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Rate or hate? Could it be used as a tourer also? What length rides do you do on it? What needs upgrading?
julian wilsons wife has one for commuting, you could ask him. IIRC then the wheels needed re-truing/tensioning after day one but all else seems good so far.
bought one for £200new off ebay for commuting duties with a view to replacing all the nasty low end groupset for deore. Used it now for 4/5 moinths, added a rack and some brand-X/CRC £15 panniers and its actually become one of my favourite bikes. Its just an honest no frills gets on with it kinda bike. I actually havnt felt the need to ditch the shifters/mechs&cranks yet, i'll replace them when they wear out-they work okay. I've done my grease nipple mod on the hubs and the wheels are still true but overall arnt the best quaility wheels.
Rolls a lot better than a mountain bike on knobblies but not as good as a full on road bike, chromo frame and 45 tyres take the edge off potholes/broken tarmac.
For £200 it cant be beaten, for touring duties however you'd have to budget a mechs, cranks, headset and wheel upgrade and see how it compares.
OH had one for commuting duties - which is exactly what it's designed for. Perfect. Nicked. 🙁
Touring - sure, why not? But you can get an old steel road bike for buttons and it would be just as light. It's all the bits & bobs for touring that are expensive ime/imo.
rnp - your grease nipple mod - tell me more
racing_ralph - Memberrnp - your grease nipple mod - tell me more
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/grease-nipple-xt-hubs