I'd like to keep the budget under 1.5k if I can. I'll be on mostly flat ground in post glaciated areas with decent paved roads. Wheel size 16"-20 and oversized luggage is fine since I have to check most of my equipment as oversized luggage anyway. The problem I have run into with my standard bike is that it takes so much time to ship and then have it built up at a local shop and then take it with me on the ferry which just wasnt a possibility in Shetland and the Hebridies.

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