Polygon Helios 500

	Frame	Polygon Helios 500
	Fork	Polygon Helios 500
	Rear Shock	N/A
	Rims	Soul 300
	Hubs	Soul 300
	Spokes	Soul 300
	Tires	N/A
	Pedals	Shimano R500
	Crank	Shimano 105 10spd
	Chain	Shimano 105 10spd
	Rear Cogs	Shimano 105 10spd
	Bottom Bracket	Shimano 105 10spd
	Front Derailleur	Shimano 105 10spd
	Rear Derailleur	Shimano 105 10spd
	Shifters	Shimano 105 10spd
	Handlebars	Ritchey Pro
	Stem	Ritchey Pro
	Headset	N/A
	Brakeset	Shimano 105 10spd
	Brakelevers	Shimano 105 10spd
	Saddle	Fizik Aliante Sports
	Seat Post	Pro Carbon
	Sizes	54cm
	Extras	N/A

Like the blue & 'Ritchey Pro' (which is also blue in colour) theme of this bike, wasted the owner changed the seat post to 'Pro', which the original suppose to be Ritchey Pro according to their website. The wheel's decal also out of place, RED. Other than that i think this bike is pretty value of money (the price i paid).

Just an 'FYI' for those looking for Value for Money (VM) bikes, my personal stand of decent bike would be as follows

• Any kind of Frames, Polygon, Merida, Tank, Proton, whatever.. As long as its not steel or cromoly. Fork, as long as they are carbon.
  
• Groupset of 105, now a minimum of 10 Speed
  
• Wheelset should be in those 200-400 range, e.g. Xero XCR-1, Mavic Askium, Soul. No no to stock wheels which are 32 spokes and unknown stock hubs
• Handlebar + Stem + Seatpost, i listed them as non performance related parts on the bike, since they are not subjected to wear during rides. Hence stock parts are welcome

Rest of the parts are pretty negligible when comes to price, compared with the above 4 factors. So whats the market rate (as of 2009 Feb)? Currently in market, VM bikes with spec-ed with the similar parts mentions above are going at 1600<. Polygon Helios 500 going at 1750 while Argon Plutonium going at 1950. *pricing subjected to Local Bike Shop and based from forums*

**Update** Switched wheels with Wilson to match the bicycle color.



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