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[Closed] convince me NOT to buy a CX bike in the coming months with your photos.

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🙁

i want.


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 4:45 pm
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oh, i'll be back tomorrow to view, as i have no internet at home 🙁


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 4:46 pm
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why?

do you have a singlespeed with mud tyres?
thats the way forward imo for winter hackery.


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 4:46 pm
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my photos are of a very high quality, but i doubt many shops would accept them as currency.


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 4:52 pm
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why? shits and giggles. got a SS but its a kona A FS jobbie... also have a 29er with a rohloff which i could run rigid with mud tyres.

but i want a CX too. cos it looks fun 😈
plus i reckon it'd be good for round where i live, not too techy trails and quite a bity of road.

lol @ flatboy


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 4:57 pm
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I love sliding around in the mud on my cx great laugh.


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 5:02 pm
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Just do it....you know you want to 😆


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 6:23 pm
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If I could only have one bike it'd be my CX. Just off out on it now actually! 🙂


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 6:27 pm
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old and sold
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newest addition
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as crazy-legs said if i could only have one bike it would be my surly 😉


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 6:38 pm
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based on my experience - you will buy a CX bike, never take it off-road and then it will get stolen

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Not mine - but nice.


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 6:52 pm
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Must get around to taking a better pic.
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Posted : 18/08/2009 6:59 pm
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I love mine. Livened up my commute no end and done wonders for my fitness.

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Posted : 18/08/2009 8:55 pm
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That ^ was the bike that got me into 'cross (and then back into mountain biking). It was reviewed in Cycling Plus in 2004 (?) and I fell in love. Never had enough folding to buy one though 🙁

Got this instead:

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Posted : 18/08/2009 8:57 pm
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Joe Nation I know what you mean I couldn't afford on back in 2004 and always wanted one, got the chance of buying this one off on-one earlier in the year. Great bike I love it though it does spend a lot of time on the road. Your Pompino is nice though must be one of the first I've seen with gears.


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 9:17 pm
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i do like the spesh tricross bike.think it's about £1100!!!


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 9:25 pm
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There's a VERY NICE looking Genesis Vapour just appeared in the classifieds for just shy of £500. Bargin!

[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-2008-genesis-vapour-cyclocross-bike-1 ]http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-2008-genesis-vapour-cyclocross-bike-1[/url]


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 9:29 pm
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Mine's an almost entirely off-road machine, apart from tarmac to and from the trails.

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Posted : 18/08/2009 10:21 pm
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think i need a cx bike! might have to build one, but what to base it on hmmm


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 10:32 pm
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i do like the spesh tricross bike.think it's about £1100!!!

Mine is the cheap one (£750 I think) 'cause it needed to be under £1K for the bike-to-work scheme.


 
Posted : 18/08/2009 10:36 pm
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mrstru, is this Poole?
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Posted : 18/08/2009 10:46 pm
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Mr Flash, what's going on with that saddle? Are you time trialling on that bike or what? or are you just lessening pressure on a LOT of tackle?! LOL


 
Posted : 19/08/2009 9:49 am
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Off-road touring with a massively overloaded trailer!

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Posted : 19/08/2009 10:27 am
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gah. you're not helping guys 🙁

t'is a good job i've not yet got the money... only a matter of time i guess.

if i'm 6 foot, what size would i theoretically need?


 
Posted : 19/08/2009 11:43 am
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[IMG] [/IMG] Mine, used on and off road.
Thanx Max


 
Posted : 19/08/2009 11:44 am
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6 foot - [b]probably[/b] something like a 56, maybe a 58 or 54

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(60cm Dolan, I'm 6'5")


 
Posted : 19/08/2009 11:47 am
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I'm 5' 10" (although I have VERY long arms) and I ride a 56cm Genesis Vapour.

It's on the larger side for me but it makes it very stable. I ride a 55cm road bike.


 
Posted : 19/08/2009 11:51 am
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ok, so a 56cm would be about right?


 
Posted : 19/08/2009 12:12 pm