thanks for all the ideas and comments guys
I take the comment about gear range of the alfine
but still really like the idea of discs, the brakes on my Charge plug are shocking in the wet
I hadn’t looked at it before because of the price but the Genisis Croix De Fer looks pretty good too.
and after looking about it can be had for £1000
plus
It’s even the holder of a Guinness World Record since in 2010, in pursuit of an often-contested record, Vin Cox rode his Croix De Fer around the world faster than anyone has managed before
sounds like a pretty good confirmation that it’s a very capable tourer too.
tbh looking at it, it isn’t really a CX bike at all is it, certainly not one for racing on anyway, but i was never looking at the racey end of CX anyway with rack mounts
So I think I may have made my mind up. Just a shame it’s not the same colour as the Day 1, I really liked the look of it.