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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    I can get a new Kona Jake the Snake for a smidgeon under £900, I might be able to squeeze budget to this.


    I like Konas, they have always seemed to be good frames to me. Nice to see the slippery slope is luring you already !
    Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.

    Felt F55 - 2007
    Specialized Singlecross - 2008
    Marin Rift Zone - 1998
    Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali
  • DanielCoffey
    DanielCoffey Posts: 142
    Have you seen what the same guy is wearing on the Surly Pacer, Instigator and 1x1 frames? One too many falls without a bike-helmet I think!
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    edited July 2009
    Build your own

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    total weight 18lb :D
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Gotta be the Ridley surely? Ridley know CX...

    My boss has a Tricross, it's the SS version and still manages to weigh a ton.
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Il Principe wrote:
    Gotta be the Ridley surely? Ridley know CX...

    My boss has a Tricross, it's the SS version and still manages to weigh a ton.

    That's what I have bought on the cheap earlier this year. I like to think of it as resistance training. I get on my Felt and feel all floaty! Still good fun to ride it fixed, scary off road though.
    Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.

    Felt F55 - 2007
    Specialized Singlecross - 2008
    Marin Rift Zone - 1998
    Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    You think the Tricross is heavy???

    Good God. :shock: I thought the damn thing was a featherweight.

    It's no bloody wonder you lot are so much faster than me.

    That's me decided... I'm getting a Boardman Road bike in the CTW and stump up the extra £500
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • bratboy
    bratboy Posts: 82
    If you want to build your own then take at Planet-X Uncle John...he's mine _MG_2575.jpg @ 17lb less mud :D It'll go pretty much anywhere, and can take disc brakes as well as guards and racks if you are that way inclined. It's already been over to France, round the 3 Peaks and will be touring in northern Britain this Summer.

    Be warned though, if you have a competitive streak then racing won't be far away ;)
    SC61.10a: FCN 3, with clip-on guards for winter
    Uncle John: FCN ?? knobblies, or 'fat' slicks n guards

    If you haven't tried these things, you should.
    These things are fun, and fun is good.
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    I call my Singlecross the Tank. Get a boardman roadie and fly up those hills. Losing a stone in weight makes a huge difference too!
    Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.

    Felt F55 - 2007
    Specialized Singlecross - 2008
    Marin Rift Zone - 1998
    Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali
  • mudcovered
    mudcovered Posts: 725
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    I can get a new Kona Jake the Snake for a smidgeon under £900, I might be able to squeeze budget to this.

    Thats a bargain price. Last time I looked they were going for more than that. The current JtS has better brakes than mine as well.

    Mike
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Just been browsing for bikes on ebay (as you do when the wife's out), and came across this:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ridley-Supercross ... 7C294%3A50
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    My emplyer has a discount arrangement with Wheelies Direct, and I can get 20% off their list prices. :lol:

    Off to France tomorrow, then find out soon if I have a job, if I do it will be a Jake the Snake.
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"

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