What should I buy?
I posted a thread a month or two back talking about spending ~4$k on a new HT. Well, Tubbsy has talked me around and I'm instead blowing the budget on a new trail bike and buying a cheapy for commuting the dragging the kiddy trailer. But the problem is, the world has changed, I no longer understand it, and feel scared and threatened.
I was off the bike for close to two years and didn't keep up on the reading. In that time, a lot has changed and I kind of don't even know where to start anymore. So keen to get your thoughts on what I should get and why.
Budget $5k
Riding style - hack-plow: I like going up as much as I do going down, but I way 110kg and can't ride for shit. I currently ride a Remedy 9, which is pretty light for how robust it is and I'd like to try and replicate that as much as possible
I'm about 5/10-5/11 tall and am not keen to go super-slack, but need to grow out of the Remedy, which is a relatively tight geo.
I get worried about buying a bike that I've never even sat on to size up and am not keen to go super-boutique in terms of brand. Happy to buy a bike off the floor, happy to build one up as well. Would prefer new but would consider second hand if a bargain presented itself.
Open to advice.
I posted a thread a month or two back talking about spending ~4$k on a new HT. Well, Tubbsy has talked me around and I'm instead blowing the budget on a new trail bike and buying a cheapy for commuting the dragging the kiddy trailer. But the problem is, the world has changed, I no longer understand it, and feel scared and threatened.
I was off the bike for close to two years and didn't keep up on the reading. In that time, a lot has changed and I kind of don't even know where to start anymore. So keen to get your thoughts on what I should get and why.
Budget $5k
Riding style - hack-plow: I like going up as much as I do going down, but I way 110kg and can't ride for shit. I currently ride a Remedy 9, which is pretty light for how robust it is and I'd like to try and replicate that as much as possible
I'm about 5/10-5/11 tall and am not keen to go super-slack, but need to grow out of the Remedy, which is a relatively tight geo.
I get worried about buying a bike that I've never even sat on to size up and am not keen to go super-boutique in terms of brand. Happy to buy a bike off the floor, happy to build one up as well. Would prefer new but would consider second hand if a bargain presented itself.
Open to advice.