Adventure, CX Whatever

j_mcd

I'm looking at getting a winter bike for the commute and the "Adventure" type looks interesting. I quite like the thought of mudguard/rack mounts,disk brakes and slightly wider tyres. Not overly bothered if it is carbon or Ali. Also quite intrigued by a 1x drivetrain.

My commute in the winter is no more than 25 miles each way and fairly flat. Does anyone own anything that they'd recommend?

JesseD

Just bought a Felt F65x which is a couple of years old ex demo from my LBS, it has an alu frameset with carbon forks and Sram running gear. Only ridden it a few times but it is a right laugh especially off road. On road manors are good as well.

Will be my winter training bike with road tyres on and also used fro cross/off road stuff with different tyres thrown on (actually will have 2 sets of wheels with different tyres on to make it easier to switch between the 2)

JayBM

Not sure of your budget etc but I've just bought the Di2 version of the Dolan Ti ADX and couldn't be happier. Saw me comfortably through a 600km Audax 2 days after it arrived . They do both a 105 and standard Ultegra and also a large range of rim braked versions.

https://www.dolan-bikes.com/road/road-bikes/road-bikes-titanium/dolan-titanium-disc.html

arlowood

You could consider one of the Planet X London Road range. For example

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXLDNRIV ... -road-bike

Has 1 x 11 SRAM drivetrain, hydraulic discs, rack and mudguard mounts and will take up to 40mm tyres.

Plenty of fans of the London Road if you want to trawl through this thread.

viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12998860

I had one a couple of years back that I really enjoyed but was persuaded to convert it to a flat bar for my grandson. Gave me an excuse to try something different.

mrb123

Have a look at the Boardman CX Team. Currently £1000 but Halfords regularly reduce them to £800 on top of which you can save 10% with a British Cycling membership.

Anonymous

J_MCD wrote:

I'm looking at getting a winter bike for the commute and the "Adventure" type looks interesting. I quite like the thought of mudguard/rack mounts,disk brakes and slightly wider tyres. Not overly bothered if it is carbon or Ali. Also quite intrigued by a 1x drivetrain.

My commute in the winter is no more than 25 miles each way and fairly flat. Does anyone own anything that they'd recommend?

Sounds like a good plan.
Make sure they are hydro discs, stick with 1x options, and put some slicker (but no less wide) tyres on.

w00dster

You didn't mention your budget, loads of choice out there, depending on how adventurous you will want to get with the bike makes a difference.
I would want the bike to take 700c x 40mm tyres or 650b x 45mm. As an example something like this....
https://www.alpkit.com/sonder/bikes/son ... -hydraulic, other options are the Pinnacle Arkose, Cotic Escapade Road Plus (sub £2k for the full build)

More expensive options are the Kinesis Tripster ATR, Mason Bokeh, Niner Road Less Travelled and Shand Stoater.

If your adventure is wet roads and firetrack / bridleways, then most new disc brake bikes take wider tyres.

I'm going for the Cotic when they get extra stock options in September.

http://www.cotic.co.uk/product/escapade#fastred

janwal

Boardman cx team.Full SRAM rival hydro 1x.takes guards.Run mine on 28 conti 4000 ii's that run at 30 wide.Bank hols coming up may be discounted as was regarded as end of line when I got mine at Easter.