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Pics from tonight’s summer cross. Clearance is closest at the chainstay/bb junction. Photos are with 33mm schwalbe x-one tyres. Can’t remember what year but I bought it off here a couple of years ago and I think the paintjob suggests it is a 2016/17(?) mares cx disc in carbon.
It’s a far better bike than my ability justifies but it’s unrecognisably more fun to ride/race than my CdF.
ewanmac
Last I heard was that Wessex was hoping to go ahead but like you I’ve not heard anything concrete recently.
@GoatandTricycle my only experience with cross bikes is my current Focus Mares, it’s super fun. The only advice I’d have is if you want to ride gravel and generally potter about off road without racing then get something with room for larger tyres. Many pure cross race bikes will be excellent for cross but they won’t have capacity for super wide tyres which might be more useful if you aren’t racing. I’ve got 33mm tyres in my mares and I don’t know what the max clearance is but a fast cross friend of mine always says he’s irritated not to be able to fit large tyres to his cx bike for training and pootling.