Forme Longcliffe 2 Road Bike - Carbon fork & Claris - 56cm

Is Claris a grade above Sora or below?

Seems a great price. I think the next similar spec bike is the Carrera Vanquish and I reckon that is over £500 nowadays. The Decathlon bikes in this price range as well as having lower quality microshift drivetrains have low quality throwaway frames with non-detachable gear hangers and only carbon blades glued to an aluminium steerer which are both heavier and weaker. So this looks great value while stock lasts.

A quick look shows the Vanquish is about £445 at the moment (£40 discount available). Maybe a good option if you want disc brakes rather than rim brakes. This is £350 including postage. However you can use cashback sites for Halfords and buy Halfords giftcards discounted with cashback too. So you might be able to bring it closer in price if you spend the time to do so. Not sure who makes the Carrera road bikes at the moment. Many of the mountain bikes were coming from Insera Sena (Polygon/Marin) but unsure about the road bikes but Vanquish does look nicely made.

I have to say this Forme bike looks brilliant value. It has a proper Claris crank set in fact the whole groupset looks to be Shimano Claris for the drivetrain. Also it doesn't have dropped seat stays which makes the frame stronger if a little more rigid so that is good for lifespan. Just looks brilliant for the money.

I bought one for my wahoo Kickr, the listing is wrong, the bike is still worth the money but disapointing its not full shimano groupset as advertised, the front wheel was out of true and the front mech was slightly damaged, i had to bend it back into shape a little, the bikes black btw not blue.