Originally Posted by rollo
What’s wrong with your Torelli? At 10 years old you should have it just broken in. If the issue is with your Panniers get a different rack. Cheaper than a new bike. If you must have a new bike I’d look into the Voodoo
http://www.voodoocycles.net/home.html . Has rack mounts, fender mounts and should be available in Europe.
The Torelli has no rack and fender mounts. It's also about 2cm too large for me to ride comfortably in the city. It's quite difficult to do a one foot curb jump with it.