Is This The Best Value Road Bike in 2023?

Content
00:00 Intro
00:25 What to look for
2:39 Giant TCR
4:16 Canyon Endurace/Ultimate
5:40 Trek Emonda
7:16 SquareSpace
8:21 Specialized
9:49 Vitus
10:51 Rose Bikes

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[ccadp]

Nice…long overdue for us mortals. Please do more like this in the $1500/2500 range….👍🏻

[jamesscoltock]

First road bike I bought was a Felt F95 for £600 (2012). Took me from John O’Groats to Lands End and on countless sportives. It’s sad that the big brands don’t offer more options at a lower price, a £2, 000 bill for a bike must put a lot of people off, and there’s better value to be found from companies such as Planet X and Fuji.

[granthutchinson]

£2, 000 for a low-end road bike, no wonder bike sales are down. We can blame the bike industry for phasing out rim brake bikes, which allowed light weight bikes at affordable prices.

[tomedward]

Rose and Canyon bikes are great value…….as long as you don’t mind the 6 month to 1 year delivery time. No joke.

[banjomechanic]

I’ve ridden, but not owned, a couple of Giant bikes and I’ll have to say the ride quality is impressive. I’m not getting off my old Bianchi just yet, but Giant will be my next serious consideration. Great video!

[kieronward]

That Rose is an alloy frame (disguised as a carbon frame) but it looks beautifully made.

[sdgmrs]

I have had my Giant TCR since 2014.. great bike.. if you keep your bike clean.. chain clean.. when i save up i upgraded wheels.. custom saddle.. have done multiple triathlons and iron.. no need for a 10k+ bike

[stephencarr]

I have that exact same TCR that was £600 more expensive in 2021. Great bike, great groupset. The wheels are ‘meh’ and the front thru axle adapter collapsed within 2 rides. The tyres - nice that it comes set up tubeless, but the tyres are heavy, and like treacle on tarmac.
However- like your comments, I changed the wheels to some 50/60mm and added some F1 tyres and it’s absolutely transformed! Not much else I’d change - might add a thicker bar tape down the line. The saddle is ok as well although it creaked after a while so I’ve replaced it only due to that.

[desaparafusado]

David, great vídeo, thank you for the options. Giant and Rose are my favorite, for my first road bike. Regards from Porto City, Portugal 💪🏼🇵🇹🚲

[CanyonWanderer]

Feeling really lucky with my end 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SL 7 - rim brake (I live in the Netherlands, so all is flat), Shimano105-, then it was EUR 1699, 7.72 kg, super stoked with it!
I see that now there is no rim brake version anymore and it is 2699 !

[StanEby]

This one of your best videos. You have applied your extraordinary judgment to the ordinary world in which we live and to great practical and quality of life benefit for us all. Thank you once again, and all the best.

[jc]

Just bought my 1st road bike, a mint condition Ribble fully carbon Endurance SL, 105 groupset for £550, 2nd hand! Worth 2k brand new. Now thats value. It is freaking light!

[SlickSniper]

Bought a 2019 Giant Defy Advanced 2 with Shimano 105 gearset just before covid for a pretty good price at the time. Super happy i did, similar spec 2023 models are nearly double the price here in Canada...

[gijs]

I have been riding/racing Rose Bikes for far over 10 years, however their bikes are great value, I must add that one should avoid their carbon fibre frames. My MTB is now on it's sixth frame in 7 years time, all the frames broke down due to manufacturing issues. My racing bike is the same as I'm on my second frame after 8 years but still kinda sad to have to go back to the german shop (live in the Netherlands) to bring the bike away and pick it up a few weeks later.
On the ALU bikes I only have positive experiences tho!

[joem]

I recently bought the giant tcr trading my canyon and my what a difference in comfort and ride quality.Giant is by far the best value

[jmounce]

Trek Domane AL5 is another great value bike with 105 group set and good specs and good quality parts. Tires would be the only thing out of the box I’d upgrade but that’s with any of these bikes in this price range.

[zwifting]

Great review of some excellent options - if you can find them in stock 😂. But I do believe the Rose is AL frame not CR. Still a stunning bike though.

[Cyclingchoice]

Rose decided to clean up the front end but route cable housing under chain stay! The frame design looks good though.

[nomadcarpenter]

I give you crap for not holding the manufacturers to account on their batshit prices. But, fair play, you've done a good job here of giving the masses useful info.

[jamesmoros]

In the land of Oz that’s Australia for you chaps.. Chinese unbranded carbon frames are very common and the quality is not that far off the brands you mentioned and in some cases the mix up of unknown brands do give better value for many especially for beginners and mid level riders. Great review as always 😊