Winter Road Bikes

So I need a replacement winter / all purpose bike after my Mason was hit by a car... I want internal Di2 compatibility, dynamo routing, disc brakes and geometry that makes it fun to ride (at least as lively as the mason was, ideally more).

I'd buy another swiss cross if it had the right cable routing!

I am considering a like for like replacement Mason, maybe a Standert (pfadfinder or Triebwork) - what else should I look at? I guess Fairlight is also an option?

Carbonda CFR696 ;)

I have not enjoyed any other winter bike as much as I did my Carbonda. Once my current bike dies its what I will get.

Hmmm I'd thought not carbon as this will also be the bike I sometimes put a kids seat on which clamps to the seattube....

Get Mason. Steel sucks.

Get one of these @andyfallsoff

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17233078/

I had a Resolution previously, but it didn't excite me and then I had the chance to buy a disc version of the Pretorius Outeniqua (already had the rim brake version, which I love riding), so I moved it on. However, it could only fit 25 mm tyres with mudguards and for Kentish lanes that wasn't enough. I haven't regretted getting this new Mason for one second, it's a great bike to ride.

I'm not sure it's that simple - my swiss cross was more fun to ride than my alu mason...

Interesting thanks - which model is it (I can't quite tell)?

It's the Mason Aspect.

https://masoncycles.cc/shop/categories/aspect-bikes

Ah looks nice - will wipe out my insurance money though (assuming I even get that!)

But still worth considering if it rides nice - I could chip in some of my own

Caad13?

Pfadfinder would be a bit tricky for Dynamo routing. I think a bit of an under the radar option that ticks the boxes is the Meteor works Aesir. I have the Bombtrack Hook Ext C which is the Carbonda 696 but with a T47 BB and it is very good!

How tough do you think on the pfadfinder? Appreciate it isn't t47 so would need to go round the BB somehow but that seemed the biggest issue (and is a pretty common one).

Meteor looks nice but I assume pricey as I can't get a frame only price easily from the website!

It's probably worth reaching out to Standert on shop@standert.de as they can ask their mechanics... they normally reply pretty quick!

I imagine the Pfadfinder would be fine for Dynamo routing, if there’s enough space for a di2 cable there’s enough space for a Dynamo cable next to it.

You’ll probably have to run the cable up the fork on the outside but you can make it look pretty neat using the those stick on di2 cable guides

Good shout - I've emailed them. Cheers @b0n0rv2 for the comments too, I think you'll probably be right.

I am wondering if a Fairlight is a more sensible option though...

Yeh you could do dynamo routing as described by @b0n0rv2, I do exactly the same on my Curve. The only slight difficulty could be that the fork on the Pfadfinder doesn’t have an mount on the front of the fork crown so you would need one that uses the eyelet on the back to mount a light at the crown. This might get tight if you want to use mudguards as well. In this regard, the fairlight is probably a better option and also has internal dynamo routing down the fork leg but the paint jobs don’t really do it for me.

The Pfadfinder is T47 though right?

Yeah just checked again and it is, should be loads of space for wiring then...

I can live without fork mount as I've had the same on the dead Mason, I use a bar mount instead

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Ah is that a curve? Nice, they look good - how does it ride?

Yeh the 1st round of steel GXR frames. It's Zona tubing so not the most high spec and the chainstay yoke probably adds quite a bit of weight but I really like the ride. It's the only bike I've had a bike fit on so the position works well for me. There is defintely toe overlap with the fenders though, and I'm only on 170mm cranks. I would like to try it with 650b wheels at some point.

Also has T47 BB with the dynamo and Di2 wire routed through a hole in the bottom of the BB shell.

Rear light is one of the tiny B&M ones mounted on the fender

very nice. what are you using the tidy the cable on the fork? is it just electrical tape?

It's actually one of the shimano di2 adhesive wiring strips. If everything clean they stick really nice, hasn't budged in 2+ years.

Have you looked at the caad13? If you want a lively feeling road bike that takes mudguards I really don’t think there’s any other way to go