Croix De Fer 2012

bendertherobot

Mudguards still to go on. May get a shorter stem.



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jamienorton

Very nice, love the brown bits. Could do with being thrown down a muddy hill though.

greasedscotsman

bendertherobot wrote:

May get a shorter stem.

...that's white!

bendertherobot

greasedscotsman wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

May get a shorter stem.

...that's white!

Aye, I'm thinking Ritchey 4 Axis wet white

greasedscotsman

bendertherobot wrote:

greasedscotsman wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

May get a shorter stem.

...that's white!

Aye, I'm thinking Ritchey 4 Axis wet white

Spot on! Good choice. Not so keen on the 2012 model though, they have changed the graphics and design of the front plate a bit.

This...



Compared to this...

bendertherobot

Yes, noticed that. Will deffo be hunting down the older model!

bristolpete

Lovely smart looking machine. Classy.

BoydD

Had a look at one of these in the flesh today, very nice, a great looker. Might have to invest.

igbarnes

Compared to this...

That's actually the new C260 stem (notice the 3 bolt steerer clamp) .... they also do a standard WCS 4 Axis which looks a bit more like last years model ... but still may not be to your taste ...

gwillis

lovely bike and my next CTW purchase !. Going to follow another forum member on here and build up some wheels for it im told it knocks a load of weight off.

What size didyou go for. Epic Cycles suggest a Small for me as im 5ft 8?

bendertherobot

Bit of a cock up sees me on a 56" at 5ft 10". It's fine. Been riding a 56" Day One for the past 6 months anyway.

I like em big

FransJacques

How much does it weigh? Looks a bit large for you... who sold it to you?

giant_man

I was going to go for one of these, but the weight put me off must admit, love them though, nice one bender!

gwillis

giant man wrote:

I was going to go for one of these, but the weight put me off must admit, love them though, nice one bender!

I'm waiting for one of these on the ctw scheme at the moment and intend to use if for all sorts of stuff . you can lose a load by just switching the wheels out. Another forum member managed to lose 1kg by switching to do Swiss 465 rims and a set of eBay mtb hubs. That being said if I have to wait any longer I might switch to the vapour

tim_wand

Whats the rear spacing on one of these then? Is it 135mm or 120mm .

I.E you can run them with an MTB rear hub

gwillis

I wad kindly sent some info by another forum member ill dig it out. He suggested eBay hubs obviously disc specific around £ 88 to buy ill find the link.

bendertherobot

Questions for any Croix owners.

Have changed the seatpost to carbon. So that means black. Put a Charge Spoon on there. Very nice.

So, the bar tape has to become black now.

Before I install, a few questions.

Does anyone think you can do better in respect of bars? I might think about putting Ergonova Pro on there (which I like very much). That would mean removing the suicide brakes (is that what they're called).

Any views?

bendertherobot

A few updates and Ugo is building me new wheels!

Tidy, clean, new pads and new rotors, new wheels in a few weeks

ugo.santalucia

bendertherobot wrote:

A few updates and Ugo is building me new wheels!

Indeed, and as Ugo was envious, he has purchased a set of Archetype rims for himself too, as when he upgraded his CdF wheels, the H+ son had not hit the market yet!

bendertherobot

Good man!

ugo.santalucia

Being Italian, mine is all Campagnolo and real leather... 8)

bendertherobot

I do have a Brooks, but that would negate my wheel weight saving!

Paul 8v

Nice bike, my friend, the destroyer of bikes has one of these and he hasn't managed to kill it yet so they must be good!