cyclocross bikes 2012

Despite their all-conquering road and mountain bikes Trek have skulked somewhat in the shadows when it comes to cyclo-cross. They've had models kicking around but you'd be hard pushed to spot them either on the shop floor or the race course. The Cronus range could change all that.

Trek have come out their corner punching hard with four new 'cross bikes – a pair of alloy framed Ion monikered machines and two carbon-based life form Cronus models.

Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 - action close up pic: Geoff Waugh	Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 - seat tube cluser	Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 - action	Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 - Reynolds Assault deep section carbon rim	Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 - front wheel and fork three quarter view
Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 - front end drive side view

All pictures by Geoff Waugh

The Crux is a rare beast; a thousand pound cyclo-cross bike that's designed for actual cyclo-cross. It's not a jack-of-all-trades utility bike dressed up as a CX bike but a 'cross bike that's designed for what cyclo-cross really is - racing.