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  • Can a 2011 Giant Defy 4 (compact) (link) be beaten as a cheap/cheerful everyday beater/pub bike/3-day tourer at the moment? Can be had BNIB for £400?

    ^ my thoughts exactly when a friend asked me to set hers up last weekend. Nice frames.

    However her bike is pre owned and has decent tyres and Orbea carbon fork. With those mods it's actually as light as the average steel road/fg bike. It takes 28c tyres if you use clip-on 'guards. I think giant make special guards to fit these bikes, but then 25c is your max?

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