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Alex = Ashover in Derbyshire.That bit is little cheeky 😉
Ah, man! My journey to work is perfect for a cross bike.. 50/50 road and offroad, about 15miles... please tell me those Boardmans are really really expensive and I could never afford one... please!
get some nice yellow tape 😉
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I've been using my Spesh Tricross as a winter trainer and it's consistently only 1 mph slower over my normal rides that my carbon summer bike. I guess wider tyres and heavier weight are the reasons. It does mean that the roadie will feel fantastically fast and racy when I get back on it; I'm taking it to South Africa in 10 days.....
sefton - nope it's still gopping 😉
on a mtb I feel I'm sat on top plugging away at the pedals. on the cx bike I feel like I'm in it spinning with no loss of power.
sefton - thought you had a Flux - what size is it and how tall are you?
Ashover? Not too far from where I used to live. Nowt wrong with a bit of cheeky 🙂
@DezB: I paid about £770 for mine with a discount code and cash-back. Pretty good value for money. Looked at second hand ones (of which there are a few) but all Large!
I'm 5 10 and the flux is a medium with a 70mm stem (feels great comfort wise)
I'm just making the point that a cx bike will put you in a different position (that for me is easier to spin and get some good speeds)
A few photos from todays ride. 40 odd mile route from Poole, 30 of which are off road. No mud and no need to clean the bike afterwards. 😀
5 minutes from home and we're off road
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Shortcut bit of singletrack through the woods
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5 minute coffee stop to look at the steam train
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Dive into the woods
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For a couple of 20 minute laps
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A little bit of this
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Plenty of this on the way home
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And the sun even came out 🙂
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Roll on Saturday, lets have a bit more of it.
looks like a great route 🙂
Looks fab. No mud you say. Is that Poole, California? 🙂
Daaarset me dears! I did have to swerve two puddles if that makes you feel any better. 😉
How do you rate the GW frameset rusty trowel?
Good enough fenred. It was one of the only few 54s long enough for my monkey arm/short leg combo. Done a few races this winter on it as well as trail work.
At £300 for the whole bike off ebay i have no complaints.
It's going to get a carbon fork on it as soon as i can find a second hand one cheap enough for the wife to ok. 🙄
Bloke i know has one as well, built posh with shimergo (campy ergo shifters and shimano mechs) set up and he seems happy with his too.
I may be wrong, but i think they might be the same as the Dolan ones.
oops, double post
Bit of thread resurrection. Out again today. We have all the mud missing from a certain Mr R. Trowel's ride 😉 Found some more trails to act as non road links. Not much singletrack but a fun/scary rocky doubletrack descent and some cracking views. All of which I failed to catch on camera. Got these instead.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexleigh/6897148247/ ]Getting lost within sight of home[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/alexleigh/ ]Alex Leigh[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexleigh/6897126375/ ]Cheeky but nice[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/alexleigh/ ]Alex Leigh[/url], on Flickr
Nice bit of singeltrack behind there.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexleigh/6897135799/ ]Do you think the FC will notice?[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/alexleigh/ ]Alex Leigh[/url], on Flickr
Kids today eh? 1 min from a fireroad on a well used trail. I rode up it jumped off the bike and then made a tyre mark some 8 foot down the trail. That'll fox 'em!
Had another great ride. No way I'd have bothered going out on the road bike or MTB today. Not enough time/raining/etc. Back out next week I hope as still loads more exploring to do 🙂
Bit more confident with the bike in the singletrack as well. Feels stable yet quick steering. Hopped a few logs and rode a bit more on the drops. All good!