Best cross bike for under £1600

Morriz87
Morriz87 Posts: 5
edited August 2017 in Cyclocross
Please advise on my potential best buys. I was after a 1 x 11 drive train but not bothered if sram or other. I'd ideally like hydraulic disc brakes but I know I'm pushing it with the budget. I've been looking at the Trek Crockett 5 2018 or building up a Kinesis. Thoughts please.

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  • lesfirth
    lesfirth Posts: 1,382
    Morriz87 wrote:
    Please advise on my potential best buys. I was after a 1 x 11 drive train but not bothered if sram or other. I'd ideally like hydrologic disc brakes but I know I'm pushing it with the budget. I've been looking at the Trek Crockett 5 2018 or building up a Kinesis. Thoughts please.

    I have not come across "hydrologic" brakes before. Do they think for themselves? :D
  • Morriz87
    Morriz87 Posts: 5
    lesfirth wrote:
    Morriz87 wrote:
    Please advise on my potential best buys. I was after a 1 x 11 drive train but not bothered if sram or other. I'd ideally like hydrologic disc brakes but I know I'm pushing it with the budget. I've been looking at the Trek Crockett 5 2018 or building up a Kinesis. Thoughts please.

    I have not come across "hydrologic" brakes before. Do they think for themselves? :D

    I said they'd be expensive. Seriously though any recommendations.
  • Morriz87
    Morriz87 Posts: 5
    oxoman wrote:
    Here's a few to look at. Personally i like my TCX. All in budget with Hydraulic mix of 2 and single chainset.
    The prices are starting to come down so some good bargains starting to appear. Maybe worth watching for ex demo bikes as well. Picked my Defy up after it did 1 demo and my TCX after it had done a few, both still looked new.
    https://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s194p ... PEX-1-2017
    https://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s194p ... SLR-2-2017
    https://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m7b0s194p ... SLR-1-2017

    Cheaper wildcard entry better than the above me thinks.
    http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/r ... -team-bike

    Thank the TCX SLR1 look pretty nice. Great shout.

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