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Kinesis Decade Tripster schwag: we have a winner!

Tell us what bike your ride and win a Kinesis Decade Tripster frameset worth £500

Unprecedented amounts of interest in this one, and some very interesting bikes y'all are riding out there. We'll put them all into a big spreadsheet or pie chart or something when we've got a bit of time. That's not now though, what with our Fantasy Tour de France game requiring our attention and the road.cc randomiser blinking and bleeping in our ear. Ah, it's stopped bleeping. What's that you say, randomiser? An eighties football legend is walking away with the prize?

That's right! step forward Luther Blissett (not, judging by the email address, the actual real Luther Blissett). You're our winner!

Commiserations to those of you who have missed out this time but don't forget you can win £300 of Rose Bikes cycling kit at the moment right here, and there's also the just-unwrapped Fantasy Tour de France game with a £600 KHS road bike up for grabs for the best Directeur Sportif out there. And more schwag on the way! Stay tuned...

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Bike Week approaches, seven days of celebrating cycling in all its forms, so what better way of doing just that than by winning a truly cool frameset designed to give you ultimate cycling versatility - the Kinesis Tripster. All you've got to do is tell us what bike you ride in the comment field below, if you've got more than one bike you only need mention your main one (you can list 'em all too if you want though).

The Tripster is designed to be  fast, precise and adapatable – in fact that's the motto on the top tube. This is a supremely versatile frame made from double butted 7005 series aluminium that can be built up loads of different ways and will do the business whatever role you build it up for.

You can set it up with 700c wheels and drops, or as a 26in wheeled machine with slicks, or as a all terrain commuter/weekend racer with 700x33 cross tyres. Or any combination of the three that suits. Pretty much any way you build it up the Tripster makes an ideal fast commuter, the design is based on the highly successful Kinesis Crosslight frames but with some commuter friendly touches such as a slightly taller head tube for a more upright traffic-scoping riding position.

Our lucky winner gets the choice of either an Aqua Blue or Supergloss Black frameset in a size to suit and to make you look even more the part there's some Decade Ts in the mix too, all courtesy of our friends at Upgrade. If you want to get an idea of what you can do with it check out our other Tripster gallery.

Cos it's such a good prize we'll be running it through Bike Week and we'll pick the winner at tiffin time next Friday (25th), Usual Schwag Grab Rules apply, and remember all you have to do is comment and tell us what bike you ride… why? Well, we're just nosey really plus road.cc is supposed to be a site for all types of cyclists who ride on the roads and we want to find out how we're getting on.

To can find out more about the Tripster and the Decade range of bikes visit the Kinesis Decade website http://kinesisdecade.co.uk/
 

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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OziRich | 13 years ago
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I commute on a cannondale bad boy ultra and race a felt on the track,I love riding and if I have a chance of riding I'll ride whats around, Its all good fun

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jonboy | 13 years ago
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Me !!

I ride a Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc Hybrid  4

JOnboy

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roffem | 13 years ago
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Litespeed C1 DI2 got it this week!!

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miffed | 13 years ago
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I ride a LeMond Fillmore which is in desperate need for some new bearing in the rear wheel.

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John_the_Monkey replied to Team_Banana | 13 years ago
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I ride a Raleigh Team Banana.

COOL!

The Raleigh Team Banana was my dream bike when I was a kid - I still dream that one day I'll find one in a skip & restore it to its former glory...

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Lazyrider | 13 years ago
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Cannondale RThou for me

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The Great Cornholio | 13 years ago
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Any of the following

Specialized Allez Elite
Raleigh 531 Winter Hack
Raleigh 531 Track Bike
Gary Fisher Rig 29er
Niner EMD9 29er

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pabryan | 13 years ago
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Cube Litening SCR

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Tifosi Pista CX that I use as an urban fixie ride

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simon smith | 13 years ago
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 3 Oooo yes please, I ride a Specialized Hardrock. I'd love something to use on the road ....

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Felix | 13 years ago
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Ancient old Cougar (w top end 'in its day') kit most of the time and a fixed wheel On-One Pompino when the weather is bad  4

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fuzzy | 13 years ago
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Either a recycled Puch fixed wheel or a Ridgeback Voyage tourer. My Sunday best is a cannondale R800.

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nellybuck@msn.com | 13 years ago
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Specialized Secteur Elite when the sun's shining or a Giant SCR when it's wet. Mostly the Giant then...

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lonebadger | 13 years ago
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Normal bike - Paul Donohue
Snow/ice - Marin thingy-whatsit

The Donohue's frame is getting tired, this would be lovely.

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mellisr1 | 13 years ago
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A trek 1.7 and a beat up scott sportster for getting to work

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graemeg52 | 13 years ago
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Bianchi Nirone c2c or Camaleonte 1

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iscott66 | 13 years ago
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I have an old Peugeot Elan converted to SS for the commute to work
and a Carrera Subway for hauling the wee man about on

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Psychalist | 13 years ago
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1980 steel Raleigh road bike. Has got me to work and back for the last few years through snow, rain and sun but deserves a rest.

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STATO | 13 years ago
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I ride a rather heavy Surly LHT. And that blue/white Kinesis i lovely!

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paslemeilleur | 13 years ago
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mostly my well loved Perks

Opera road bike

a 35 year old Peugeot roadster: "pour chercher le pain"

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conniev | 13 years ago
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I ride Greg, he's nearly the 'biggest'love of my life; and is a delicious Ti September from the Sabbath stable. He might get a brother or sister soon, fingers crossed!!

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jak001 | 13 years ago
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Genesis Day 00 for the commute

Boardman Team Alu Road for the long distance fast stuff

Orange P7 Pro for the rough stuff

Haro Dave Mirra 540 for the short distance thrills and picking up milk!

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Are We There Yet | 13 years ago
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 4 scott P3 sportster for commute,
Cube carbon light for mtb  4

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davidevans387 | 13 years ago
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Riding a TREK 7.2 with Upgrades.  39

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bendy | 13 years ago
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I ride a Salsa La Cruz. The Orange is so bright you gotta wear shades

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FryingKiwi | 13 years ago
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Mine's a Litespeed Tuscany. Loverly.

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trevorx | 13 years ago
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Focus Cayo cross, 1980's Dawes Galaxy, 1986 Muddyfox Courier.

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austen | 13 years ago
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There are more and more people trying to win these prizes dammit.

Planet-X Kaffenback for me (plus MTBs from Orange and Santa Cruz(x2))

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hagenorden | 13 years ago
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A Centurion 800 Cross Speed in town,
a Giant SCR C1 in the Wicklow Mountains.

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j1mmy76 | 13 years ago
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Kona Major One
Charge Duster Eight

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orginalheff | 13 years ago
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orange mountain bike
Specialized Road bike
Boardman hybrid

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