Sensa bikes

Haha we'll see - the Madones pretty sexy too.....

I'm going to end up with too many bikes and not enough money again aren't I

Thanks! it is beautiful, they've definitely payed a lot of attention to the finishing on the bike, I love the cabling outlets too!

I might see about that, although travel this season has been crazy money from the IoM so I'm guessing I'll probably be skinto by the end of it!

I'm hoping I can do well enough for them to warrant another season riding for the team, so who knows!

Failing all that, I might just buy one all out! Although I've this brand new Madone that's barely seen the light of day haha

Best you get cracking to make sure they offer you another for next season then!

I'll read the review, but this pesky work laptop won't let me near anything that says 'blog' - I'll catch it later.

Really really old thread awakening sorryyy!!! But I did promise (better late than never, eh!?) - my review on the Sensa http://mooleur.blogspot.com

It's beautiful! So brilliant to ride. Highly recommend. The price is shocking - definitely buy one!

I'm literally in love. I have to give her back at the end of the season, my heart has already started to break!

Pics +1, I want an action shot of you giving it the "Full Cav" over the finish line with everyone else trailing in your wake... maybe leave out the rude gestures though!

I'll grab a couple tonight for ya! I've some on instagram but I'm at work so can't post them up here

Sorry for re-opening the old thread but I did promise! She arrived last night and oh my days is she a beautiful bike.

The frame I think is the supremo edition with full ultegra mechanical, first impression when lifting her out of the box was that she's incredibly light for a bike at that price point (~1.5k).

The carbon feels/sounds like a higher quality than that of my madone 4.7, certainly a thinner tubing.

Finish on the frame is impressive.

Ultegra stands up on it's own really, brilliant groupset. The supra wheels, as others have mentioned, are a little on the heavy side but the stock set that came with it have a slightly deeper rim, I might test these on the TT bike just to see if I get a faster roll on the flat than my lightweight alloys.

I've not taken her outside yet, I'll be getting a fit on Wednesday and then racing her at the weekend so I'll do a full review then.

Bottom bracket is bb86 and impressively chunky, as is the downtube OH and the chainstays, oh my god the chainstays, they are beautiful - they're HUGE. This looks like it's going to be a quick bike on both flats and hills. They've got an impressive balance in geometry.

I've read that even this range of frames uses the same carbon as their more expensive range, with carbon/SL finishing kit I would absolutely put this on a par with my other halfs s-works tarmac sl4 weight-wise and even stiffness-wise.

So far - stunning bike, highly impressed, sort of wish I'd held off on buying the trek but I'm lucky to be able to get to use this for this season!

Will post review next week ^_^

Thanks Miles, I went for a Sensa Romagna Special... As mentioned its my first road bike so can't give a comparative review, but I love it! Agree with wanting to upgrade, already found myself making eyes at various wheel sets...

I am a road newbie and bought a Sensa bike after using a friends for a pretty tough ride around the Peak some months back. My budget wasn't grand (pardon the pun), so was made up when I found a bike with 105 group set and carbon forks for under 1k! Since taking ownership it's been a dream to ride, but I must qualify, apart from the odd go on a friends bike, my usual ride (commuting) is/was a hybrid. I'm still learning when it comes to things like upgrading components and I'm sure as time goes on I my want to change wheels etc, but for now I love taking my Sensa out for ride

I am a road newbie and bought a Sensa bike after using a friends for a pretty tough ride around the Peak some months back. My budget wasn't grand (pardon the pun), so was made up when I found a bike with 105 group set and carbon forks for under 1k! Since taking ownership it's been a dream to ride, but I must qualify, apart from the odd go on a friends bike, my usual ride (commuting) is/was a hybrid. I'm still learning when it comes to things like upgrading components and I'm sure as time goes on I my want to change wheels etc, but for now I love taking my Sensa out for ride

Haha I've just noticed that!! Seems a bit...er.....unrealistic that's for sure!

Totally unrelated to the topic (sorry everyone) but do some replies on various threads on here get spambotted or something in terms of being 'liked'? I don't mean to be rude but 97 likes for a relatively banal reply to a non-controversial question...?! Doesn't matter I suppose, just wondering!

Brilliant, thanks. I was thinking of building a bike myself for the summer, getting to choose every single component being the main attraction of it, but that would be nowhere near the value for the monies. I'm kind of eyeing up the Toscana Custom now, as it looks both visually pretty and reasonably lightweight - for a price well below what my spec ended up with.

I don't see a way to specify handlebar width with their custom bikes. I assume they will fit standard width, e.g. 42cm for a medium sized frame. Is that something Merlin / Sensa are happy to change?

Update on Sensa! Mine's not arrived yet (hopefully this week maybe!) but saw some pics of my team-mate riding hers this weekend and, as a Madone owner my requirement for down-tube-girth is a great one, it looks like the Sensa will satisfy this requirement.

Impressive as normally I've found tubing on bikes at this price point a bit skimpy. My Kuota looks like a ragged prostitutes G-string in comparison - very much looking forward to trying a sprint on this!

Will let you know once arrived & ridden.

I'll be on one soon, will report back! It is insanely cheap, I thought my madone was mega value at 2k with ultegra... if this performs as well I'll be superpleased