Guinessisgoodforyou
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I have no words 
Best bike ever!
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Guinessisgoodforyou
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A nice bike that I've ridden extensively to make up for the aboveI have...
Carrera here are a brand that is derided in the UK. I say this to them.
I've a 708 Randonneur, two 708 Royals, a 531 Royal and a 531 Touriste. The Tanneri is as good as all of them, I've toured on it, I've beat the crap out of it off road where I've should be on a mountain bike. It just works.
Bought for £53 off eBay. I did just enough to make it work. I ran it for a year and it was knackered. New tyres, tubes, headset, bottom bracket, chainrings, chain, cassette, pads, cable's.
Used for another year, then replaced the wheels and the bars and stem with some flared gravel bars because they work and they were cheap, Thomson seat post so my fat arse doesn't snap it, now 9 speed Sora instead of 8 speed Claris. I actually bought another I love it that much, sold the parts and kept the frameset with a nice new FSA headset, this is coming after the accidental Royal.
