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So...I discovered yesterday that my family gave me a ticket to visit my sister in London for next week. My family will leave London at the same time that a friend of mine is starting a trip trough the west cosat of Italy and I've decided to join him.

I could bring my BMC road bike but for some time now I've being contemplating getting a Ti CX bike to try the sport and at the same time commute with it.

Any input on these question/choices?

1) Frameset: From a quick browse of options, the ones I can afford is the On One Pickenflick and the Kinesis ATR. It seems that both of them have some pros and cons, but both have great reviews online.

On One
Pros: The On One is the cheapest option of a Ti CX, it seems to have a proper CX geometry
Cons: I usually ride a 53cm TT road bike and their smallest frame have a 54cm TT, don't how would that affect me (I have 170cm - 5" 7, small I know). The frame doesn't have any eyelets for rack/mudguard, but for the roadtrip I'm thinking about fitting frame and saddlebags so it's not a big deal as far as I can see

ATR
Pros: Seems to have a relaxed touring geometry, have eyelets for mudguard and racks
Cons: Seems to have a relaxed touring geometry to CX, kinda pricy

2) Wheels: I'm thinking about getting the Kinesis CX wheelset. It's affordable, lightish, have good reviews online. The other option is the Shimano RX31.

3) Groupset: Shimano 105 5800. The only thing I'm still debating is about getting the hydraulic package or not. It adds a lot of £ to the price of the groupset :-/

4) Tyres: At the moment I'm focusing on a tyre for the trip that will be used to commute, so no need to focus on a proper CX rubber. I still didn't figured it out a good width/model.

5) Camping gear: Never camped so I need to buy everything when I get to London. Help?

So, that's it, I'll update this thread when decisions/purchases have being made :)

5800 groupset is amazing, put it on my wife's commuter and it's sublime.

Lynskey cooper cx?

Never camped so I need to buy everything when I get to London. Help?

Get thee to Decathlon

The Pickenflick looks amazing, imho. Esp with the CX1 group.
Just sayin...
And that tyre clearance is a winner too.
Definitely go hydraulic. And move over to the joys of SRAM, because this is a great deal:
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/CBOOPICKRIV22HRD/on-one-pickenflick-rival-22-hrd-cross-bike

If you can afford hydraulics then get them. The modulation and sheer grunt is far, far superior to cable actuated discs.

If you plan to race on it, then get the Pickenflick. The ATR isn't a race bike.

Decathlon for all but the tent which should be from blacks/millets(expensive/cheap of same people).

@dancing james I really like the cooper, but it's £950 atm w/o a fork :-/

@eyebrows I really like the cx1 but I'm unsure about how good it would be for the touring trip, wouldn't I miss having 2 rings at the front?

Esp with the CX1 group

Looks like Rival 22, not CX1.

I don't think you would, personally. But you could always play it safe with HRD 22 rival and then just buy a CX1 front chainring at a later date if you wanted 1x11 (which would be cheaper too!).
@Howard you can have it with either. CX1 for some reason is £400 more.

Oh yeah. £2k. Rival is pretty cheap on trade, CX1...not so much.

@eyebrows that's true! the only problem is that they don't have the complete bike in stock till the 24th :(

Welcome to the world of Ti. :)

Just get a Giant TCX. Bosh job done.

Or he could start building the bike around a power meter?

inside joke? didn't get it...

@fussballclub's comments can be a bit obtuse at times. I don't get it either :)

Touring on a single chainring would be brave, to out it mildly, especially if you've any significant climbing to do. A single ring set up isn't essential for racing either, so the Rival version for £1599 would be your best bet I'd think.

I've got both (atr and pickenflick) I would get the pickenflick. I'm 5' 8" and the small fits fine with 100mm stem. You may need to swap to a 90mm.

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I really want a pickenflick now. I have a Lynskey Sportive which I love but definitely absolutely need to +1

yeah, I'm really set on a pickenflick too.

beautifull bike @pryally!

so, I'll need to purchase all separate parts which is a pain the arse

Not really - it means you get the bits you want rather than bits you can tolerate

@Howard yeah, glass half full kinda thing...it's better because it's the way that I want but it's pricier :/

but it's pricier

The pre-built bike is usually cheaper; right up until you start upgrading everything :-)

@BareNecessities yeah, right off the bat I would change to my saddle of choice...

anyways, found an Ultegra 6800 46/36 full hydro disc groupset for 880 euros @ http://goo.gl/YL5S11 seems like it's the best choice atm

Going with Shimano limits my wheelset choice because of center lock. I could get a farsports carbon wheelset, the Shimano RX31 and the Mavic Aksium Disc, any more?

thought about building a wheelset too, any good online wheel building store in the UK? I would need to order before I get there.