I hve three within my area that potentially fit me. I’m still new in the game so I could use the assist.
From conversations, the felt and calfee are either 2016/2017(not sure on that)
And the Cannondale is around 10 years old.
I appreciate any feedback y’all can provide
by MrUnfortunante
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What group set does each have. As well, I’ve heard Felt run big, but never tried one 🤷♂️
Those are all overpriced by a few hundred bucks in my market. The only one close to worth it is the Cannondale.
63cm and 58cm bike frames are very different, and are for very different riders. I’m 6’2 and couldn’t imagine fitting on a 63 frame, and 58 is my preferred size.
Cannondale for me
If that Calfee fits you buy it.
The canondale super six is more reasonable if it’s in good condition. The others are kind of overpriced. Id want to ride the Cannondale the most out of those.
If the canondale hasn’t been recently serviced professionally in the past year. I would try to talk down the price further to leave you some room to throw $200-300 at it to get it tuned, and do anything needed.
This is always where it’s hard. The first thing is fit, which one fits you? You can’t tell that by the numbers because each bike company measures differently.(Thank you so much for the help!) i’ve discovered even within by companies you can’t trust the numbers. And let’s not get into the small, medium, and large, controversy. (Cause people only come in three sizes!)
The next issue is how the frame rides is it stiff and bumpy? Is it soft and hard to control, or is it somewhere in between? You won’t be able to tell these things unless you actually can get on the bike and ride it or you have significant input into how they ride and how you are going to ride it.
In this case, you said the age and components are pretty much the same the only real differences are the frames. In which my preference would be the Calfee, then the Felt, and then the Cannondale. But they’re all a bit high, so see if you can talk them down a bit.