Which CX Bike
iandennis
Posts: 238
I'm looking at changing my commuter bike to a CX, mainly due to the rubbish road but also because I fancy doing some cyclocross racing next year.
Short List
Boardman CX
Spesh Crux Elite
Genesis Vapor / Crox
Spesh Tricross Sport
On paper with spec and price then the Boardman wins. I have SRAM Apex on my roadbike (not used for commuting) so having the same on a commuter would be useful. Crux looks good but spec isn't that great and no discs. Vapour/Crox looks good as well but some bad reports about customer service and aftersales. Tricross is probably too heavy.
I'm really tempted by the boardman, which if I wait for a sale then would be approx £800 via C2W.
Apart from Halfords (would use LBS for servcing) is there any reason not to get the boardman. Any body already got one and what do you think ?
All my other bikes are Spesh, but if a disc crux with Apex comes for 2012 then I'd certainly be interested.
Short List
Boardman CX
Spesh Crux Elite
Genesis Vapor / Crox
Spesh Tricross Sport
On paper with spec and price then the Boardman wins. I have SRAM Apex on my roadbike (not used for commuting) so having the same on a commuter would be useful. Crux looks good but spec isn't that great and no discs. Vapour/Crox looks good as well but some bad reports about customer service and aftersales. Tricross is probably too heavy.
I'm really tempted by the boardman, which if I wait for a sale then would be approx £800 via C2W.
Apart from Halfords (would use LBS for servcing) is there any reason not to get the boardman. Any body already got one and what do you think ?
All my other bikes are Spesh, but if a disc crux with Apex comes for 2012 then I'd certainly be interested.
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Boardman IMHO!0
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From those I would opt for the Boardman.
Ive got a Kona Jake the Snake but its not on your list :--(0 -
btw, don't know if this affects your decision but I don't think the Crux Elite has mounts for pannier or mudguards. I might be wrong on this but I'm pretty sure it doesn't0
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have a look at a Kinesis Crosslight 5t as well, it has all the fittings for mudguards etc and is capable for racing too.
http://road.cc/content/news/15674-just- ... sslight-5t0
