Hey there snappy.
Just thought you might like to know, american bikes (Giant, Scott, GT, Trek, Marin, Bauer, etc.) are pretty readily available here, but European ones are a lot less common. The big NZ brand is Avanti. Dunno how well-known they are outside of NZ, but Hamish Carter did win the Olympic triathlon in Athens on one, and Sarah Ulmer smashed the women's 3000m pursuit record on one (although I doubt you'd be able to get your mitts on that bike from your LBS). Of course, that success may have had more to do with the riders than the machines... Also, your £1000 is equivalent to just over NZ$2600, which, as far as I know, should get you a mid-range road bike (an entry-level bike could cost you anything from $800-$1500, again, as far as I know - tend to drool over things with suspension rather than them skinny little bikes).
Hope that helps.
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03-05-2005, 11:47 PM #9
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