SSCX Only!

man I want those forks.

You bought that of ebay right?

I will do tomorrow morning. I used alligator inner teflon tubing (ebay).

The frameset is from a forumenger @Tenderloin.

Boots, ferrules n teflon tube...

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No adjusters currently. Crazy cabling but good braking (so far).

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I've decided that I really want a natureboy but unsure of sizing, I'm about 6'2 and my inseam is 36" and I have a decent amount of reach now.

Would it be silly to go for the '55' it's for a 57.5 st and 56.5tt, I have a feeling that the the 58 will feel a bit big off road but I'm a newb so who knows.

My track bike is a 59 and I assumed I'd want a bit smaller for cross. (I do intend to try racing at some point)

You would want to go for a 58 - the amount of post you'd have on a 55 would make re-mounting pretty nuts. I find mine fine for commuter duties and the brief amount of races I've taken part in.

That said - you'd be better placed speaking to one of the regular CXrs for advice. @Zdrenka @andyp could advise someone of your frame better than me

Thanks for the response, looking at the amount of post I had on the gangsta it would look pretty silly.

Might wait for more responses but will probably go with the 58 and just a slightly shorter stem than I'm used to. Now I need to decide if I want purple or green.

Y U NO Rychtarski? and Columbus Mud fork painted to match ..

You can also have a condor tempo kind of dropout with mudguard mount and other custom stuff. Given your frame size I'd add another bottle cage mount somewhere.

Can't afford to, don't want to wait or have to figure out how cross geo works and want to wait for a nice custom road bike.

Fair enough; I always found nature boy pricey for what it is .. pompino?

Nature Boys are much nicer looking than Pomps and more cx geo

@IR I'm going to be replacing my fork, so if you just found a frame you can save some money on that.

You would want to go for a 58 - the amount of post you'd have on a 55 would make re-mounting pretty nuts.

?

Most people go for a setup putting the bars closer, higher and wider than for road @IR

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Salsa-Carbon-CX-forks-wih-canti-mounts-Cyclocross-No-reserve-/161421462406?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item2595780b86

tapered headtube but still cheap

If I can find a frame only I'll definitely hit you up for that, the nature boy is definitely better looking than the pomp.

Thanks, more things for me to consider.

I was gonna go for 42cm silver ritchey classics but already have some other 44cm so may just use those.

@IR how about a Cotic Escapade? the large one might just fit you...

As much as I'd like dics I need to build this around a wheel set I already have.

edit: and 54ctt on the large would look insane, that's tiny.

Effective TT length is 58 though. "Ultra compact geo" lol.

i want an easton ec90x fork SO bad

I think the "go down a size for a cross bike" theory applied back when all bikes had level top tubes.

Personally, I'd go for a similar size to your existing bikes with a shorter stem, mine is 20 mm shorter, and have the handlebars slightly higher, i.e. an extra 10 mm spacer or two. Bottom bracket drop varies on cross bikes, but US designed and/or manufactured bikes typically tend to have a lower drop than European ones.

i had the 61 and it was too big, let orlowski build my sscx based on the 58 geometry, if this helps you

This does help a lot because I know we ride pretty similarly sized bikes, I reckon I'll go for the 58 in purple.

Sounds like a plan pretty damn excited.

singular kite seems pretty interesting too