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Has anyone got a Verenti Substance? I've read varying reports on them so wasn't sure what to make of them.

Brilliant. Thanks for the suggestions and if anyone has anymore to contribute please keep the ideas coming. Looks like I have plenty of research to do!

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I have £800 to spend on a new bike. It'll be used mostly for commuting and weekend rides and for a few days touring each year.

I have been thinking of a Croix de Fer 10 or something similar. Any helpful views/reviews of other folk's similar bikes would be most welcome to help me decide.

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Thanks Si, Bonefishblues and Rusty Spanner. Some excellent info gained from your insights. I think I might be swaying towards the Revolt. It seems the most fun unloaded and can still fit 35s or 40s no bother as well as take a a few days touring. I shall report back on my final decision. Very many th...

Many thanks to everyone for their contributions on this. In answer to your question MarcusT - I had a Giant defy 3 (which I no longer have) but it was a decent fit and the fit chart from Giant seems to have me in the same part of the chart for the Revolt, if that makes sense? Any more bike suggestio...

I'm looking to buy one of these two in the next week or two. It'll be used mostly as a try to regain some fitness/ride to work bike and mostly for weekend jaunts of around 30-50 miles all being well, but I would like to have a go at touring with a tent this Summer. Not sure what one would be most co...

Can anyone tell me if they're is much point in me shelling out the extra money for the Genesis bike over the Dawes Galaxy Cromo? They both look in and around the same weight too. I'm hoping to buy one or the other soon for a two week tour and then to use for commuting duties mostly. http://www.genes...

Anyone got any experience of having ridden and compared both of these bikes :

Genesis Croix de fer 10 vs. the Surly Cross Check. I've only ridden the Croix de fer 20 (2015 ie. 725 frame).

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Thanks for the reply DevonDamo.

Maybe the 59cm bike will be a better option for me then. I'll maybe give Wiggle a call before ordering.

Thanks again.

Hello folks I am looking to buy this bike as a cheap commuter and potential 2-3 day touring bike but I have little experience of hybrid bikes. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kona-dewey-2015/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=5360675170&ci_src=18615224&ci_sku=5360675170uk&utm_source=google...

Hello all I have liked the look of this Bianchi bike for a few year now (well, the canti version) and only today found out that you can buy one of these in the UK. Any thoughts on this Bianchi bike in relation to the Croix de fer 2015 or the Cross Check 2015? I have tried out a 54cm 2015 Croix and i...

Many thanks to everyone for posting here.

This has all been really useful.

Looks like it will either be a Vaya or a Spa Cycles tourer for me!

I'm gonna go test ride them both in January

Thanks again to everyone.

Hello all I've been thinking about my new bike purchase for a while now and I have narrowed it down to a few bikes. The Salsa Vaya 3 seems a good all round option for commuting and touring. The Spa Audax bike seems very practical but is only available in black which I'm not so fussed on colour wise....

Thanks to all of you for your thoughts on this. 531colin this is the closest geometry wise that I could find. An older model but I take it still the same geometry. I did have a Dawes Horizon last year (2012 - 53cm) and it was confortable but I wouldn't have wanted it to have been any larger. Again, ...

Thanks to both of you for replying. Please keep the information on this coming as I live well away from a Dawes dealer with one of these bikes in stock.

Any suggestions on an alternative light touring bike in the range of about £700-800 welcome also.

Many thanks.