Originally Posted by
jimmytango
My commute to work is 14 miles one way, and this winter I will have fenders. I will (hopefully) be getting a new bike within the next month. I know I will be getting something with gears. Do I go steel touring and throw fenders on (I plan to do soke light touring next year anyhow), put fenders on a cross bike, or go for the carbon road bike I'm eyeing and commute on the Lager with fenders?
Also, opinion on Velocity hubs?
If it were me, I'd set up a cross bike as a touring bike.
Originally Posted by
Leukybear
They are just rebranded formula hubs... can't go wrong with formulas, the econobox workhorse hub of SS/FG. They should be cheaper unbranded.
This, but not a lot of places stock unbranded Formulas though.