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Dawes Galaxy?
biased, but I do love them.... and sell a fair few of them too
another vote for the surly cross check.
When we singlespad from dorset to Aviemore, Si (aka crash, sausage) took his cross check and it was spot on, and he then cahnaged tyres and raced it in the world single speed champs, the following week it was a road fixie... its at least 5 bikes in one.
burley bob
Here's a pic of my Kona Major Jake (XL). It has a disc mount and rack mounts. The Kinesis DC19 fork is disc only and has rack mounts. Fitted with Ultegra SL running gear, Avid BB7 discs and XT hubbed wheels it weighs about 22lbs. I'm based in Milton Keynes if you want a test ride.
The saddle height needs adjusting in the pix
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markenduro - The sutra is still in my top 3, cheers for your post.
charlie the bikemonger - Surly is in the top 3 too but I just don't think I can pull it off. What with no tats and about as much facial hair as a 13 year old school girl. Got a howies beamer though 🙂
ken_shields - thanks for the post and pics. I think one of the Kona Jake's is definently top of my list at the moment. I thought I had settled on a Jake the Snake but now that i have seen the major has disc mounts it's got me thinking. That and the fact I love white bikes 🙂
Thanks for the offer of a test ride. I have been trying to find a shop locally (East Anglia) that sells them so I can go and have a pootle around. I am fairly sure that I will need a 58cm but not sure about the top tube length and my reach...
Bob
My major is not standard paint so you won't get a white one off the shelf
Let me know if you want a test
Geometry
Size Head Seat Top Chain Head BB Stand
Angle Angle Tube stay Tube Height over
58cm 72.5" 73" 22.7" 17.1" 6.3" 11.2" 32.6"
60cm 72.5" 72.5" 23.2" 17.1" 7.1" 11.2" 33.3"
62cm 72.5" 72.5" 24" 17.1" 7.7" 11.2" 34"
I lied about the paint....there is a white one in the 2009 line up...not as nice as mine tho
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It's worth remembering that a proper tourer (e.g. Dawes Galaxy) will be ok for light-offroading. So do you want a CX bike that will cope with touring, or vice versa?
ransos - good point.
I think for the riding i do and coming from an off road background I would lean towards a "CX bike that will cope with touring".
Fair enough BB - I've seen a few threads along the lines of "which CX bike for touring?" which begs the question, why not buy a touring bike?
But if you're mainly using it for off-road, then a CX bike is obviously the best choice. Unless you buy two bikes...
ransos - with 5 bikes and a tandem in the stables i think that would be asking for trouble.