Thinking of a flat barred road bike with clearance for bigger tyres for touring and maybe light off road.

Anything lighter than a hybrid available? Ie more road-biased?

Edit looking low-mid end for c2w (please keep this from c2w-Nazi druidh)

cross bike with flat bars?
i've seen them about so they do exist

Charge mixer?

Won't get lighter/quicker than this

http://www.boardmanbikes.com/hybrid/hybrid_LTD.html

Used this for a bit of light off roading

http://www.boardmanbikes.com/hybrid/hybrid_pro.html

2X2 series of LandRover bikes seems ok. Aluminium frames, Shimano gearing and breaking, Continental tyres.

Ridgeback Day One Flatbar – Singlespeed, though.

How about trying to keep the c2w nazi happy by recommending a Marin?

try giving sjscycles/Thorn a call- surely there's something in the Thorn stable that'd fit that bill.

These are quite popular at the min

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=44385

the kaffenback will take 32c.

and the uncle john will go to 38c

Kona Dr Dew

Sorry to be so helpful Al.

singular peregrin? they're very nice frames, but not off the peg

CracknFail BadBoy ?

Roadrat? TBH for what you describe I'd get a Boardman hybrid.

i have built 2 such bikes recently.
a surly longhaultrucker fitted with 28mm tyres, flat carbon bars is ideal.

Friend of mine uses a Spesh Tricross with flat bars.
Ian

I have an on-one scandal 29er (the original one with IS disc mount) that I use as my winter bike, RC31's, flat bars, FSA RD wheels & a 2×9 drivetrain.
Its a fast bike on SS tyres, still fast enough on full CX tyres, just about sub 20lbs either way, not exactly off the peg though, how about a flat bar uncle john? maybe a bit short in the TT though.

Cheers.

Mike Varley at Black Mountain Cycles has just the thing you need. Exclusive too! Monstercrosstastic.

http://blackmountaincycles.blogspot.com/search/label/Black%20Mountain%20Cycles%20frames

After so ruthlessly picking apart the argument of 'CX bikes-as-real offroad bikes' the other day, I would have thought you would have seen through the wrongness of 'flat-barred roadbikes'?
Sorry, Cynic_Al, had to be said!
Get some proper drops, ya sap! 😀

what the guy from "on the buses" ? wondered what he was up to these days

3 peaks won this year on flats………

Not won on a flat-barred ROADbike though!

Sounds like a job for a Pompino and an Alfine hub.

Not won on a flat-barred ROADbike though!

Not much different though .Bottom bracket a bit higher and angles maybe slacker but the op said he wanted it for easy off roading so a flat bar crosser is ideal

I'm not dissing flat-barred crossers- they have their pluses; the ability to run good V-brakes or even hydraulic discs for example.
Cynic-al did say though "more road biased" and the only advantage of flats on a more road biased bike is the ability to use much-cheaper-than-road-STI mountainbike shifter pods.

singular periguine

west kipper – Member
After so ruthlessly picking apart the argument of 'CX bikes-as-real offroad bikes' the other day, I would have thought you would have seen through the wrongness of 'flat-barred roadbikes'?

I'm not sure how the 2 are related, but this bike isn't for me in any case.

the only advantage of flats on a more road biased bike is the ability to use much-cheaper-than-road-STI mountainbike shifter pods

Some folk will find flats more comfotable and stable.