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CX Bike around £1000

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  • May 27, 2014 at 11:06 pm #21545
    jaredholdcroft

    Hey,

    Looking for a cyclocross bike around £1000. I will probably use it occasionally as a winter bike but it really needs to be race ready too so ideally will have a cx specific chainset.

    Options so far are CAADX 105 (bad brakes?), Rose DX pro and current favourite Whyte Saxon Cross 2013. Anything else I should be looking at?

    Cheers,
    J

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  • June 3, 2014 at 9:38 pm #796309
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    Jon Burrage

    Brand new 2015 Felt
    Brand new 2015 Felt F85X…seriously, unbeatable value.

    May 30, 2014 at 2:41 pm #796307
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    jaredholdcroft

    Thanks for all the advice.
    Thanks for all the advice.

    In the end I ignored everybody and bought a Genesis Vapour Disc (2014).

    It’s possible there is a little bit of style over spec but apart from looking great it just felt perfect when I sat on it.

    Now just need to get it muddy.

    May 29, 2014 at 7:44 pm #796305
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    southseabythesea

    If you do a quick comparison
    If you do a quick comparison between the CAAD X 105 and Ultegra the main difference is, obviously, the groupset. The important factor is it’s the same frame and forks (even the rims are the same) you can upgrade around that as and when. 105 is still a good groupset.

    Cheers

    May 29, 2014 at 8:41 am #796303
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    bendertherobot

    If you need mudguards the
    If you need mudguards the Planet X is out

    May 28, 2014 at 5:08 pm #796301
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    jaredholdcroft

    Yeah, that would nice but I
    Yeah, that would nice but I have a hard limit of £1100. The 105 version looks really good but the brakes don’t. I could replace them at some point though I guess.

    May 28, 2014 at 5:06 pm #796299
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    jaredholdcroft

    So are the Planet X carbon
    So are the Planet X carbon frames on their £1k bikes any good? I’ve seen a couple of the lower end road bikes and the carbon looks a bit nasty.

    Wondering if it they are any better than a really good ali frame?

    May 28, 2014 at 1:26 pm #796297
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    southseabythesea

    It’s a bit more than £1000,
    It’s a bit more than £1000, but I used a 10% off offer from a LBS to buy the CAADX Ultegra for £1350. I can highly recommend that for off road and if you swap over to road tyres it still holds it’s own.

    May 28, 2014 at 12:51 am #796295
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    cw42

    Planet x cross bike.
    Planet x cross bike. http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXXLS105/planet-x-xls-shimano-105-cyclocross-bike
    Highly recommend.

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