Carbon is dead (Again)

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  • Again, my winter hack/gravel biek got destroyed by another inattentive driver, just after I paid a kings ransom to revamp it. Now I having a pile of new and old components in slightly outdated standards that I need to attach to a new frame.
    What I need:
    -Cheap if possible, killing expensive bikes is too much of a drama
    -Long and low. Something that can be ridden fast on road and cross. I can't get on with too tall handlebars and slack angles
    -Stupid standards, getting like MTBs. I'd try to use as much as possible of my deceased GT grade carbon, that means: Post mount, 15mm/135 QR axles, PF 30 BB...
    -Mudguard mounts, I ride all year round
    -Decent clearances for cross tires. Not interested in 650b

    TL/DR i need a slightly outdated cross bike with some all-round features.

  • CANDIDATES (So far):
    Kinesis Crosslight PRO V6
    Niner RLT9
    Ritchey Swiss Cross
    Brother Kepler

    Any suggestions welcome, what i'm missing?

  • Carbonda?

  • CAADX

  • boardman cx pro

  • Looks a bit too relaxed, too long a wait and I'd find a way to smash it in a week

  • Going off your wish list, I'd plump for the Ritchey.

  • The stack look really high on their geo chart, shame.

  • Me too but maybe too expensive. Also not mudguard mounts. It was on sale some months ago for £700, much regret

  • Fearless Vulture

  • still havee my Niner RLT9 for sale if you after a 53cm one?

  • I like this, but it's a brother Kepler with a different paint

    @pryally I'm a bit too lanky for a 53 frame, cheers tough

  • I think it's what Chris has just bought?

  • I like this, but it's a brother Kepler with a different paint

    Not so sure.. This is Reynolds 725 and has a tapered head tube for carbon forks.

  • Mmmm that's good... May consider it

  • Almost set on Kinesis crosslight for no reason other than horizontal top tube and white.

  • Surly straggler ? Or disk trucker ?
    Or a genesis ? Or even a planet X kaffenbach or London road ?

  • Subbed, interested to see what you decide on.

  • i'd go for niner rlt
    or
    soma fog cutter
    genesis fugio ( a bit upright )

    swiss cross has no mudguards iirc

  • soma fog cutter

    Or double cross disc

  • I was gonna add Shand stooshie, but the price is challenging

  • That fog cutter thing looks the ticket, but the carbon fork is meh and could be challenging to find a Chinese disc fork in straight steerer

  • a second hand Crux or Crocket, no point spending a load of cash on a workhorse

  • Big fan of my alu rlt 9, really good on and off road.

  • Would the brother kepler carbon fit ? I beileve they are 1 1/8th

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Carbon is dead (Again)

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