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You could buy my surly ogre?
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Genesis Croix de Fer 30. I've got 2015 model and it's a great all rounder. If you got a spare pair of light road disc wheels it could be convincing as a road bike.
May be worth looking if you can find something second hand buy barely used on eBay from last years cycle scheme types.
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Any recommendations or thoughts would help!
What he said:
You will never go from two bikes to one.
You think you will, but you won't.What are your two bikes at the moment?
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Genesis Vagabond, if you really want 'go anywhere', and if you can find one.
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Also you said;
bike for weekend touring, off road shenanigans and plus occasional commutes.
You can commute on pretty much anything and while its nice to have a commuter you enjoy, you don't need your commuter to be enjoyable the way a recreational bike does.
I'd seriously ask yourself the following:
- How much weekend touring are you going to do? Will you camp and why?
- How much off road will you do and what type of off road?
(estimate actual hours in the saddle)
If forced, my "one bike" would be a road like bike with decent clearance and rack mounts. Then maybe two sets of wheels/tyres. But that is because I am more likely to have roads to ride on than off road and I wouldn't want a boring bike. Plus if I did have easy access to off road I'd use a car and an mtb.
Based purely on what you've said so far, I'd buy a mtb that can take a rack. I wouldn't buy a heavy tourer or an "adventure bike".
- How much weekend touring are you going to do? Will you camp and why?
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I have a Trek 920, generally happy with it although not particularly enamoured with the crankset (now changed out to Shimano Deore)
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Am seriously tempted to get a fully functional go anywhere bike for weekend touring, off road shenanigans and plus occasional commutes. Also need to cut from 2 bikes to one, hence want a do anything steed.
Have managed to save some cash to make a long term investment so looking at either Surly Disc Trucker, Salsa Fargo or Trek 920. Anyone got any advice? Salsa Fargo is the most expensive and am tempted with the 920 via cycle 2 work scheme but figure a credit card purchase from LBS would work out about the same.
Any recommendations or thoughts would help!