• 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.

  • Specialized Sequoia

    Yeah I did think that, but they're few and far between now.

    I quite like the Diverge, but the Roubaix sl8 looks pretty good, takes wider tyres and has three bottle cages and can take mudguards.

    Anyone ridden one?

    Thanks for the other suggestions too all.

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