Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

G2CS 160mm rotors, and a production brake system- so, dragging to sort out then.

Is there anything under £1k with a veloce groupset?

Spec one out yourself. Save money by using spares from your road bike.

I'm thinking of buying under ride to work scheme.

I guess I could spec one with a shop with Veloce and a frame they stocked, and still bring it in under £1k and get work scheme eligibility?

Is there anything under £1k with a veloce groupset?

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Wiggle | Wilier La Triestina Cross 2011 Cyclocross Bikes

But it comes with 105?

I was thinking more along the lines of getting discounted previous years group sets from the online retailers. Not seen a complete bike with Veloce for less than thirteen hundred.

Not exciting me. But cheap.

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Over budget.
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The problem is that I want cross compatibility with my wheels and groupset from my roadbike which is campag, and I also want to use the ride to work scheme which limits me to £1k spend. I could source and build a bike for under £1k with the spec I want but it wouldn't be under £1k and wouldn't meet r2w eligibility.

OTP stuff is such rip-off junk. Maybe I could find a shop who would see there way to order a discounted Campag group as part of the build if I bought their frame and build services and bring it all under r2w. If anyone has succeeded with a plan like this, let me know.

Smallfury - thanks for the links.

I'm thinking of buying under ride to work scheme.

I guess I could spec one with a shop with Veloce and a frame they stocked, and still bring it in under £1k and get work scheme eligibility?

Disc compatible alu frameset.
Veloce groupset.
Cheapest wheels ever.

If you can get that uner £1k, and then upgrade your wheels to disc compatible, and better, as well as upgrading brakes. You'll laughing.

I'd like to says that a disc-equipped cyclocross bike with Sora shifter is not worth going for.

No matter how well you set it up, it's still spongy as hell.

The problem is that I want cross compatibility with my wheels and groupset from my roadbike which is campag...

A Kinesis frame built up at your LBS (that deals with Campag) ?

The problem is that I want cross compatibility with my wheels and groupset from my roadbike which is campag, and I also want to use the ride to work scheme which limits me to £1k spend. I could source and build a bike for under £1k with the spec I want but it wouldn't be under £1k and wouldn't meet r2w eligibility.

OTP stuff is such rip-off junk. Maybe I could find a shop who would see there way to order a discounted Campag group as part of the build if I bought their frame and build services and bring it all under r2w. If anyone has succeeded with a plan like this, let me know.

Smallfury - thanks for the links.

Things have become much more lax with c2w recently- I've been offered a groupset on c2w- they said they'd just put "Shimano Ultegra Di2 bike" on the form.

So I'm sure you could get a rolling chassis, or just some wheels.

Condor will do a Campag equipped cross bike for about £1k on the C2W scheme.

Things have become much more lax with c2w recently- I've been offered a groupset on c2w- they said they'd just put "Shimano Ultegra Di2 bike" on the form.

So I'm sure you could get a rolling chassis, or just some wheels.

Would be great if PX let you have Athena + a dirty disco frameset for £1k.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/FROOCXD/on_one_dirty_disco_carbon_cyclocross_disc_frame_and_fork
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http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/GSCAMATH11SP/campagnolo_athena_11sp_alloy_chainset_groupset
The groupset is 50/34 to 12-27 too.

Having said that. What hubs take a disc rotor, and a campag cassette?

Campag compatible disc hubs = don't go there. Rarer than wisdom from Ed.

50/34 is utterly useless for cross, assuming T-V is actually going to race.

I'll expand on the Campag disc hub availability. There are, as far as I can tell, 3 choices;

DT Swiss
Novatec
Velocity

Only the first seem to be available in the UK. I bought some Novatec ones on eBay but got a refund when they never appeared and Velocity can be bought in the US.

What ratio's would you recommend for cross racing Andy?

I might man up and do it this winter, but admit that I do have a 50/34

The problem is that I want cross compatibility with my wheels and groupset from my roadbike which is campag, and I also want to use the ride to work scheme which limits me to £1k spend. I could source and build a bike for under £1k with the spec I want but it wouldn't be under £1k and wouldn't meet r2w eligibility.

OTP stuff is such rip-off junk. Maybe I could find a shop who would see there way to order a discounted Campag group as part of the build if I bought their frame and build services and bring it all under r2w. If anyone has succeeded with a plan like this, let me know.

Smallfury - thanks for the links.

Right so no disc brakes?

Planet x might do a deal on something like the following....

Guerciotti Lyra frameset.
Campag athena groupset.
A57 wheelset.
= £870.

• PX finishing kit.
  
  

Worth an E-mail. Could be an awsom bike

What ratio's would you recommend for cross racing Andy?

I might man up and do it this winter, but admit that I do have a 50/34

44/36 or 46/36 and a 12/25 block.

Campag compatible disc hubs = don't go there. Rarer than wisdom from Ed.

50/34 is utterly useless for cross, assuming T-V is actually going to race.

Figured that.

...but does having a compact crankset make it easier to convert to a more friendly option?

I've got 50/34 and 11-32. Clearly my bike is set up for steeper courses.

^^ I'd imagine so, as you can swap the 110bcd 50 out for a 44 / 46.

Figured that.

...but does having a compact crankset make it easier to convert to a more friendly option?

Campag specific 46 chainrings are extremely expensive, i.e. £60 a pop.

My advice for anyone running a Campag cross set up would be to buy another brand standard 110 BCD chainset.

Condor will do a Campag equipped cross bike for about £1k on the C2W scheme.

From experience? This could be interesting. I assume it would be on the Condor Bixio-X?

Will (probably) race and will definitely go for cross gearing. I will definitely avoid disc brakes.

Anyway, this is all prospective, and I don't need to act until cross season / winter training.