In true new years fashion I want to change my bike for commuting in the new year.

Currently ride a borrowed 2010 Specialised Allez, as its borrowed its pretty big, 61cm and over 12kg, a 58cm would be spot on for me. Something lighter would also be nice.

My commute is 14 miles each way, about 3 miles of this is on a rough cycle path, the 25c tyres don’t quite give enough comfort on this. There’s about 300feet of climbing going to work and over 1000ft going home in a lot of traffic. Sometimes i take a long way home for extra miles/climbing so something thats more road biased than CX would be good.

*Probably be cycle to work scheme, so 1k limit.
*Preferably with a decent BB, i’ve had PF30 on a previous bike and it drove me nuts. But this was a Specialised stump FSR so maybe it just can’t take the dirt.
*Disc brakes
*Mud guard mounts would be nice, but not essential – Not bothered with rack mounts.
*Lighter that previous bike.
* Compact

Currently looking at the following…

PlanetX London Road
Giant Defy Disc
Specialised Diverge
Cannondale Synapse
Charge Plug
Genesis CDA 10/20
GT Grade

Anything else I should be looking at?

Thanks, and happy new year.

Mango Point AR, Shimano 105 build, £750

I’d post a link but something on this page keeps crashing my browser

From your list of requirements I would suggest Whichever model of “Arkose” from Evans fits your budget best, I know two people who have had them recently and both seem very happy, or the Grade from your list…

Not a London Road (speaking as a London Road owner) I like the bike, but service and quality seem to be slipping lately, and you want a solid bike, with some reliable backup… Not PX territory IMO.

http://www.mangobikes.co.uk/bikes/point-r-road/point-r-shimano-105

Liking the look of both those, Mango especially. Thanks both. 🙂

@shermer – strange – holiday gremlins, that page won’t load on my ipad (only in readsr view no pics), might be an Apple related problem of course

might be an Apple related problem of course

Yep, I was using an iPod Touch. Works fine on my laptop 🙂

Bump for any other options.