Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

Ah yeah, the 2 and 3 does have alloy fork.

Andy, what do you think of Scott Addict Cx HMF? Another good deal at Westbrook cycles.

I've not ridden one, but have only ever heard good things about them from people who race on them.

Just picked up my Boardman frame post Armourtex'ing and can reveal that the oh-so-smooth tube junctions were achieved with the use of (now removed) body filler.

You happy?

New weight?

^^cheaters

I'm going to build it up tonight, spoke to Hillbilly about the crown race issue and he recommended taking it to Cadence- who I had totally forgotten about.

So, that should be the fork sorted. Now if only the handlebars would turn up!

EDIT just checked the tracking info, they'll be here tomorrow.

Thinking of buying a Ridley Crossbow:
52 cm, Shimano Tiagra, Zornyc carbon fork, ritchey seat post, stem, bars.
Scratches and marks here and there but "no crashes".
425€

Good price?

Probably, try and lower it, and make sure everything's in working order, i.e. chain not worn, rims still have lots of life in them, brakepad aren't worn etc.

Spam: I'm selling my CAADX

Will sort some pictures out at some point.

Thinking of buying a Ridley Crossbow:
52 cm, Shimano Tiagra, Zornyc carbon fork, ritchey seat post, stem, bars.
Scratches and marks here and there but "no crashes".
425€

Good price?

I had one of these - bought it new from Pearsons - watch out for the sizing - I'm 5'10" and needed a 52cm - they come up really big - my usual size is 54 or larger.

Great bike but as Ed says - check the braking surfaces carefully - mine were screwed after a winter of commuting and a bit of off road/ cross action - a set of Swissstop pads is £26 odd but worth it.

Good price if wheels/ drivetrain isn't worn out.

Going to get this as a winter / cx bike sometime soon.

Just picked up my Boardman frame post Armourtex'ing and can reveal that the oh-so-smooth tube junctions were achieved with the use of (now removed) body filler.

Ah! That's unfortunate... ): How much lighter was the frame post strip/coat? Commuted on mine for the first time in a while this morning, forgot how nice a ride it is. Thinking about losing the guards and getting some big cross tyres on there for a coast to coast trip later in the year.

Barely anything in it- 10g lighter after re-painting.

Quite a lot smarter though as I'd been through a few bushes on mine which had made the paint a little tatty.

A possibly dumb question, but are the Caad-x frames the same across the range?

The cheapest doesn't mention BB30:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cannondale/caadx-sora-2013-cyclocross-bike-ec042906?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=froogle&utm_content=mkwid__pcrid_19994924576_kword__match__plid_

But the next up does:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cannondale/caadx-tiagra-2013-cyclocross-bike-ec042907

Are there any other differences?

Budget model tend not to have BB30, CAAD8 for example is also the same (square taper to BB30).

AFAIK this is the only main noticeable difference.

So is it just a British 68mm BB? I thought that was better for cross and prevailing British conditions anyway?

Does the Sora version actually have a BSA BB shell then? Or does it just have one of those BSA adapters?

Back to the original question:

There was also a disc version but they are rare as hen's teeth.

BSA BB shell rather than an adaptor.

Ironically that's a better solution for proper 'cross.

Yeah I have customers with their BB need checking out after a month of CXs, I would have thought BB30 be fine for cross.

Honestly don't know why 'dale bothers with BB30 on anything but their top-end race bikes. It just causes dealers undue pain.

Fuckin' A.

Interestingly, their top-end MTBs are now PF30.

Anybody godt any sugestions for a steel cyclocross frameset. I really like All City Macho Man, Ritchey Swiss Cross (too expensive) or Singular Kite, but the sz. small is just to big (something like a sz. 54x55) i need something in sz. 52.

Any sugestions to something similar?