Show us your Cross Bikes.

slowbike

VamP wrote:

Do you carry a diesel genny around to keep that little lot juiced up?

Seriously, I like your style.

Na - front and back lights are independently powered ...
The other lights are powered by a USB battery pack stored in the front pocket of the rack bag - its a 5000mhA as that's what I have - but they're LED so don't take much juice.

BigStu2

Heres my choice for a day out on backroads and gravel, not to bad with a set of road wheels on either.

Paul 8v

Slowbike wrote:

This is mine .... currently in commuting mode ...

Liking that!

Paul 8v

anonmouse wrote:

I was awoken by my baby the other morning and thought a fixed gear 26" wheeled cross bike was what the world needed.



Part road bike, part mountain bike, part BMX. Works well for commuting.

That looks fun, apart from the no brakes :shock: Something like that would be great round here as a tow path masher

Paul 8v

Mine after a bit of a workout

anonmouse

Paul 8v wrote:

That looks fun, apart from the no brakes :shock: Something like that would be great round here as a tow path masher

Super fast and fun on the tow paths to work

FransJacques

Sven's love scene with his Colnago @ 2:50: http://www.vier.be/veldrijden/videos/di ... ting/99533

He's moving to Trek for 2014.

Given Compton's on cantis I suppose Sven will be as well.

matt@theforce

Here's my Merida Cyclocross4

Velke

Here's my Canyon Inflite 9.0 2XL after first ride and wash down.
First rate service from Canyon ordered at 5.30pm on Friday 13th and arrived @ 1.30pm on Thursday19th.
Going to change the Handlebars to 46cm and the saddle to match my Roubaix.

mlefa30

love the canyon

brucelee

How do you guys feel about unorthodox colors on cross bike? I know my buddy James loves his Stybar Crux.

Full details on the bike and more pictures here: http://blog.artscyclery.com/road/arts-c ... -check-12/

majormantra

Love that. I caught a similar one in action last week:

http://thesetbackpost.com/cyclocross/differdange2013/

(8th photo)

Looked very cool.

Paul 8v

brucelee wrote:

How do you guys feel about unorthodox colors on cross bike? I know my buddy James loves his Stybar Crux.

Full details on the bike and more pictures here: http://blog.artscyclery.com/road/arts-c ... -check-12/

That's quite different! Liking the campag on Specialized. Not something you see every day

FransJacques

Stunning! that is prettier than exactly 99.7% of bikes (road cross unicycle or otherwise) I have ever seen. Despite some dodgy cable colour mixing and Ksyriums which are the worst cross wheel known to mankind.

Nice to see Campy on a CX, although mates tell me the newer level gives you a bit more to grab onto.

MountainMonster

That pink bike is right up my ally. I would love one!

mattrixdesign2

Kieran_Burns wrote:

This is the only one I have my old Tricross at the moment:

How do you rate your TriCross, I bought one on a whim last year, an Ebay bargain, 2011 Tricross Sport (I think), but with brand new 105 (black/triple) other than brakes, and Kinesis forks - prisitne, all for £300.

I love it on and off road, at the moment it is sporting my older Aksium Wheels (the ones it came with were seriously heavy) and some studded tyres for ice (and snow if it ever arrives!).

I bought it with the intention of doing some CX races, I did the Rapha Supercross at Skipton last year. Problem is I had real issue with front fork/cantis mud clearance, so much so it was unridable at times as it was full off mud knitted together with grass :roll: , the rear was OK... any ways to improve this. May try some summer CX later in the year.

Also in terms of overall weight and quality, is it worth building on the frame over time with better parts?

Kieran_Burns

To be fair, the Tricross is not strictly a 'cross bike. It's more a do-it-all commute, tour, light trail bike which is why I bought it. The brakes are why I went for a disc CX bike the next time (Felt F65X, but I don't like the SRAM groupset so have swapped it for a 105 triple in black)

BTW: that is one hell of a bargain!

mattrixdesign2

I know its not quite a CX, but it certainly handles rough terrain, and I think I like riding it as its comfortable, its also adaptable for touring, and guards etc.

The reason I asked as I am in two minds, 1 is to just keep it as is, maybe use it on a few CX races but I don't think the clearance if brilliant, the other is to try and find a replacement DISC frame and fork setup + wheels. Having experienced discs on MTBs, and then taken the TriCross in the mud etc, discs make so much sense.

Are there any light weight'ish disc frames, you can buy for a relatively tight budget?

lanternerouge79

Velke wrote:

Here's my Canyon Inflite 9.0 2XL after first ride and wash down.
First rate service from Canyon ordered at 5.30pm on Friday 13th and arrived @ 1.30pm on Thursday19th.
Going to change the Handlebars to 46cm and the saddle to match my Roubaix.

Is that the V2 seat post and if so how easy is it to fit a rear light to it?

bendertherobot

lanternerouge79 wrote:

Velke wrote:

Here's my Canyon Inflite 9.0 2XL after first ride and wash down.
First rate service from Canyon ordered at 5.30pm on Friday 13th and arrived @ 1.30pm on Thursday19th.
Going to change the Handlebars to 46cm and the saddle to match my Roubaix.

Is that the V2 seat post and if so how easy is it to fit a rear light to it?

All seat posts are easy if you get a Lezyne Micro Drive or Exposure Flare.

sloppyschleckonds

BigStu2 wrote:

Heres my choice for a day out on backroads and gravel, not to bad with a set of road wheels on either.

lovely

ovi

A shot from yesterday's ride out

colm_gti

Paul 8v

ovi wrote:

A shot from yesterday's ride out

That looks like a nice trail

bendertherobot

Teaser shot, will be done tomorrow........

bendertherobot

I'm leaving it an hour to decide on tape

Paul 8v

bendertherobot wrote:

I'm leaving it an hour to decide on tape

White would look best as it would correspond with the bit on the rear stays but would be a bugger to keep clean on a crosser!

Black, Pink or White, hmmm

bendertherobot

Innit? Busyman bespoke would be cool. Black with pink showing through

majormantra

Before:



After:



'Race report': http://thesetbackpost.com/cyclocross/foxlake/

Paul 8v

That is how Cross bikes should be displayed, covered in mud!