Hello,

I'm planning to buy a commuter bike and I'd like some advice from forum members.

I live in Bergen, Norway, it's very rainy here and quite mountainous. I used to ride a road/racing bike back in my home country (Poland), but now I was thinking about a hybrid or a cyclocross bike. What I'd like my perfect to have is:

• a light frame; I'm no expert here, but thousands of kms I made riding on a heavy steel frame taught me one thing: a good bike is a light bike;
• slick tires, but enough room to replace them with something more aggressive for winter;
• good brakes: preferably disc brakes, but perhaps good traditional cantilever-style or v-brakes would be enough?
• possibility of mounting a rack.

I thought of Trek FX series, like 7.5 or 7.6 FX (carbon 7.7 seems a bit too pricey), but they don't come with disc brakes and I guess it's rather difficult to replace brakes. Cannondale BadBoy is another option, but I've heard mounting a rack on a BadBoy can be a problem. Every cyclocross bike I looked at seems ok, but they're generally more expensive and less versatile (I think). My budget is about 10000 NOK (approx. $1700).

Should I think of some other bike that would suit my needs? Any other option worth exploring? Thanks in advance for any advice