My commuter frame finally gave in (alu gt edge) after lots of years of love. sometimes road duty, which would likely find me wandering a bit and exploring a dirt road. ie: needs to handle fat tires ~1.8 is fine, frame needs to be fine with ~30lb load). every other year i ride the 7 day san juan huts system (200 miles of dirt, a butt load of climbing, and some singletrack. tours i have in mind are in the PNW, 3-5 day in length, light load <20lb. Occasionally i want it to tour so it needs to have eyelets for racks. i'm thinking the hyperx is off the list since it's not really designed to take a load. i'm on the fence with a good steel like the fastlane or hyperx or digging deep and going custom ti. though, it's main/daily tasks will be: commuting (hilly 15 mi RT), long dirt road rides, 50-70+ miles with lots of vert, and occasionally singletrack when i don't want to ride my mtb. i want it to have endurance characteristics for the long rides. I'm looking for a 'utility' bike that is (relatively) fast and light. I've scoured the web and haven't been able to find much beyond them being recommended without expanding on personal experience details. Anyone have a fastlane and care to provide some feedback? happy with it? is it a pig? too touring oriented or can it get down at a cx race?
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