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I ride my charge filter as my winter Devon lanes proof roadie / commute / mixed on and off road bike a lot. It's my cheapest bike and probably most often used. It's really fun to ride off road and comfy on....... But......
On a sunny summers day with some exmoor hllls to climb and some roadie mates I wouldn't trade my carbon roadie for anything. It's definitely faster up and downhill for less effort ( and there is lots of climbing here) and I love the feeling of efficiency and directness it has that the steel charge doesn't.
If I could only have one it'd be a very difficult choice!
Well it's arrived and I've done my 1St comute on a cx bike. It's everything I'd expected almost as quick on smooth roads as the road bike quicker and more importantly comfier everywhere else. Hydro disc stoppers are better than calipers straight away on this wet morning aswell.
Never got round to adding a picture of the cx bike. My comutes have got alot longer and interesting since i got the boardman. My road bike hasnt even moved of its hook.
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Those of you running two sets of wheels.. Do you have any problems with having to align the mech and brakes each time or are you able to just switch the wheels over and ride?
Back wheel works fine. For some reason the front brake disk rubs when I switch, I just adjust the caliper - two minute job.
To be honest, I tend not to switch too much now - it's got trail tyres on it at the moment and they will be staying until at least the end of the summer so I can hit the cheeky trails on the way home.
Will swap back if somebody suggests a long road ride to me though...
I tend to stick to the roads when commuting in winter so I swap around a bit more.
Since buying my CX, I've dust build up on my mtb and road bike.
Just does it all.
Trying to sell all my road stuff now 🙂