Want a commuter/winter road/off road bike. Can't afford much so was thinking ss cx. I'm probably not fit enough for it but i guess i can go slow or push/carry.
Second hand i guess or something new and cheap. Anyone use a pompino for cx duties?
Photos please (and a garage to hide it in so the misses doesn't know about it).
there you go
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currently searching for a used pompino too if anyone has a spare kicking about or wants to upgrade to the new disc one 😉
Loving my tricross single, purchased from here from Karnali (I think), probably gets used most of all my bikes.
sorry no pics, pretty much stock.
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custom build JTS based around Eccentric Eric, being ridden at Muddy Hell '09 - gutted as '10 Muddy Hell is all full up 🙁
[url= http://www.flickr.com/groups/sscyclocross/pool/with/4287756801/ ]fill your boots[/url]
qwerty, keep your eyes peeled, we're in discussion with commisaires etc at the mo and hope to get another 20 places per race....
qwerty, keep your eyes peeled, we're in discussion with commisaires etc at the mo and hope to get another 20 places per race....
me, me, me, me, me, me, plllleeeeeeeeease 
Am thinking about converting this to CX duties (with a freewheel):
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Why SS? I am sure you can sort out some gears on the cheap. You only need 1 STi. I really don't get SS cross bikes.
Me?
because it's 120mm OLD, so gears would be friction (bar end or down tube) and only up to six speed.
just sold it and cross check heading my way 😀
ourman-selling my freewheel and wheel on classifieds
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fontmoss - Memberjust sold it and cross check heading my way
nearly and should have bought it missed out all due to a rear wheel (and you already had it ) bollox ;-(
fontmoss - 16t will be too small to run with a 44 ring. I'm looking for 18t. Cheers anyway.
yeah fs would have been a cheap set up
no worries ourman
Why ss? Just thought it might be a laugh. Got gears on my posh bikes. I only want this as i dont want to wear out and have to keep cleaning the moving bits on the Lynskey and the mtb.
cyclistm pleasedyour enjoying it the geareddolan cross bike that replaced it is my most used bike, although thinking of changing the frame to a cross check or a cotic x
Yeah, of course.
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Not as nice as Dean's though...
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Bloody hell, those ^ are some of the nicest bikes I've ever seen.
I've just started out with one of these:
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But too injured to ride it yet. Are cantis definitely the way to go for clearance? Just pissing about on the pavement and I noticed the brakes rubbing a little if I cornered.
"Why SS?" Has this comment not been added to the swear filter yet? 😀
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My one.
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here's mine, its a been a great friend but is now for sale, sadly a newer bike will be replacing it, 1 in 1 out... let me know if any of you want it!
More pics here:
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Jrtg what size and price is it mate
Hi, it's a 57ct or 51ctc. Looking for around £350 or so (offers welcome!). There is an ad in my profile
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/toretz/4372768137/ ]Pompino - singlespeed CX[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/toretz/ ]silly-boy[/url], on Flickr
Though it now has steel forks on - was never happy with carbon forks off-road - irrational I know!
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Sam- when are the production kites due to arrive? says autumn on your site
Here's mine, taken last night when I tried to post it, though comp. wasn't playing ball and I didn't have the patience to sort!
It's in commuter mode, with slickish tyres and guards. Two punctures on the way to work this am (2 miles!) and neither were through the carcass.... grrrr.
Will do a couple of local cross races in November... and prob the Todmorden one in the new year if it goes ahead.
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this isn't mine but I really want one (with a nice set of lightweights and FMBs...)
Raleigh SSWCXC carbon belt drive bike:
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sssimon - Member
Sam- when are the production kites due to arrive? says autumn on your site
Well, it actually says "[i]All being well[/i] production frames will be ready for autumn 2010". Unfortunately, all has not been well... Due to delays with production of Swifts and Peregrines, Kites got pushed back. As there's not much point launching a 'cross bike in February, we're now looking at autumn 2011 I'm afraid. I'll update the site.
I'm building one myself this winter, not for racing I'll be keeping the Pearson for that.
I have a choice of some old steel 531 frames that would have run 27x11/4" wheels. They had shed loads of clearance anyway, but with 700cs there's even more.
The canti bosses are coming from Ceeway, but I'm waiting to see which frame I decide on so I get the right ones.
The good thing is that old frames had long semi horizontal drop outs, so can be converted to singlespeed without any mods.
You won't have the raised bottom bracket, but that's not a major issue.
Add thirty quid for a powder coat, and for well under a ton you've got a funky singlespeed crosser.
crosser-singlespeed-niche-retro-all-in-one
Edit; as the older frames were 120mm you can directly fit track or flip flop hubs as well.
One I'm working on now. Though this is for geared winter road use.
The pump pegs and lamp bracket have gone, but the guard eyes are staying.
This is a nice 1969 Claud Butler.
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Edit; This one was £50 but included a nice rare single Stonglight 49D chainset with 46t ring and GB bars and stem