Hello,

This must have been asked a hundred times and, sorry, I've not done any searching yet... but if anyone has the patience, here goes.

I'm thinking of swapping my Cannondale CAAD 8 road bike (I'm not much of a speed merchant) for something to do Audax/Randonneuring – which I've never done before. I've done marathon running and long distance mountain treks and now I'd like to do some endurance cycling.

The Cannondale is pretty comfortable (both by reputation and from my own limited 30-ish mile rides), but it's a racing frame/geometry and having no other experience of road bikes I don't know what I should be looking for. Particularly confused by seemingly sage comments I've read, such as: 'Pretty much any road bike will do' and '... get a cyclocross bike..'

With a budget of up to £1200.00 (preferably £800.00-1000.00) what would you suggest I look at?

Thanks.
MF.