• Been glued to Google for the last few days and not coming up with the answers I need so thought I'd open up to the knowledge base here.

    The best fitting bike I've ever had was a Kinesis Crosslight 4T and I'd still be happily riding around on it now had a chainstay not snapped.

    I'm looking to replace it and I can't find anything that even gets close geometry wise.

    It has 74.5° seat, 72.5° head, 58ctc virtual top tube,63cm ctt seat tube and 20.5cm headtube.
    The steep seat angle really suits my leg proportions (I find 72° or less very problematic).

    My budget is low, so I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a suitable second hand, steel cyclocross bike to transfer all parts on to, or else find a new frame/full build to build up with disc brakes and flat bars.

    I was holding my breath for the On One Pickenflick steel, but this doesn't look likely to materialise for a long time now.

    The Ribble CGR725 caught my eye in XL size, but the frame only price is beyond my means.
    https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-cgr-725/build/#Bike

    On the other end of the spectrum I was really drawn to the Decathlon Triban Rc500 flat bar in either L or XL, but I'm going by a 3rd party geometry chart and I'm reluctant to order something I can't see.
    I know I'll upgrade or change most of the components fairly quickly, so this may be a false economy.
    I also don't like the compact frame as my seat rail to BB measurement is 85 cm and that's a lot of force going through that low seat clamp cluster.
    https://www.decathlon.co.uk/rc500-flat-bar-disc-road-bike-sora-id_8554412.html

    So if anyone knows of any non-boutique cross or adventure frames that offer a steep seat angle please point me that way.

    Cheers
    Thomas

  • cheers!

    Temple Cycles keep coming up as sponsored ads in my Instagram feed and piqued my interest, but sadly that seat angle is too mellow.

  • well in answer to my own question Omnium Cargo's CXC bike seems to fit the bill for what I was looking for with a 74.9° seat tube angle!

    https://omniumcargo.dk/omnium-cxc/

    I've lusted over their MiniMax for a long while, but didn't know about the CXC.

    I should have a frame arriving tomorrow.
    I'm sure it will be an absolute tank in terms of weight, but I'm hopeful that having a bike that fits really well again will offset the lardyness.
    Let's see...

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Cyclocross/ gravel/ "adventure" Frame with steep seat angle advice and help please.

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