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• #4177
I've not tried them, keen to hear how they compare to something like an XL
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• #4178
Whats the current best £1k cyclocross bike that you can get on C2W?
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• #4179
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• #4180
For what purpose? Racing? Thrashing it around woods? Gravel grinding?
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• #4181
wanted, CX bike for racing in some of the London series but also to double as a winter roadie and maybe some gravel grinding trips,
head says Planet-X SLX Rival 1
heart says All-City Macho Man with Rival 1 buildHave not ridden either, lots of people rate the PX. Having a SRAM GXP Stages PM limits my choices.
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• #4182
Re tyres - just buy dugasts
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• #4183
A quick one - does frame (Felt F85x) play any role if I will use a wide range (11-42) cassette? I mean a derailleur position against the cassette - or if derailleur (Sram GX) can cope with the 11-42 cassette I am fine?
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• #4184
Wheels! Costing up hand built vs something like Hunt Masons, came up with these..
Item Price Weight
Pacenti sl25 (24h) £20 450g
pacenti sl25 (28h) £50 450g
Novatec D771SB £72.5 269g
Novatec D772SB 145g
CX-Ray (60 pack) £93 230g
Labour £60
Tape £3
TOTAL £298.5 1544gProbably missed something but £300 and circa 1.6kg sound appealing vs Hunt Masons for £370.
Are there better value hubs out there? spokes as light as CR ray for less money?
Going 24h/24h front and back would save £35 but not sure if that is enough spokes for the rear? I'm 66kg and will do some bike packer type trips, CX racing and road riding. -
• #4185
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• #4186
Oh, nice. I'm guessing Prime has replaced Cosine as the Wiggle in house wheel brand.
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• #4187
yep, or I think cosine was wiggle, prime was chain reaction and now they're one and the same they've integrated
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• #4188
Might get a better value if you swap the pacentis with kinlins?
And swap out the cx rays with lasers. -
• #4189
where are SL25s for that price?
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• #4190
Planet X.
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• #4191
Please don't buy them all up https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/RIPASL25/pacenti-sl25-rim
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• #4192
Sadly the price went up £20 per rim on the 28h ones. Just grabbed a couple 24mm for a winter wheelset for my Isen.
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• #4193
Vewy interwesting. Might wait for a few more reviews but that's a great price for the weight - which, of course, is merely one aspect of a wheelset, but still...
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• #4194
Any reason I shouldn't sell the SRAM1130 11-42t that came with my Rival 1 groupset? SRAM1170 11-36 (on 42t) is 170g lighter and has a 12t which seems handy for road. Will I cry out for that 42t during proper muddy races? 31.6 GI vs 27 GI bail out.
p.s. Planet X XLA Apex 1 is now under £999, not as low as it's original pre-brexit RRP but might interest some people..
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• #4195
If you need a gear lower than 30 inches, it'd be quicker to get off and run.
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• #4196
Thanks, thought as much!
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• #4197
Any deals out there right now?
10/11s both ok, eyelets for mudguards would be nice. -
• #4198
I was having similar thoughts I went for hope 20five's RS4 straight pull.
Ribble had them at a very good price last weekend. -
• #4199
Also on my radar, mind sharing what you paid for the set?
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• #4200
Hopefully better than merlin with their 10 % off and quidco cash back.
At which point: x-one 'bite' to the rescue...