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Hope this is the right thread..... I might be a bit too far "roady" maybe??
looking for recommendations for an 75% road, 25% light gravel bike. have tried to dig through previous posts, but there are a lot of them! Aiming for:
approx 35 mm tyre clearance (without mudguards)
clean, simple look ie no vertical "kink" in the seat stays
nice and comfy - doesn't need to be fast
2x groupset
would like to avoid the "big" manufacturers if poss
don't mind buying bits and pieces slowly and building up / mixing and matching
No fixed thoughts on frame material
up to £2k ish, hoping to get something 2nd hand so more expensive (when new) possible
Ribble CGR (probably carbon) seems to come up in this thread a bit and is probably my front runner, and Giant Defy seems to get a lot of love, but probably not gravely enough. For some weird reason I'm not a huge fan of Strael. Can't help feeling there's something more interesting out there though....?
Any thoughts or suggestions gratefully received!
THanks