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i'm looking for a bike i can do some mild offroading, some cx, put bags or panniers on and go touring on, or put some skinnier tyres on and ride it on the road/commute on it.
Thats at least 4 bikes you are talking about there ;)
Dibs laner's BMW.In all seriousness, combining bikes has NEVER worked out well for me.
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Surly Straggler does most of that except no crabonz fork and it costs a bit more. Frame only then build it on teh cheaps?
CAADX will do all of that - in a sale - but it aint steel
Genesis might do something...but not for £1000 I'd have thought.
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Im in the same position.
Arkose 2 is in the lead for me currently. -
Abet 2016 model, but the new Charge Plug look rather neat.
Steel is all great and wondrous, but noticeably heavier if you intend to go for a budget one.
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i would like to ask the cx hive mind about a bike which suits my needs... not all of which are cx. in fact, few of which are cx.
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i'm looking for a bike i can do some mild offroading, some cx, put bags or panniers on and go touring on, or put some skinnier tyres on and ride it on the road/commute on it. because it'd do multiple jobs i'm happy to fork out for a thing that'll last (and i want it to last) but don't actually, um, have any money so looking for as cheap as possible.
laner suggested the arkose which is rad but i hate the colour and would rather have steel.... and because i'm a terrible hipster i was looking at the allcity macho king (which doesn't even have the mounts i need but does have a Sweet Fade). genesis bikes look really expensive. i don't know a lot about these types of bikes so open to ideas.