shopping for a cx bike

[carl f]

treating myself to a new cx bike on the cycle to work scheme. Need something versatile to race a bit of cx and for winter miles/commute etc
How this,any better value for money out there?
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBP ... rival-bike

[Jon H]

The Focus CX bikes from Wiggle are probably worth a look too.

[carl f]

Thanks Jon,looked on website but not much going on seemed to have sold out/waiting for new stock.
my cx bike is for sale in the marketplace if anyone is interested

[Sylv]

Get yourself one of these Carl : )

[img]http://www.cxmagazine.com/wp-content/gallery/eurobike-2011-cyclocross-bikes-disc-brakes-components-part-2/look.jpg[/img]

[carl f]

If only my cycle to work scheme budget would stretch that far!

[Nigel]

I bought myself a Focus Mares AX 1.0 Ultegra 2011 from wiggle a couple of weeks ago with a 25% discounted price. [img]http://s.wiggle.co.uk/images/focus-mares-ax1-11-zoom.jpg[/img]

Guess the 2012 version will be coming very soon. but for under £1000 this was an excellent spec.

[Nigel]

I saw one of these in the bike shop in Redhill near the bus station (don't know the shop's name)
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gen ... e-ec026194

A good review http://www.cyclingactive.com/bikesgear/ ... e-fer-1099
They had it on sale at £899 and I believe it was a 58 frame

[carl f]

Thanks but the px is a better spec i think and a 58 frame is slightly too big for me

[John G]

[quote="carl f"]Thanks but the px is a better spec i think and a 58 frame is slightly too big for me

[John G]

[quote="Sylv"]Get yourself one of these Carl : )

[img]http://www.cxmagazine.com/wp-content/gallery/eurobike-2011-cyclocross-bikes-disc-brakes-components-part-2/look.jpg[/img]

[Lucyap]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wllwQKro ... r_embedded

Quite a nice video for the Specialized Crux . . .

[carl f]

yes considering the spesh they are nice,might pop into evens and take a look, at the kind of price i'm looking at so far its between the spesh and px

[John G]

[quote="carl f"]yes considering the spesh they are nice,might pop into evens and take a look, at the kind of price i'm looking at so far its between the spesh and px

[Dombo]

Fit some of these puppies and you can do the CR when it's icy:
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/TYCONSPK/co ... inter-tyre

[Andrew G]

PX Uncle John and Focus seem to offer the best value for money and are very popular, probably for that reason.

If they were fairly equally matched then I'd probably go for the PX as the service you tend to get from them is superb. Would also be easy touse their Bargains section to tweek a standard build option for peanuts.