Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

Looked at the pic. Impossible to comment over the interwebs.

Best to spend money on nice new fork than a nice new face.

Not that there's anything wrong with your current face step up of course.

The 2012 face is 5% stiffer and 10g lighter, don't you know.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260994913468&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

You may get stung for import duty and VAT :(

£335 landed is my estimation

Ouch.

Yep.

Kinesis looks bargainous, against that.

Could be worth getting a reducing headset, and a Salsa fork untill more options come along.

http://s383075164.e-shop.info/shop/article_324/Salsa-La-Cruz-Rigid-Disc-Forks---395mm-A-C,-45mm-Rake.html?pse=coa

Especially if youre chucking the bike into hedges ;)

or the kinesis fork with a reducer headset

Alternative: get a reducer headset and run a standard 1 1/8" fork? Plenty more options at reasonable prices?

Personally I'd keep pushing Halfords to get you one, £189 isn't so bad for a full crabon disc fork.

Could be worth getting a reducing headset, and a Salsa fork untill more options come along.

http://s383075164.e-shop.info/shop/article_324/Salsa-La-Cruz-Rigid-Disc-Forks---395mm-A-C,-45mm-Rake.html?pse=coa

Especially if youre chucking the bike into hedges ;)

or the kinesis fork with a reducer headset

Well a-head of you there.

Did you like the pun?

Well a-head of you there.

Did you like the pun?

I was hinting that he should have a steel fork untill he learnt to ride off-road.

But then I nearly rode off the edge of a mountain last night. So I'll shut up.

Just came across and read this thread after looking for info on the Boardman.

Dammit appears to have had a bad time..

It's a good bike, update on the forks is that there are non in the country until late August/early September.

Boardman forks, that is.

I'd ride it and defer any decision then.

£335 landed is my estimation

Genesis said to be using Whiskey fork on their 2013 bicycle, contact them for a UK dis perhaps?

Ed

Just ride it. Replace it if it gets worse

duck tape?

Shimano released a drop bar specific brakes;

Shimano are adding two new drop-bar mechanical disc brakes to their line-up for 2013. The R515 is an evolution of the R505 road brake. It's said to be 30 percent more powerful, as well as having a lower profile design which reduces weight (to 181g, claimed) and makes it less vulnerable to crash damage. It's available in silver or black.

The CX75 is the cyclo-cross version. It uses the same calliper design but comes in 25g lighter (156g, claimed) – due to use of lighter small parts, according to Shimano – and has a slightly heavier action. It only comes in grey. Both designs can be used with Shimano's Ice Tech rotors for extra braking power.

jesus, they should stop wasting time and get the hydraulics sorted.

The R505 was dreadful, so a 30% gain in power is welcome, but probably still not enough. BB7s all the way.

Even the Road BB7 is still not enough without Travel Agent, so I'm hoping the new R515 will be powerful enough not to required an adaptor.

I've got BB7s with Apex levers and not needed a Travel Agent. They are very sensitive to warped discs, as they have to be run one click away from rubbing.