Looking to buy a starter bike for my girlfriend. She enjoys cycling (we rented a road bike to test if she'd like it, and she loved it), and she's pretty fit, so I want to buy her a used road bike for around €250. Two best options I can currently find on a well known Dutch secondhand site are below.
Cube Agree SL 2009
Cube Agree. Advertised as carbon but looks alu to me (maybe carbon fork or something). 3×10 ultregra, ultegra rim brakes from what I can see. Externally routed cables (tbh no idea if that matters; never had that myself). Seems to be from 2009 (Based on this old German article).
Ridley Phaeton R 2010
Ridley Phaeton R. 2×11 105, alu frame that looks a bit more fancy/aero. Tires appear flat so it hasn't been used in a while I guess.
No idea what the better buy would be? Also find it very difficult to say if that Cube has been maintained well or not. For the Ridley it's impossible to say I guess, because it's only a single image, though it does have a picture of the odometer saying 5000km.
by Mimetic_Scapegoat
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Ridley is a way more modern drivetrain. Better parts on it.