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I'm looking for a road or CX bike for winter use that will take 28mm+ tyres and mudguards, something carbon, 105/Rival minimum, nice and light, and cheap as possible as it's going to be running through salted winter roads. Build something with Chinese carbon, Whyte, what else? I'll also want to throw it on the turbo when weather is too bad so how are carbon bikes in that scenario, anything to watch out for?
No takers? Come on!
Why carbon and 105? Sounds pretty pointless given your criteria of "winter and cheap"
Why not alloy and Sora? Perfectly good enough for what you need and at about £22 for chain and cassette from CRC buttons to run too!
Examples - Genesis CdA, Saracen Hack, Trek Crossrip.
Rose/Canyon/Merlin/Ribble.
Mr Poddy is correct.
Alloy (or even steel!), mechanical discs and Sora. Winter bikes should be a bit shonky, really.
In the STW tradition of recommending what you have I would put forward the Pinnacle Arkose 3
105 gears, some hidden cable runs and pretty green colour!
I have some 28mm tyres on it sometimes and they are a lot faster then the small block 8's that it comes with.
The Arkoses do seem to be well thought of on this forum!
How about a Boardman CX Team? £900 but halfords regularly knock 10-15% off and if you are a member of British cycling you can get a further 10% off.
Boardman CX Team currently has £100 off, so it's £799.
Plus Halfords are having a 10% off road bikes offer
Then if you have British Cycling - another 10%
So it's quite a bargain at the moment.
Currently £699 with a further 10% taken off in the basket.
I like my PX London Road, just be prepared for all sorts of adventures when sizing the seat post... 😉