I want a road bike commuter, Sorry, it's a What Bike thread.

[Sebastian Tombs]

Collective PH wisdom,

I'd like to replace my 2016 Trek Allant 7.4, because, well basically, I absolutely hate it. It's too heavy, and it somehow manages to be both twitchy and ponderous at the same time. And it has horrible fat tyres, 2 chainrings I will never use and geometry that causes me discomfort no matter how I adjust it.

What I do like about it is that it has room for mudguards and excellent hydraulic disc brakes.

My other commuter is completely the other way - a 2008 Cinelli Vigorelli fixed gear with flat bars. I absolutely love riding this bike, but it's no good for every day because hills and old-man-knees.

So what I think i want is a road-oriented bike that feels like the Vigorelli to ride, but has hydraulic discs and 1x10 or 1x11 gears. Flat bars would be a bonus. And I want to spend less (quite a bit less) than 2 grand. I'll build it if you can recommend the kit, but if there's a good OTP one then great.

Any recommendations?

[Sebastian Tombs]

Thanks all. Excellent suggestsions.

I've thought about buying a frame and building something. It's definitely a possibility.

I hadn't considered Alfine hubs - that is a good shout.
I had a Nexux 7 hub once and I didn't think it was all that good, but I always liked a Sturmey Archer.

Those BMCs look nice. I see that for 2k there's an 11 speed carbon fork variant which looks tempting.

[Sebastian Tombs]

I went and had a look at an Alpinechallenge 01 ONE at the weekend while I was in Paris. I think it will be my next bike when the UK gets some more stock and I get a cyclescheme voucher. No idea why it's not in any Evans shops until then...