Max spend £1300 road bike. What would you buy?

But getting paid for it is the very definition of professional....

Never had a Shimano QR fail on me. They just work. And the top end ones look good too....

If you're only looking at the guy in front of you then you're going to crash whatever brakes you have, you need to look beyond them to anticipate...

As a woman, this works great for me! My chain broke once, and a kind guy stopped with a chain breaker and sorted it all out for me. We stopped at a...

Same. I also have gone through a bunch of their tyres, and only the extralight disappointed (torn sidewall) but the standards are fantastic....

thanks for the ideas....

Indeed - but it's no more inconsistent than our current road design - very often UK high streets are "for shopping" and also a busy through route....

If you ask the world's leading economic commentators how many people have been rescued from abject poverty by capitalism the average answer would...