- £400 (ish) top price
- hydraulic disc brakes
- braze-ons or equivalent to mount a rear rack
Happy with 27.5 or 26 (if they still exist...), don't want 29s, frame M/~17"
Pete.
reohn2 wrote:BTW why the 29er prejuduce?
pjclinch wrote:Whatever the wheel size, it looks nice, but will it take a rack reasonably easily? Tricky to see if there are any eyelets on the pics... Shouldn't be any problem putting my Klickfix wicker basket on the bars, at any rate...
Pete.
hamster wrote:Frankly £400 doesn't get you much in the way of a new bike - lots of heavily compromised bits to hit the price point. However £150 will get you a complete new Deore groupset, £250 with discs. I'd consider transplanting that onto the existing bike if you find it comfortable and don't need to pay for a new frame, bars, stem, saddle etc.
https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-de ... 62877.html
https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-de ... 70201.html