Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

They look like they'll snap with your average European or Mercun on it!

It also got the new Shimano 105 disc brakes.

Budgeting to replace them with BB7s would probably be a smart move if their previous cable-pull efforts are anything to go by.

Well we're going to find out as I ordered them for my Genesis CdF.

I've come to the conclusion that my Boardman is, despite its protestations, a touring bike with discs and clearance for big tyres+mudguards.

I think it'll stay as it is, with mudguards on, and I will start looking for a more nimble CX bike that, just to annoy AndyP, I will make a concerted effort to ride off-road as often as possible.

but the boardman needs a different gearing for loaded touring

46/36 on the front, choice of 12-27 or 11-32 blocks.

I've come to the conclusion that my Boardman is, despite its protestations, a touring bike with discs and clearance for big tyres+mudguards.

geometry look more traditional roadie than a tourer with 73 degrees ST and HT.

I've come to the conclusion that my Boardman is, despite its protestations, a touring bike with discs and clearance for big tyres+mudguards.

I think it'll stay as it is, with mudguards on, and I will start looking for a more nimble CX bike that, just to annoy AndyP, I will make a concerted effort to ride off-road as often as possible.

So, overall, were/are you happy with it?
I've been offered £600 for the CAAD9 CX9 and am seriously tempted as I do like the idea of discs and the £800.00 price tag, despite upgrading the brakes recently to TRP EuroX's.
I have always had 2 road bikes( one for rain, one for sun) for the past 6 years and only got the CX to play about on local trails and old railways around here (Waterlooville) as well as commuting duties, which it does really well and I adore the 46/36 front chainset as it's so smooth to change ratios, even if I do spin out downhill and occasionally on the flat and can't see me racing at my age and perhaps doing the South Downs Way next year, so the 50/34 isn't too bad as the roadie has that on it anyway.
Like most, my miles have been done on road tyres, just changing over to the X ones for weekend shenanigans.

There's not a great deal of weight difference between the CX9 and Boardman either, but I know I can lose a good kilo by changing the wheels and groupo for starters on the CX9 and can swap wheels with the roadie, keeping a spare set with X tyres on.

And now the Focus Mares 4 Disc rears it's ugly head for commuting duties, but boy is it ugly and not that well spec'd.

10.62kg as is, my Boardman that is.

http://www.ridecvln.com/bike-types/cyclocross/

I really like the look of these

^ i can't find any prices there!?

http://www.realcyclist.com/cyclocross-bikes

10.62kg as is, my Boardman that is.

With hollowgrams? What else did you change from stock and what was the stock weight? Thats the biggest drawback with discs still, the weight that is. Id have guessed abit less from just looking at it. Those cranks make every bike look light or is it just that they usually sit on light bikes.. Nice bike for the cash if one was looking for discs. My fav would still be the old poprad tho. Great do it all bike both in disc and canti.

There's something very worrying when Dammit's bike weight 400g less than my Genesis CdF with it's heavy Reynolds 520 tubing and fork.

10.62? The "listed" weight is only 10KG nekked (with a bucket of salt I bet). I've trawled trhough the threads and can't see what accessories you have got on it though, if you use it for commuting.
The CX9 is 9.4 from memory, 10.5 with lights, mudguards cages and pump and 11.6kg with the seatbag attached (which has 2 tubes, tools and a pair of overtrousers)

It's a heavy bike for sure, however I think that's down to component choice:

Frame: Alloy, Boardman designed and Merida manufactured, size L
Fork: Full carbon, tapered steerer, Boardman branded
Wheels: Hope Pro II hubs, Mavic TN719 rims, generic tubes, DB spokes at the rear and plain guage front, Maxxis Refuse 700X28c
Cassette: SRAM 11-32
Chain: KMC S10
Cranks: 175mm Cannondale Hollowgram Si cranks with compact SRM, Cannondale MKV 50/34 rings
Rear Mech: SRAM Apex long cage
Front Mech: SRAM Force band on, CF band
Shifters: SRAM Apex
Brakes: Hope V-Twin cable to Hydro converter, G2CS 160mm discs
Cables: Generic, with noodles to smooth entry to the V-Twin
Seatpost: Thomson 31.6X400mm, layback
Saddle: Fizik Arione
Stem: Thomson X4 zero degree rise, 120mm
Bars: 3T Ergonova Pro 44cm
Tape: Fizik Microtouch
Mudguards: SKS Chromoplastic 45mm
Lights: Small Knogs front and rear, Hope Vision One at the front
Computer: SRM PC-7 and plastic mount
Other crap: Garmin mount on the stem, ANT+ speed sensor on the chainstay

Nothing there (apart from maybe the SRM spider) is in any way a weight weenie choice, everything has been chosen for reliability.

has anyone got a opinion on this; http://www.evanscycles.com/products/genesis/day-01-alfine-8-2013-cyclocross-bike-ec043730

mainly the rear hub/internal gear setup.

The internal gearing will make an already pretty heavy (steel) bike a bit more heavy. The discs will add to the weight too. It'd be a nice commnutocross bike. Maybe not such a nice race bike.

The biggest problem with those Genesis is the shifter, the Versa feel like a budget Sora levers despite it's price tags which is a shame.

The sooner Shimano released it's own shifter for internal gear bicycle, the better (doubtful).

winter commutocross bike is what i'm after, currently doing a 30 mile commute on country roads and gravel cycle paths and my bike is taking a battering, maybe i'll see if evans will get me one in for a test ride.

^^ i've never had gears so i doubt i'd be able to tell the difference

I'm talking about the braking performance rather than the shifting, they felt very spongy, even if you put Problem Solver Travel Agent on it.

Internal hub gears are also not "fit and forget" maintenance free either as many think.

Dammit, sounds good. None of my commuting bikes have been built for lightness. 90 miles a week in all weathers wears out cheap components, a set of wheels lasts about 2 years, but that includes the miles I do on the C/F road bike in the summer when it's dry, hence thinking about a disc braked bike.