£1500 to spend. Jake the Snake, Felt FX65 or other?

AllezAllezAllez

I've been looking at CX bikes for a while and set my budget at £1500 max.

I'm not massively fond of the 2014 colour change on Jake the Snake, but I like the mix of components and the change to disc brakes. I've also seen the Felt FX65 which looks great in the flesh, plus is £200 less.

Any pros or cons of either bike? Or are there other gems at the £1000-£1500 price range? The choice of bikes is vast!

The Real Radioactiveman

Take a look at planet x ,they have a great cx bike at the moment for £1000

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBP ... cross_bike

jus71n

I've got the Felt F65x & I love it (do like my Felt's though)

Great colour scheme, went to LBS for a "look" came out with one as it looks fantastic. Rides well to.

FransJacques

Buy this, there is 1 left. I agree with the comment that the brakes are not very powerful, but the rest of it is a killer deal.

aswh

The felt is a great looking bike but from what ive seen you can get better spec for the money.

Have a look at the Giant TCX SLR 2 2014, i'm struggling to find anything that will beat it spec wise at the price. The Ridley X-Bow 10 Disc 2014 is a nice looking bike as well as being well specced out for the money, im finding it hard to choose between these two at the moment.

drummer_boy

The Real Radioactiveman wrote:

Take a look at planet x ,they have a great cx bike at the moment for £1000

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBP ... cross_bike

+1 for the XLS. Just picked up a clearance model with SRAM fit out for £1199.

tgotb

Drummer_Boy wrote:

The Real Radioactiveman wrote:

Take a look at planet x ,they have a great cx bike at the moment for £1000

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBP ... cross_bike

+1 for the XLS. Just picked up a clearance model with SRAM fit out for £1199.

I've been racing on an XLS this season, and it's a complete weapon. Feels pretty stiff, very nimble handling, and a very comfortable top tube for shouldering. I bought a frameset, and didn't have too much trouble building up the complete bike at a shade under 8kg. Worth ordering a spare mech hanger or two if you're expecting to crash it, as they've been quite hard to get hold of until very recently.

It's very much a race bike; no mounting points for rack, mudguards etc.

majormantra

The PX look like a really good buy, but it's only in stock in one size right now.