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.
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.