Hi everyone, looking to invest in my first proper road bike. Been doing some searching and found these two, same condition and price. Not sure on either so if someone could give me an idea of which they would go with and why that would be great! As well as any advice for investing in my first better quality road bike (better quality meaning better than the vintage one I currently have😅😂)! Thanks all!
by Fluid_Confusion935
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My advice would be if you could afford a couple hundred dollars more, look for a bike with hydraulic disks and 11 speed,
The Allez Elite is rim braked, and while all my bikes are rim braked, I would recommend if you will be riding two of the three traffic, wet roads or hills you are better off on hydraulic disk brakes. Good points, name brand, 11 speed 105 groupset.
The Cube has cable disk brakes, some say better than rim brakes, but nowhere near hydraulic. It also has 10 speed Tiagra groupset which is a step below the Allez Elite.
And as always advise people to watch [https://youtu.be/1j–daNtpXM](https://youtu.be/1j–daNtpXM) Bike journo buys 500CAD 10 year old bike takes it to his mechanic and gets told another 500CAD to make it serviceable (just wear and tear items, and a drivetrain (200CAD + labour) can need replacing after 4,000km of poor maintenance)