Hi
Have started collecting pieces and really want to get together a cross bike for commuting, training rides for fitness, bit of weekend singletrack and 4,6 hour and 100km events in WA. Keen on steel but will do alloy. I am going to run the new SRAM Apex groupo, a woodchipper bar and woudl like to run BB7 disks if i find the frame to fit it.
So, thus far i like:
Voodoo Wazoo (if i can find a 58)
Champione Brunswick steel (cant find any info but look a very nice frame in nivocrome)
Salsa Lacruz (again cant find any around tho)
Any suggestions on other frames or advice on any of these?
thanks in advance
Rohin
Oh and also, mainly pea gravel here so any advice on tyre choice?
Singular Peregrine (if you fit a medium there’s a sale here: Flickr: Singular Cycles’ Photostream)
Rawland Drakkar (commuter cycles sells them I think)
Vassago Fisticuff (looks like a poorly designed frame to me and probably the most expensive due to shipping costs)
On-One Pompetamine (cheapest of the lot, excellent quality… ss only however)
bummer, they look nice but a M wont fit my legs. Im too big.
thanks for the ideas guys. keep em coming if you think of more.
It is great that frames are being developed to be used as fixed, s/s, geared, onroad, offroad. awesome.
100ks on pea gravel eh? my call would be around a 35 mm cx tyre
Re frames. I have a la cruz - damn fine commuter, a on-one pomp - great fun no frills simple sscx, and a drop bar ss 29er / monster cross- single track, commuting and just fun.
Problem is all three “cross” over in a lot of same uses, but each still have a thing they do best. if I was in WA and could only have one do it all bike, I would go a drop bar 29er and swap out tyres from fat to thin depending on what you need that week or weekend.