I have ridden to work for years and my avanti blade flat bar road bike is worn out.
I really like the old fashioned classic look of the charge bikes, particularly the mixer.
You can get an eight speed internal hub or even a 11 speed internal hub. It also has disc brakes.
the 11 speed I think needs to be imported from britain by the wholesaler here and it costs about 1700 delivered.
I think the advantages of a hub bike is it hopefully requires less maintenance and the disc brakes should work a lot better.
The advantages of a cross city is that it is a lot cheaper but it doesn't have that classic look.
I'm also concerned that I will struggle with 11 gears as i normally use the granny gear for two hills and I carry a fair bit in panniers. I ride about 14 kms in total a day and i'm a bit overweight.
Should I go for the classic superb looking expensive bike or the practical giant cross city
I really like the old fashioned classic look of the charge bikes, particularly the mixer.
You can get an eight speed internal hub or even a 11 speed internal hub. It also has disc brakes.
the 11 speed I think needs to be imported from britain by the wholesaler here and it costs about 1700 delivered.
I think the advantages of a hub bike is it hopefully requires less maintenance and the disc brakes should work a lot better.
The advantages of a cross city is that it is a lot cheaper but it doesn't have that classic look.
I'm also concerned that I will struggle with 11 gears as i normally use the granny gear for two hills and I carry a fair bit in panniers. I ride about 14 kms in total a day and i'm a bit overweight.
Should I go for the classic superb looking expensive bike or the practical giant cross city