• Not sure if best place, but any recommendations on a nice functional, sporty bike?

    I love my AWOL, but the wheelbase, weight and tall head tube make day trips a bit tiring when wanting to go faster (as opposed to being a real joy on tours etc).

    Would need full fenders, absolute minimum of 32 tyre clearance (more better), will be using a bagman too for Carradice. Sporty, but not a race bike.

  • I have a Giant Revolt that I absolutely love and would recommend but you should first
    find out what kind of geometry you want because that is going to make the biggest
    difference.

  • Omnium CXC
    Pelago Stavanger

  • Surly midnight special
    soma wolverine
    Cube nuroad race fe or radon regard fe

  • This is a left field opinion, but how about a Specialized Sequoia? I used mine as a club ride bike for quite a while and with lighter road wheels and skinny, well skinny for something with clearance for 700x45c it was super comfortable and kept up ok. I had 700x32c with full guards at one point and there was plenty of space.
    But I’ll give a massive thumbs up for the Surly MS absolutely love mine, proper road geo and room for massive tyres or just run some smaller ones if you like.

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