Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

should be the same as the tcx slr2 which i currently have

New offering from Kinesis...

http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/crosslight/cx-race

A bit like the Mares but with higher BB, slacker seat and steeper head angles?

ready. 8.5kg as seen on the pic.

Noice!

oooooof dat giant

looks a bit long ?!

In the top tube? Wheelbase is still nice and short.

The photo is weird. Geometry is fine.

@Hekla what's the story with the wheels, tubeless?

Beautiful. I really dig that. Even the baby blue :-)

Look at it @sloth

Rotors are a bit posh

no, clement pdx tires with vittoria latex inner tubes

That Giant is teh sex.

Theres one in that colour in the window of a store I pass. Rotor cranks, and hydrualic Sram Force.

So much want....

i always wanted the baby blue version, but it was too expensive for me as cx entrance two years ago. the shop, where i bought the black slr 2 made me a good offer so i couldn't resist.
rode it for the first time today,. the slr2 rode great, the advanced pro is even greater. i'm impressed.

Looks great, shame about the rim logos though.

I would love to try it out if we meet at a Cx race some day :-)
Rim logos are easy remove I understand, but I think they work on this.

i'm fine with logos and to be honest, i didn't tried to remove them yet.
it's not a fixie or track bike where i would care, it's a cxbike which wants dust, dirt and mud. however, acetone will kill them asap.

@hulsroy : i'm not racing cxraces and i don't live in the uk

New Raleigh range up on their website...

http://www.raleigh.co.uk/ProductType/?pc=1&pt=14&pr=37

Ooh, they got an orange one.

(Full hydraulic 1x drivetrain and Alu frame for fatties).

Might visit mum soon, it's only one junction away from Eastwood.

Something new from Merida, too...

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Merida-Cyclo-Cross-6000-2016-Cyclocross-Bike_81912.htm

Alu frame for fatties

Was eyeballing Giant tcx advanced pro2 on sales, but was not sure about crabon and now you mentioned, what weight limit you recon on that bike?

I'd be surprised if the crabon frames have much of a rider weight limit.

The reason not go crabon is that CX bikes seem to get crashed quite a bit, and an alu frame will be a little bit more revealing of any structural damage.

I’m not planning to race, gravel and Epping forest tracks for now. Was set on TCX SLR 1 at the begging but Advanced pro grew on me, and sales now on. Would change wheels, chainset and saddle on both straight away, and keep rest stock. But still not sure £450 difference in price, crabon on not crabon.

No sscx.again/still.
Sigh.