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  • Suggestions for nice carbon CX/flat bar, under £1k? Planet-X XLS or Saracen Hack
  • Lofty
    Free Member

    I’m in the market for an interesting CX or CX style flat bar bike but looking for inspiration what to buy. I really like the look and idea of the Planet X XLS in either (CX or flat bar guise) but I guess there must be other I should be considering? I’d like something with character (no boardmans), robust that can tackle urban / cyclytrack / tow path bike, including big mileage without too much fuss. Is there anything else I should be considering?

    I also quite like the Saracen Hack, which is a alloy but otherwise fits the bill?

    peatoire
    Free Member

    I get my XLS delivered tomorrow all being well, not sure if it helps but I narrowed my choice down to the XLS and the Canondale CAADX 105
    http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cannondale/caadx-disc-5-105-2014-cyclocross-bike-ec053952

    I actually much prefer the look of the Tiagra though:
    http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cannondale/caadx-disc-6-tiagra-2014-cyclocross-bike-ec053953

    Evans are doing a bike trade in £100 off for any bike, any condition so I was going to pick up a second hand kids bike for £15 to get the deal

    rhid
    Full Member

    I have a Saracen hack 1 and love it! Its my frst proper cx / do everythign road bike but I think its fantastic and its can be got for cheap. The only thing I changed on it straight away was the cassette for a 11-34 MTB XT one! It certainly looks a lot more interesting than a lot of bikes available at the minute.

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    nemesis
    Free Member

    interesting CX

    Planet X XLS

    er…

    Don’t get me wrong, I looked seriously at the XLS and thought it was good but aren’t On-One/PX bikes the opposite of ‘interesting’ (and that’s speaking as a fan of them). FWIW, I went for a Chinese carbon CX frame which I guess is ‘interesting’ in the sense that there aren’t that many about.

    Define ‘interesting’.

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