So, after meeting Bruce from Upgrade/Kinesis on a rode the other day I have ended up with one of his two race frames from last year. The CX Race really is, to me, the frame set to mature into CX with. Right now I'll be building it with a mix of components coming off my summer race bike (recently built up, shots to come) and 1-2 items off my Surly Cross Check, which I've enjoyed riding CX on while I await a replacement race frame following a 30mph incident with a car.
Frame will initially be built up with linear pull canti mounted CX9s but the frame will also do discs so, if I'm successful racing CX this winter I will be converting it over to a full on race ready disc build a la bruce's original SRAM build. But right now it'll be:
Part
Weight*
Cost
Kinesis CX Race frames
1,350g
£?
Kinesis CX Canti Fork
450g
£?
Kinesis CX Canti kit
?
£20
FSA headset
95g
£35
Ultegra double CX groupo
2,200g
£150+bike pull
Pro alloy stem
140g
£30
Pro alloy seatpost
265g
£20
Ritchey logic 2 handlebar
233g
bike pull
Fulcrum racing quattro CX
1,770g
£200
TRP CX 9 brakeset
290g
£90
Challenge Baby limus Open tubs
720g
£90
Fizik antares kurve
240g
bike pull
Crank brother egg beaters
256g
bike pull
/* claimed, internets.
£? I'd rather not say
?g dunno, I'll find out later
So, after meeting Bruce from Upgrade/Kinesis on a rode the other day I have ended up with one of his two race frames from last year. The CX Race really is, to me, the frame set to mature into CX with. Right now I'll be building it with a mix of components coming off my summer race bike (recently built up, shots to come) and 1-2 items off my Surly Cross Check, which I've enjoyed riding CX on while I await a replacement race frame following a 30mph incident with a car.
Frame will initially be built up with linear pull canti mounted CX9s but the frame will also do discs so, if I'm successful racing CX this winter I will be converting it over to a full on race ready disc build a la bruce's original SRAM build. But right now it'll be:
/* claimed, internets.
£? I'd rather not say
?g dunno, I'll find out later