• I bought the Verenti Substance II Apex (wiggle in-house brand). It's really, really good. After a fair amount of looking I don't think it's possible to get more bike for the money at ~£1k mark. Sram Apex 1, WTB tyres and rims, carbon fork, absolutely perfect for me. V excited to do a few longer rides on it. Would like another set of wheels for dedicated road rides though so I don't have to do tyre swapping (37s over 80 miles? Fuck that).

    Also the orange colour is about 10x better in real life.

  • Looks tasty. And would echo the point about wider tyres on the road not being any slower; as long as they're reasonably supple and you're not absolutely caning it the improved comfort and suspension gains more or less even out the aero losses.

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