grahamjenks
New Member
Thanks all for the input.
I went to Evans the other day to have a look, they had the Fuji Tread 1.1 - and for what's supposed to be a 'heavy' AVB bike it seemed light enough to me, however, I'm still waiting on my C2W vouchers and am away next week so didn't reserve one, and I think (looking at their website) that its now sold in my size. I did see the Arkose and have to say it looks pretty nice (and the pics above certainly look good) - its toward the upper end of my budget. Thanks Smutchin for the details on AVB vs CX, I pretty much figured most of that out from various reviews/promo blurb but very helpful to hear it from real world experience, also agree on the gears - the numbers you've given are very helpful.
I think I'll be back to Evans in the next couple of days to put a deposit down, I'll ask them if I can take a closer look at the Arkrose 2 (the Arkrose 1 might possible, its SORA - should I be too worried about this?) the Norco Search S2 (although it's not go a Carbon Fork as far as I can tell).
Decisions, decisions...
I went to Evans the other day to have a look, they had the Fuji Tread 1.1 - and for what's supposed to be a 'heavy' AVB bike it seemed light enough to me, however, I'm still waiting on my C2W vouchers and am away next week so didn't reserve one, and I think (looking at their website) that its now sold in my size. I did see the Arkose and have to say it looks pretty nice (and the pics above certainly look good) - its toward the upper end of my budget. Thanks Smutchin for the details on AVB vs CX, I pretty much figured most of that out from various reviews/promo blurb but very helpful to hear it from real world experience, also agree on the gears - the numbers you've given are very helpful.
I think I'll be back to Evans in the next couple of days to put a deposit down, I'll ask them if I can take a closer look at the Arkrose 2 (the Arkrose 1 might possible, its SORA - should I be too worried about this?) the Norco Search S2 (although it's not go a Carbon Fork as far as I can tell).
Decisions, decisions...