I love my Alpenchallenge, but the eccentric bottom bracket they spec is cheap sh*t, had to replace mine, also have broken many spokes, cause that’s the way I roll.
Originally Posted by
surak
If you want to stretch your budget a bit, there's also the BMC Alpenchallenge, the cheapest with IGH has a MSRP of $1,299:
https://www.bmc-switzerland.com/us-e...enge-ac02-one/ , which I think is the one another co-worker has. That co-worker's had some issues with his (broken spokes and belt tension that's apparently tricky to tune are the biggest), although he rides it a lot more that I do my Continuum Onyx