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Recommend me a racing commuter (for approx €1000)

droidus · 2017-08-17 13:24:55

Hey all, the wife's BTW is coming up shortly and she wants to bite the bullet on a new steed. Needs to be a good mix of sturdy, practical, mudguard friendly whilst also being reasonably light and sleek. She's currently riding an ageing Giant Rapid 2. Ive been pushing a hub geared option based on my own commuter, but TBH,…

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17-08-2017 2:24pm

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droidus

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Hey all, the wife's BTW is coming up shortly and she wants to bite the bullet on a new steed. Needs to be a good mix of sturdy, practical, mudguard friendly whilst also being reasonably light and sleek. She's currently riding an ageing Giant Rapid 2.

Ive been pushing a hub geared option based on my own commuter, but TBH, there arent many options in that price range other than the Genesis day one 20 (and that has a Nexus hub), and Im not sure she'd be too happy with the extra weight anyway.

I know next to nothing nothing about race bikes, so any suggestions gratefully appreciated.

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