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hi im in the dark about monster cross please help,are they cx bikes with mtb wheels and tyres? can you run them geared or have they got to be s/speed? can you buy them of the peg, or do you build them up yourself? how do they ride? all info and photos would be a great help please thank you.
They're basically cross or similar drop-bar bikes running big tyres on 700c wheels - narrower 29er tyres typically. They have the big plus of mixing about three niche bikes in one, four if you singlespeed one...
Somewhere just over the borderline of that is drop-barred 29er mountain bikes, gawd only knows where one starts and the other ends...
They ride like cross bikes with fat tyres on 🙂
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This pretty much.
^^^ Now that is AWFUL. ^^^
Isn't that a drop-barred 29er?
love it whats the spec?
Hairy-"You are entitled to your own opinion....no matter how wrong you may be"
BWD-Only in the same way that a cx bike is a road bike with knobblies
Mollski-Van dessel W.T.F,not mine unfortunately although I am getting a salsa La Cruz which should be pretty similar.
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Van Dessels are awesome.
Awesome.
Just waiting for hydro disc compatible STIs, then I'm in.
POST the photos when done guys love them
That is nice.
Monster cross bikes are a lot of fun. Surly cross checks are a good frame choice as you can go to 47mm tyres.
I like ^^ too 🙂
My surly with 1.8 bonty 29er tyres on and .....gasp.... gears 😉
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Also a bit like this. Rides nice, as they'd say if they were reviewing it in Max Power
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Slightly concerned I might be overposting pics of this bike, it just seems to be an answer to lots of questions at the moment!
Slightly concerned I might be overposting pics of this bike, it just seems to be an answer to lots of questions at the moment!
Ah, but that's because a Peregrine is [i]the[/i] answer to a lot of questions!
(I won't post mine nor my Gryphon this time then).
🙂
I have a Van Dessel WTF on the way .. frame and fork...
Unsure about monster cross set up but might give it a go 🙂
Paul78 Where are you getting your frame from and how much was it, I've been looking for prices and weight but can't find anyone selling them, ta
Saleem, For Van Dessel availability and pricing in the UK contact ..
info@beardedman.co.uk
They may be a little busy with the Black Mountains 3 Day this weekend but will get back to you asap ... I know the WTF frameset is in stock.