- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Cross country mountain bikes
- Tubeless valves
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
forum
Eddy Merckx EMX-3 vs Bianchi Infinito vs De rosa R838 - Which to buy???
Have been riding MTB for a long time (as well as commuter) and am slowly returning to the roads full time.
Am looking ahead to next spring and partaking in a few more sportives & longer distance charity cycles (1 day affairs only) as well as more sunday morning runs and want to save my pennies for one of the three above.
Eddy Merckx EMX-3
Bianchi Infinito
De Rosa R838
Can I ask you the more experienced audience for your thoughts / recommends?
Thank you
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
Latest Forum Topics
Latest Comments
- AidanR 7 min 56 sec ago
It's depressing how little recumbents have progressed. The models available now are essentially the same as those 20 years ago.
- Hirsute 30 min ago
I'm sorry I close passed you but my vehicle is too wide
- the little onion 32 min 50 sec ago
Not suitable for:...
- mitsky 34 min 26 sec ago
The UK police need to sit down with their counterparts in the DVLA and DVSA to sort out the discrepancy in their understanding of the Highway Code...
- Jack Sexty 1 hour 21 min ago
Sorry, fixed the double entry! ...
- Steve K 1 hour 34 min ago
BMW Mini, not a proper one.
- rct 1 hour 57 min ago
See recently reported comments by elected labour party represenetives in Burnley to see how that works.
- hawkinspeter 3 hours 29 min ago
I often come into Bristol along the dual carriageway there as it's quicker than trying to find my way on the bike paths, but then I'm used to...
- hawkinspeter 5 hours 40 min ago
I re-fuse to believe that not charging drivers is the current attitude
- Matthew Acton-Varian 6 hours 35 min ago
Most modern cars, especially SUV's perform very badly on the Moose test. Essentially a stunt driver has to weave through tightly spaced cones at...
Add new comment
6 comments
FWIW I like the Bianchi!! All nice tho. & non will be a bad choice, all top frames -If any have better componentry & wheels - that could swing it if you cant choose on looks or ride
ha, i look at the emx3 & think it's lovely & u'd belong to a smaller club, then u see the rosa and go, geez thats a thing of beauty & u roll over the bianchi again and it's damn i love the black white color scheme
ah happy tough choice indeed - there's a shop in belfast that i think carrys almost all of them so i'll throw the leg over them and see what happens
thank u all for your help
I'd pick the De Rosa.
i'd pick the De Rosa on looks. who's going for the Bianchi?
i just did a quick google image search on those three and the Merckx in red looked best to me.
any good for ya?
having to choose between those three? that's one of them good problems...
they're all good quality bikes. i'd suggest making the effort to find somewhere you can ride each of them on a decent road loop, and compare and contrast. Much of the difference would be down to personal preference, i'd say.