Captain Stupido
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@Captain Stupido Did you look at the Marin DSX range? If so, what were your thoughts? (Aside from the brown one being brown!)
I've been mainly looking at the Spa website recently...particularly the Aubisque which currently seems really good value (I think perhaps it's an older model that's been replaced). I like the way they spec their bikes and the custom options, plus I like steel frames. Their range is more tour/audax focussed than I was originally thinking but my gut feeling is that what they offer is closer to being a bike that I might keep for life than anything else I've looked at.
Those Marins are really appealing actually and look decent value. I'm just not sure that the vibe of an alu/carbon bike is really what I want. My heart says steel, although weirdly the carbon framed / aluminium forked Giant Cadex is still the bike I'm riding most these days... so what do I know? My gut feeling is I'd get bored of it though - not sure why - maybe it's just a bit too modern?