears out. Only reason to get multi-speed is for smoother gear change, but generally I don't give a shit about that, so 9 speed sora for me is plentiful.


Yes, I'll also stick with alloy.


I dislike carbon bikes, even though they're lighter, the price you pay is not worth the weight ratio. Also, in a crash, they're much harder to repair or even detect the flaws.


And because they're using resins, these degrade over time depending on how often it is exposed to the sunlight.


Carbon bikes do not lasts.... they will degrade.

This post has been edited by jbcoder: Jan 27 2020, 08:38 PM

Specialized allez with Shimano claris groupset can get 3k+. I think some entry level Giant bike can also get 3k+.

If ur into brand name get specialized allez but need top up a bit. Else , if dont mind name get twitter with 105 shimano groupset

ok thanks guys i think if i buy i will get the Twitter Thunder it looks good and is in my price range.

group set can get brand new mix ultegra. frameset can choose 2nd hand branded.

supersix evo

For carbon road bikes, best to get disc brake version. You don't want to wear down your expensive rims.

Furthermore your carbon rims are shit in the rain, cannot even compete with alloy rims.

What is decent bike?

Van a decent rider with noob bike beat a noob rider with a top range bike?

brakes you can modify later on or you are stuck with what ever brakes it come with?