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Im thinking of buying a new bike, I have not done this since I spent my savings on a BMX when I was 16 that turned out to be really bollox and put me off BMX altogether.
The bike will be mainly for urban commuting but also possibly a bit of touring, and I especially relish the idea of disc brakes and full mudguards for winter.
I was eyeing up stuff in the area of disc equipped cross bikes, hybrids like Kona Dew drop, marin & genesis's disc equipped offerings and alfine stuff too like Day one or Pompetamine.
But I have just had an epiphany. All of these options (with 700c wheels) seem to be in the region of £700+ The Kona Dew drop is the cheapest at £400 from CRC which has been massively discounted, but it doesnt even come with a rack or mudguards and is possibly too geeky and hybridy even for me.
The epiphany part is that XC mtb's are much better value. There seems to be an abundance of stuff in the £400 region, some stuff for less and an absolute glut of them second hand. All with better parts - hydro discs, better cranks etc) for much less money.
So now im considering an MTB for road duty, it would also give me a more versatile bike that I can even use for off road. But ive never actually ridden a MTB road setup and dont know how they compare to road/700c bikes.
I was wondering if anyone would care to comment about road mtb setups, how they feel/comparison to 700c for urban commuting and touring etc and if you have pics of your own setups then Id like to see them too.