Cyclocross - CX and SSCX races and training

I'm glad everywhere is busy at it gives me the excuse not to ride fast.

Me, every time

They went for surprisingly big money

Anyone looking for a bike?

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Nice! Are you selling? What size is this and how much are you after?

woah, yeah. I mean not too surprising but still, the same vendor's clinchers only went for £50 more https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AX-Lightness-Laufrader-Clincher-Disc-35-mm-Felgenhohe/114623518216

A more sensible spoke count and popular freehub body too! Ebay is strange

Anyone know of a steel, lugged, straight blade, canti fork, circa 400mm a2c, CX clearances?

One of my best mates is a canti fork

All City Nature Boy sounds like your best bet.

Ye this did come up in my search, can they be bought new?

Edit: Looks like the canti version has been discontinued, so no.

i tried to get a disc one about a year ago and put down a eposit at a local shop, but the distributor then said it was disc(ha)ontinued

and i lost my deposit receipt as well

How outdated is an alu canti cyclcross?
I've seen one in a size that is a little on the small size but it's been up for sale for ages... so guessing bit overpriced, what is a sensible price?
This is the bike
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/bmc-cyclecross-bike/1392618962

It depends:

Canti:
you'll buy new rims more frequently
they squeal
"better modulation" = better racing

discs:
you'll not buy wheels so often....
they squeal
they brake hard

Mostly though, you'll want to consider mud clearance (if you're racing).

I'm between getting something like a Mason Bokeh for longer type racing off road and maybe a bit of cx and riding with my daughter, which I can use current wheelset and gradually build.

Or get something more cx focused for maybe racing and the above.

For racing?
I've done alright with aluminium frame & cantis, regularly beaten by a steel frame with cantis.

You can ride a CX bike on the road. No one will shop you.

Prefer my CX bike on the road to my bosses gravel bike

You're going to cause a schism in the bike world if you carry on this way.

So any views on the above bike?

It's overpriced for an outdated bike I reckon. But looks in good condition.

I probably wouldn't want to pay more than 500 for it, but I guess it depends how much stuff you'll want to chop and change.

I like bmc, never ridden that cross bike and it does seem a bit expensive. But I'd ride it! I like the lack of colour as well, you can add your own touch.

It looks nice. I don't think you'd want to keep much on there if you're thinking of buying a Bokeh. It looks barely used, you could probably rad the fuck out of it until it breaks.

£750 seems pricy.

Ok lets see how we go

it's pretty rad. much more than a bokeh! which is more of first gravel for sensible dads

first gravel for sensible dads

ooft, harsh but fair