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  • SS cyclocross bikes, anyone got one? Pics please.
  • rusty-trowel
    Free Member

    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).

    firestarter
    Free Member

    there you go

    currently searching for a used pompino too if anyone has a spare kicking about or wants to upgrade to the new disc one 😉

    cyclistm
    Free Member

    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.

    qwerty
    Free Member


    custom build JTS based around Eccentric Eric, being ridden at Muddy Hell ’09 – gutted as ’10 Muddy Hell is all full up 🙁

    fill your boots[/url]

    leggyblonde
    Free Member

    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
    Free Member

    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 :mrgreen:

    ourmaninthenorth
    Full Member

    Am thinking about converting this to CX duties (with a freewheel):

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    Holdsworth Equipe Fixed 2009 (03)[/url]

    traildog
    Free Member

    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.

    ourmaninthenorth
    Full Member

    Me?

    because it’s 120mm OLD, so gears would be friction (bar end or down tube) and only up to six speed.

    fontmoss
    Free Member

    just sold it and cross check heading my way 😀

    ourman-selling my freewheel and wheel on classifieds

    firestarter
    Free Member

    fontmoss – Member

    just 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 ;-(

    ourmaninthenorth
    Full Member

    fontmoss – 16t will be too small to run with a 44 ring. I’m looking for 18t. Cheers anyway.

    fontmoss
    Free Member

    yeah fs would have been a cheap set up

    no worries ourman

    rusty-trowel
    Free Member

    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.

    karnali
    Free Member

    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

    Sam
    Full Member

    Yeah, of course.

    Not as nice as Dean’s though…

    13thfloormonk
    Full Member

    Bloody hell, those ^ are some of the nicest bikes I’ve ever seen.

    I’ve just started out with one of these:

    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? 😀

    shortcut
    Full Member

    My one.

    JRTG
    Free Member

    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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    firestarter
    Free Member

    Jrtg what size and price is it mate

    JRTG
    Free Member

    Hi, it’s a 57ct or 51ctc. Looking for around £350 or so (offers welcome!). There is an ad in my profile

    ajantom
    Full Member

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    Pompino – singlespeed CX[/url] by silly-boy[/url], on Flickr

    Though it now has steel forks on – was never happy with carbon forks off-road – irrational I know!

    fontmoss
    Free Member

    don’t forget to put stuff up here[/url]

    sssimon
    Free Member

    Sam- when are the production kites due to arrive? says autumn on your site

    cp
    Full Member

    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.

    leggyblonde
    Free Member

    this isn’t mine but I really want one (with a nice set of lightweights and FMBs…)

    Raleigh SSWCXC carbon belt drive bike:

    Sam
    Full Member

    sssimon – Member
    Sam- when are the production kites due to arrive? says autumn on your site

    Well, it actually says “All being well 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.

    oldgit
    Free Member

    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 27×11/4″ 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.

    oldgit
    Free Member

    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.

    Edit; This one was £50 but included a nice rare single Stonglight 49D chainset with 46t ring and GB bars and stem

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