Cross-style frame

secretsam

Am pondering many things, one of which is what to do about a commuter bike should my current contract be extended.

My ride to work is 15 miles over variable but hilly roads, so a drop bar bike with decent brakes would be ideal.

I have in my stable an old Spesh Sirrus, which is great but too big for me - it's a 56 (L) and I ride a 54 road bike - was wondering about using the bits off this and making a new drop bar bike - but would need a frame.

Any thoughts/suggestions? Don't want to spend a fortune.

asprilla

SecretSam wrote:

Am pondering many things, one of which is what to do about a commuter bike should my current contract be extended.

My ride to work is 15 miles over variable but hilly roads, so a drop bar bike with decent brakes would be ideal.

I have in my stable an old Spesh Sirrus, which is great but too big for me - it's a 56 (L) and I ride a 54 road bike - was wondering about using the bits off this and making a new drop bar bike - but would need a frame.

Any thoughts/suggestions? Don't want to spend a fortune.

Singular Peregrine.



Will take tyres up to 2" wide, can use disc or calliper brakes and has an eccentric bb and so can be geared, fixed or SS.

Also has mount points for guards and a rack.

I love mine.

secretsam

Nice colour, too

££££?????

asprilla

It's about £400 for frame and fork from Wiggle (or was).

You can even run it as a flat bar for a whole. Lots of folks do.

ride_whenever

Singular are lovely, also look at all city. Hugely impressive and also surprisingly stiff

rubertoe

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRPXKBD2/p ... e-and-fork

night_porter

The Peregrine looks nice but for the same level of frame but half of the price @ £250 and about 5lbs lighter the Planet X Kaffenback 2 fits the bill too http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRPXKBD2/p ... e-and-fork
I bought one ready built in July (£850 with Sram Rival) and have ridden it nearly every day since then and it is a brilliant commuter/winter trainer/offroad/allrounder. I don't think I will ever buy another bike without discs as I am that happy with them.

secretsam

Forgotten about the Kaffenback

Does it still take V-brakes? If not, how much do discs cost??? The Tiagra version for £800 is something of a bargain!

rubertoe

I have the tiagra version - its is awesome.

If you go for mechanical discs - get the BB7's they are well worth it (Kaff doesnt take V's - disc only)

veronese68

Go discs. For an all weather bike they are the best solution.

mpdouglas

Kinesis Crosslight Pro 6 can be had for about £450 and comes in that great acid green colour (which I love but is a real Marmite choice) or more boring white or black. Alloy frame, full carbon fork.

veronese68

mpdouglas wrote:

Kinesis Crosslight Pro 6 can be had for about £450 and comes in that great acid green colour (which I love but is a real Marmite choice) or more boring white or black. Alloy frame, full carbon fork.

I completely agree with this of course. The green is glorious, although I may be biased, just look at the pic in my sig.

rubertoe

Hmmmmm i wonder if we are all suggesting the very same bikes that we all spent our hard earned beer tokens on....

secretsam

Discs no good at the mo' - would involve changing wheels

veronese68

SecretSam wrote:

Discs no good at the mo' - would involve changing wheels

In that case buy a frame that can take both so when you've worn your wheels out you can get some disc compatible wheels. Once you've tried discs in the wet you'll never look back.

I should add that V brakes and drop bars don't play particularly nicely. You might be better off selling the Sirrus complete and buying something else used.

secretsam

Veronese68 wrote:

SecretSam wrote:

Discs no good at the mo' - would involve changing wheels

In that case buy a frame that can take both so when you've worn your wheels out you can get some disc compatible wheels. Once you've tried discs in the wet you'll never look back.

I should add that V brakes and drop bars don't play particularly nicely. You might be better off selling the Sirrus complete and buying something else used.

Ah

Sirrus is pretty worthless, TBH - hence my wish to recycle it

Kieran_Burns

Hang on, hang on

SecretSam is Boris Johnson!!! :shock:

secretsam

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Hang on, hang on

SecretSam is Boris Johnson!!! :shock:

1. Eh?

and

2. You cheeky g&t, how dare you accuse me of being a fat....errr, bullsheeting....errr, Tory...yes! How dare you accuse me of being a Tory!!!!

Kieran_Burns

SecretSam wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Hang on, hang on

SecretSam is Boris Johnson!!! :shock:

1. Eh?

and

2. You cheeky g&t, how dare you accuse me of being a fat....errr, bullsheeting....errr, Tory...yes! How dare you accuse me of being a Tory!!!!

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Co-inkydink?

I think not.

anonymousblackfg

Avoid V'brake and drops, I had all manner of issues but I do have a Cotic Roadrat (you can't get the drop bar frame anymore) which had disc tabs and brake bosses. I'm considering a CrossLight but that's to replace my winter bike once my current wheels die (sodding things just keep on going!).

night_porter

If you want to use your existing wheels and brakes then Evans have a 54cm frame that might suit http://www.evanscycles.com/products/pin ... e-ec046840 you can get a "travel mate" to allow you to use V brakes with drop bars or just get a cheap set of cantis/callipers both should work with this frame and you might even be able to use your existing fork?

ride_whenever

anonymousblackfg wrote:

Avoid V'brake and drops, I had all manner of issues but I do have a Cotic Roadrat (you can't get the drop bar frame anymore) which had disc tabs and brake bosses. I'm considering a CrossLight but that's to replace my winter bike once my current wheels die (sodding things just keep on going!).

V's and drops are fine, just use travel adjusters and you won't have a problem bar slightly shorter cable life

veronese68

Cotic X has disc and canti mounts so you could run your V brakes and upgrade when the time is right. I was interested in one, but couldn't find anywhere that had one for me to look at so went with the Kinesis.

The Rookie

Mini V's work fine with road levers....by far the best option!

secretsam

Or I could just bin the V brakes and use standard brakes on a standard winter frame...will need to buy shifters/brake levers/STIs in any case...

Hmmmmm some more

davis

Just go discs. Yes you'll need new wheels, but you'd need to replace the rims on your existing wheels soon anyway ('cos they're rim brakes).

secretsam

How much does a set of discs cost? Assume cable jobbies. And wheels????

davis

Ummm I just got a second-hand (but brand new) pair of TRP HyRds inc. discs for 170 quid. Haven't fitted them yet, but they'll replace my BB7s.

According to bike-discount.de the BB7s can be had for about 42 quid each, and how much do you want to spend on wheels?

secretsam

davis wrote:

Ummm I just got a second-hand (but brand new) pair of TRP HyRds inc. discs for 170 quid. Haven't fitted them yet, but they'll replace my BB7s.

According to bike-discount.de the BB7s can be had for about 42 quid each, and how much do you want to spend on wheels?

Nothing, ideally, hence the need to avoid discs

anonymousblackfg

The Rookie wrote:

Mini V's work fine with road levers....by far the best option!

I had them, spent my life adjusting them, anyone want them i'll happily give them to you for free. Roll on discs on everything.

night_porter

If you buy a new frame, new shifters, new wheels and new brakes then it will probably be better to just get a new bike and either sell on the hybrid or just use it as a hack bike. Something like this http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/product ... road-bikes

Alternatively you could just get a smaller hybrid frame and use all of the parts you already have. Evans have them from £75.00