Focus Mares CX3 Crosser

leeroy72

New Focus Mares CX3 - just picked it up this week so only one 50 minute ride. Very very nice ride, irons out the ruff stuff no end!!!

Focus carbon frame & forks
FSA chainset BB30
105 shifters, RD, FD & chain.
Concept EX bars, stem, seatpost & saddle.
Avid shorty 4 brakes
50mm carbon clinchers
Vredestein premiato cx tyres - Fulcrum racing 7 cx's as spare wheels.
Around 8.1kg

FransJacques

leeroy72 wrote:

Avid shorty 4 brakes
50mm carbon clinchers

= no braking :-)
But in CX that's a good thing.
Bike looks sick, but on a really "belgian"-type course, you might want a low-pro easy-to-accelerate clincher rim like a Stan's 340 or Velocity A3. Accelerating those beats 20x per lap could be sapping, my legs ache just looking at the acrage of those things.

RoadyForever

Sorry but that looks all wrong. The wheels don't suit the bike and the handlebars are all messed up (the hoods are higher than the saddle!). Get a bike fit..

But if it works for you, then cool, that's what matters.

leeroy72

FransJacques - Yes the brakes are typical cross brakes - slow you down as opposed to stop you and not snappy at all, just the way i like it.

Readyforever - The bike fits me perfectly mate - as comfortable as a cross bike can be. As for the wheels, not sure what you mean by don't suit the bike! Look fine to me and more importantly ride very nicely thank you. I think the camera angle makes the cockpit set up look a little weird though.

Thanks for the comments.

Weight is confirmed at 7.95kg - just had it on a friends garage scale. This is almost 3kg less than the Ridley Crossbow I have just sold so i am more than happy. 8)

FransJacques

The bike is gorgeous, the stem and the seatpost colours match it well. I think RF's point is, when you get more comfortable off-road and racier with the bike, you can flip the stem to get it looking meaner.

If Sky rode Focus, this is what it would look like.