rockrider 5.0 vs hercules neo vs hercules act

[Hariharan R]

hello,
i am looking forward to buy one of these bikes.can somebody throw light in this topic please.
i am around 5 10 or 5 11tall.
i heard that rr distance between handle and saddle is quite long compared to other bikes.
but neo comes in only one size so it might be difficult for my height.
my budget is around 12 to 13k.
if a better bike is available in this budget then please let me know where it is sold too.
thanks

[Aswin]

RR 5.0 without doubt.

If you have a budget of 13k, i guess the RR 5.1 also will be available for 13.5K - 14K.

The Rockriders have an aggressive riding posture, handlebars are low. You will need to bend down a bit more than other bikes. Personally i use a RR5.2 and dint feel the posture to be much of a pain.

 

There are stem extenders available which can be used to increase the handle height, just in case u dont like the position.

 

Component and quality wise, RR is much ahead of Neo/ Act.

--Aswin

[Kingpin]

Hi Hariharan,

I am 6 ft 1 and purchased the RR 5.0 a few weeks ago and have no problem with it. Like Aswin indicates you might find the posture slightly difficult for the initial few KM's, once you get used to it there is nothing like it.

Have covered around 200 KM so far. 

Regards,

KingPin

[Hari Krishna]

I'm 6' tall and I finished the 200km brevet on my RR 5.0

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[Hariharan R]

is any rockroder 5.0 group buy coming up?

[Senthil Kumar]

Dear Friends

 

        One of my friend (nics...@gmail.com)  need to buy RR 5.0 . Please let him know the plan,

 when the new group is going to buy.

 

Regards

Senthil

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Saswata Chakravarty <saswa...@gmail.com> wrote:

me too thinking of buying a rockrider 5.0. how does one buy at decathlon if he is not a member?

[anilk...@gmail.com]

Neelz,

Decathlon has launched a single speed bike, at that price, check it out, looks good.

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Subject: [BBC] Re: rockrider 5.0 vs hercules neo vs hercules act

even i m thinking to get one....

do anybody has some old model...my budget is quite low - 5 to 7 k...even thinking to go for simple indian models or an experienced one....can u guide?