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Quincy
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I need a new bike for Club Runs through Winter and some longer rides in the spring.
I'm selling a motorbike so will have up to £1800 to spend.
Comfort is important but I'm not ready for anything too laid back yet.
Disc brakes with through axles seems a good idea to future proof it?
28mm tyres with mudguard seems a good idea
I like steel frames.
My thoughts so far are:
Genesis Equilibrium- seems quite expensive for what you get
Cinelli Vigorelli disc- no mudguard mounts, so-so tubing, 555mm stack so fun
Spa Cycles Elan- 613mm stack probably a bit too laid back
Keppler Stroma-interesting
Fairlight strael -somehow dosent inspire me to pay a premium
Condor- bloody hell they know how to charge, every component added is at list, may as well build it myself.
Ribble 725 endurance disc-£1400 looks like a bargain, not bothered about Ribble snobbery but no deliveries till December and they want all the money up front, not a bad business model i suppose. Only 25mm tyres with mudguards
Planet x hurricane-£1800, never used Sram stuff before, planet x snobbery, no online reviews.
Have I missed anything?
Should I compromise?
I'm happy to build up a bike myself, never worked on bicycle hydraulic brakes but have 2X6 pot + rear linked motorbike brakes