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Well I've had a Ribble Audax with 105 for the last 4 years that has been my daily commuter, gone on a fully laden 3 week 1100 mile tour around Europe and been used for a whole bunch of long day rides and so forth. It's fine for all the above and has never let me down in a major way. I will say though, that my gears are never quite perfect, the 105 brakes can be scarily bad in the wet, and I fancy something a little bit fancier, but still essentially a do it all workhorse.
At the moment I haven't even got space for two bikes, so my fixed gear is living back at my parents for now. Summer bike as well definitely couldn't happen.
Oh and commutes never end in the street. Bike goes from my hallway to secure building car park, so not too worried about it getting nicked. I just want reliable shifting in all weathers, even when the gears are a bit grimy and the weather is/has been crap.
Edit: Genesis won't work. I'm 6'6" so my frame options are limited. Bike fit led me to discover that I also need a pretty steep seat tube. Only the ribble and 4S do the right size and geo for me, as far as I can tell...
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Just bear in mind that the 11 speed doesn't last as long as even 10 speed, so take that in account with commuting.
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It is your money .. combining bikes is a never a great idea. If you really really want something like that then I'd get something custom steel, mmmmaybe with discs if you go with an experienced builder with a bike that can take 32c with mudguards and 38/40c without so in summer just get rid of mudguards and put some supple tyres. Marathon supreme for winter and something from Compass tyres for summer. I'd put R685 flat mount brakes, whiskey fork (for mudguard eyelet), 6800 mechs, cranks and cassette.
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192cm (6' 3") here and looking for about same thing, I've been searching for info about new road bikes with disc brakes and big sizes for a reasonable price and my candidates are:
1- Kinesis Racelight 4S Disc 63cm (aluminum) About 890€ (£650) and 2,1kg (4,6lbs) for the frameset. Some internal cable routing and Di2 ready
2- CONDOR Fratello Disc 64cm (Columbus Spirit) 1020€ (£750) and 2,5kg (5,5lbs) for the frameset. External cable routing.
3- Soma Saga Disc 62cm (CrMo) 560€ (£415) but 3kg (6,6lbs) for the frameset. External cable routing.
4- Basso Ulisse 60cm (CrMo) 1530€ (£1125) and 2,4kg (5,3lbs) for the frameset. External cable routing, third cage, 1" headset.Dom Mason told me by email that they don't offer a 62cm size now for their Definition Frameset (internal cable routing, aluminium, about 2,2kg and 1200€) but maybe if there where more people interested they will make a batch past christmas
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bottom up;
Starbike (active WW members get 5% extra off)
About £2.5k
And don't bother building 'all rounder' bike. Such thing doesn't exist. You need a winter bike that can take mudguards (if UK) and a summer bike that can't. Disc brakes are still primitive (think iPhone 3Gs) wait another year.
Or just get a Genesis Datum.