Or you could follow the crowd and get a Trek 1.2

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/catego...k-12-10-37746/

Shaun

 

Cheers for the comments/advice folks I'm gonna go and try a few on for size this weekend me thinks

 

To paraphrase Keith Bontranger;

Strong. Light. Cheap. Pick Two.

 

I went to sherwood pines to see what fitted best for me, long story short, there were quite a few doing the trails and I decided to get the Attention so I could also do that, none in stock but ordered it, it should be here for the weekend

 

Well I decided to use my old cheapo mountain bike for the commute to work last night, 5.2 miles it took me 28 minutes and was very hard work, then what should have been a 8-9 hour steady shift turned into a 14 1/2 hour shift from hell, so I wasnt looking forward to the ride home but can honestly say I really enjoyed it, and if I can enjoy it after that shift it can only get better

 

It does

 

I certainly findcommuting on my bike makes me much more relaxed when I get home than when I used to drive, I even don't mind when it's raining