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Sorry who's bike is one of the best in the genre? ;)
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This is basically what my CAADX does, surprisingly going for the lowest end frame has meant that it's got all the braze ons and that I'll ever need and can be built to ride as quick as a proper road bike. The only real downside is some extra weight.
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Was doing some google day dreaming last night after riding my cross bike home, and have decided that I can get rid of two bikes (sell my Giant and strip my Cannondale) and get something significantly more suited to the resulting hole in my bikes and the kind of riding I want to do.
Ideally, I would have a disc road bike that would serve as a wet weather and winter roadie and be fast enough to do winter club runs or Regents laps, but with enough clearance for big tyres; bridleway bashing, canal paths and gravel. I've also been doing some longer rides, so something that's comfortable enough for a 300+km audax, or a couple of days bikepacking. It will have a frame pump. Basically, full Prolly bait.
This all kicked off when I found some nice builds of the Twin Six Standard Rando, so that's a good starting point. Also looking at the Shand Stooshie (can't stand that name) and a few others like the Brother Kepler (soon to come with carbon fork, I hear). Just going to start off with some nice bikes for #inspo
What other bikes should I be looking at, and who is making cheap customs at the moment?
The Ti Rando is also pretty special
Obviously @psee's is one of the best of the genre
