As per title , am now eligible for cyclescheme at work so gonna get a cyclocross , already ride a 29er ss so fancy giving the cyclocross a go , the limit is £1000 apparently so any advice/tips/suggestions would be good greatly appreciated
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What you actually gonna use it for?
Proper offroad, or more of a road bike that you can hop off kerbs? Or somewhere inbetween?
You fussed about having discs or not?
Hopefully use it for on and off road so was hoping to get discs but not essential
i would go discs if you can - make a huge difference for 'trail' riding
Yeh that's my thinking regarding discs , plus because its not 'technically' a road bike I don't 'technically' have to wear Lycra surely ?!?!
As its not a Cx bike you want ( not racing + not CX to my mind) you need something that will deal with good old fashioned "roughstuff" .
Just ensure it has mudgaurd eyes AND room for biggish tyres. Discs are nice in this context as stopping will be useful. Decide your price limit and see which looks nice. Me? Avoid anything with exposed cables at the front coz that looks tat.
Really can't fault my Boardman Team CX bought a year ago on Cyclescheme.
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I bought the lembeek for 1499, its ace.
Aka gilo where did u get ur boardman from cos halfords isn't on the list
Had an interesting chat with some bloke this aft, and he was saying there are not really any cross specific rims out there yet for discs, so you end up with a 29er rim, which is a bit much for a cross bike.
Extra weight to be lugging around if your on the road.
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Aka gilo where did u get ur boardman from cos halfords isn't on the list
My company uses Cyclescheme which only gives the option of getting a bike from Halfords, hence that's where I got it.
Which scheme does your employer use?
Don't stans do a cross rim iron cross or something.
Yeh mine is via cyclescheme aswell but says its only independent shops , typed in halfords and it didn't recognise
I've got a Tricross and love it. Nothing to compare it against I admit, but it seems a great bike.