Brave99Heart

Hello everybody,
I want you to help me choose between these two bikes as my first entry-level alloy-frame bike.
The first one is Scott speedster 20 disc bike 2021 and the other one is Kross Vento 4.0. Which is the bang for buck? Which one has better specs and is future proof? Thanks in advance for your valuable contributions.

https://www.scott-sports.com/us/en/p...icle=280641023
https://kross.eu/en/bikes/road/road/...urgundy-glossy
Also for my race bike, I am thinking of BMC Teammachine ALR one 2021. Is it a good bike?

https://us-en.bmc-switzerland.com/te...e-alr-one.html

icemilkcoffee 

So you are looking to buy 2 bikes? One ‘race bike’ and one ‘non race bike’?
Why not just buy one carbon fiber bike instead of two similar aluminum bikes?

Brave99Heart

Any suggestions? The roads in my hometown are not well suited for a carbon frame; however, I am open to suggestions.

Maelochs

The Scott and Kross look to be almost identical. Compare the geometry charts. Compare the specs. Could be identical frames with almost the same parts groups. At some point, it comes down to which looks better, or which one has a local dealer so you can do a test ride, or which one your local shop sells, which could be handy if you find after a few days that you got the wrong size frame and want to trade it out..

I didn't look up the Canyon. They have the reputation of making sound, solid bicycles, as does Scott. I have not heard of Kross but they could be a big brand in your country, or even your country's outlet brand for a global distributor which sells under different badges indifferent countries. You can do your own comparisons of specs and geometry for the Canyon, but as far as I know, Canyon is 100 percent mail-order. If you guess the wrong size you are out of luck.

I have a similar bike, a 2017 Fuji Sportif, which i ride quite a bit. A real workhorse, for anything from quick rides to long rides to getting a huge load of groceries. Tons of fun.

Any of those bikes should last the rest of your life if you take good care of them. I don't think you could go wrong with any of them if you get the right size.

delbiker1 

It is your bike, your decision. Depending on one's perspective, no bike is "future proof", all bikes are "future proof". I tend to look at it from the latter. I do not have a need to keep up with the latest/greatest. However, I do like having nice bikes and components, and am certainly sometimes guilty of making "upgrades" just to satisfy an itch. Nothing wrong with that per se, but it often really does not accomplish much other than to lighten my pockets. I wish you well in your endeavors towards acquiring a bike, or bikes. Try to get what you perceive to be the best you can afford, and get the proper fit, just my opinion.

Brave99Heart

I will buy Rose SL Pro. What do you think?

cxwrench

I think you've made a decision. Never heard of that bike.

DeadGrandpa

I don't know about the two bikes in which you are interested, but I can speak to the carbon bike issue. If the frame is built robustly, rough rutted gravel is not an issue. The width of the tire it will accommodate is the issue. My road/gravel bike will run tires up to 700x40, and I run that size tire on pavement and occasional gravel. I have another bike, aluminum frame, that is built for 29x3 inch tires, and I use it for gravel exclusively and can run occasional singletrack. A bike in between might run 29x2.4 or 29x2.1, and thus be able to do both. The frame material is not the crucial factor. My carbon and aluminum bikes weigh close enough to be the same.

steve198

Scott speedster I can go with

jay4usc

looks clean no wires exposed. Buy it and start riding