Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

I really enjoyed doing the rapha cross rides last year, so them and maybe some racing too. No intention to ever commute on it really.

seatpost? is it 31.6? I was thinking id get one of those flexy carbon ones from Canyon. I will also be putting salsa cowbells on what ever I get and ditching those FSA cranks.

@fahrgestell & @Chalfie The Raleigh really speaks to me, I'll have to look around, but it looks hard to find one in london. If I can use my voucher else where I'll speak to Raleigh direct. The shop doesn't open till 2

Er. They were in Fitzrovia.

oh rly, will ring and find out. Ta.

no, they have a unique “D” shaped composite seatpost, really flexible/comfortable.

Yeah seatpost in proprietary.

I'm going to replace the wheels on the Giant pretty soon I think

Whats the Tyre clearance like on the TCX I fancy trying 40c

Fitzrovia Cycles may have the raleigh on discount

Turns out I can't buy outside the scheme.

47c in the back and 50c in the front, should be the max.

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yikes! how much seat post do you have left inside the frame?

t think I might test ride a TCX in St Pauls tomoz

that's not my bike!

i personally have a bit left, but never measured it.

Just tested a CAADX

TERRIBLE

Why exactly?

In my experience, most cross bikes feel sluggish on the road but when you take them off road suddenly they feel right.

I tested a CAADX last week and rather liked it (apart from the terrible brakes), I was surprised to find the 58cm fit, I thought I would have needed the larger size. Does anyone know how the CAADX sizing compares to the croix de fer - i.e. would I need the 58cm genesis rather than the 60cm? It's seemingly impossible to test ride a cdf at bristol evans.

I've tried a few bikes recently ranging from tourers to full cx bikes. The CAADX just seemed wooly on turn in and the brakes were awful

ha, amazing, that's mine!! I'm now unfortunately back as of last week, but that second hand 2012 caadx has just done 6500 rough miles whilst fully overloaded, and it's still running smooth. I love that thing.

In my experience, most cross bikes feel sluggish on the road but when you take them off road suddenly they feel right.

This

You should write reviews for road.cc

Not enough vertical compliance and lateral stiffness

I've decided that I really should be buying an 'adventure road bike' which is basically a CX frame with slick 32s and compact chainset. ABRs are not to be confused with endurance bikes (which are for old people and cant go off-road)

The only problem with ABRs is that they are FUGLY for example the GT Grade

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This is the cyclocross thread?

I consider ABRs to be a sub-category of CX as they share the same frames and wheels. For example the BMC GF02 and the CXA01 are exactly the same bike except for hydraulic brakes.

If you want fugly buy a Slate.