thanks 🙂
Haven’t washed any of them in the last year or so, only occasional wipe down after a really shitty ride, decent guards keep most of the muck off, and polished bits hide the scratches pretty well, doubly so on camera. All they ever need is brakepad scum wiping off and a bit of lube every now and then, several thousands of miles under their belts between them and used in all weathers.
The Mercian is fixed/free, mostly ridden free and is lazily comfortable, a little under-geared but excellent for spinning along and keeping warm on winter club runs.
The Trek is my old Winter/Audax bike and is perfect in every way for me except lacking in tyre clearance, hence….
The Singular, bought to replace the Trek and is absolutely ace, comfy, quick enough, and the handling is brilliant with the 60mm offset fork on it, nimble but stable and fits 35c without guards 30c at a push with them, I’ve only put about 1200 miles on it so far but It’s shaping up to be one of my most favourite bikes ever.