Possibly a Ritchey for next season.
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Cross porn !!
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Steve Potts Ti CX with S&S couplings.
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You do not need disc brakes FOR RACING on a cross bike!! Never raced and felt under equipped on my carbon TRP frog legs!! And at the last Super Prestiege round there was one person on discs in all cats..
Indeed but since when does everyone limit their cross bikes to only cross racing?
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Thats why there are 2 breeds of cross bike...
Race bikes, still been made year on year. Big bb drops, no bottle cages, steep seat tubes and a super short head tube...
Your also seeing more appearing with more relaxed geo that can be bimbled around. Come with 2 bottle mounts and a nice tall head tube for comfort...
If there was any performance gain to be had racing with discs they would be doing it already. Half the elite field are mtb riders. Companies that have given their riders the option as Cannondale did all demoed discs but raced on Avid Ultimate canti's... Those disc equipped Cannondales have not been seen at a race since.
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I'm with RD - that blue Kite is the cats pyjama's.
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I know it's not to everyone's taste but I've always had a thing for the Colnago Prestige myself.
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Oh no, you've got me bike stalking now...
I borrow my 'cross bike and spend way too much time playing 'when I get my own bike'... just throw paraffin on that fire, why don'tcha?
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Steel race bikes? FAIL, this isn't 1987.
Why?
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Just built up my Seven Mudhoney SL for this season with Campagnolo, Thomson, Pauls, Ambrosio Nemesis and FMB tubulars.
Matches my other one which now lives overseas so only gets ridden on holidays (more's the pity).
She'll do me nicely until my Speedvagen turns up. Just placed my deposit for one of the 2012 batch with the upgraded ENVE seat top and integrated stem. I won't be using disc brakes for cross. Something quite pure about cantis and they stop me fine. Now starts the long wait until September 2012 when Sascha builds them. Grrr.
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Just bought this from the Tesco of bike makers, I rode it 38 miles on an almost flat road last weekend to see how my back felt and can report no stiffness or pain at all, it would make a great tourer and it has destroyed my prejudice against aluminium as a frame material. As a winter trainer (which is why I bought it) it is nice and nippy on forestry tracks though you wouldn't want to take it into mountain bike territory for too long. A couple of hours of mixed riding leaves you feeling well exercised and happy.
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Matches my other one which now lives overseas so only gets ridden on holidays (more's the pity).
(you're forgiven as you're getting a speedvagen)
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Never ever seen anything like these at races. The closest being an original SwissCross.
Still fancy one of those though.Posted 6 months ago # -
oldgit you should venture to the London league. Some folk ride some mental kit!!
I am pretty sure I will be ordering a Cielo for next season. Also love Speedvagen but I can not get a deal on those!!
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I can get a deal on a Ritchey, and they look pretty useable.
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A couple that do it for me........
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Vanilla bikes are the people behing Speedvagen I believe! I may be wrong tho. The wait on a Vanilla is somthing nuts like a year or so!
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I still have a liking for the Yeti ARC x
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Vanilla bikes are the people behing Speedvagen I believe! I may be wrong tho. The wait on a Vanilla is somthing nuts like a year or so!
Sasha helped design them but they are built by another framebuilder/s, the wait for a Vanilla though was up 5 years but the order book is now closed until further notice.Posted 6 months ago # -
The Ritchey does look cool, to my eyes would be better with silver post and stem though. Anyway, here's a couple more.
Colnago Rabobank Team bike
IF Planet X
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If you ever think about selling that colnago big ted give me a shout - it's beautiful
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My Salsa Chili Con Crosso on Dundry (near Brizzle) earlier this afternoon. 'Cross bikes are ace.
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If like the Swisscross might like Richard Sachs
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Still a multi year waiting list on a lugged frame seems odd?
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What's the latest on the Singular Kite, hasn't in been an idea for two years now?
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A more upto date RaboBank cross bike, the 2012 season Giant
As demo'd by Emil Lindgren at last weeks club session
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Singular newsletter says Kite for sale, looks nice but not convinced will be any better than my crosscheck
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Not expensive but I rode a Focus Mares today!! And it was lovely!!
Full pimp build for sub 3k
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