TourDeHood

Honestly though, that is the bike bike I really wanted, albeit with disc brakes. Just couldn't up the dough. Congrats. The citron is pretty. It must own those BK streets.

BluesDawg

I just made a few upgrades to the new Crux.


upgraded profile by BluesDawg, on Flickr


SRAM Red 50/34 Exogram crank by BluesDawg, on Flickr


12-32 10 sp cassette by BluesDawg, on Flickr


Clement MSOs and Stan's Iron Cross wheels by BluesDawg, on Flickr

Ghost Ryder

Nice!!!
This must be you backyard, she's much too clean to be ridden in those trails.

BluesDawg

Front yard, actually. She was all clean from being stripped down and a new drivetrain and wheels installed. Rest assured she picked up some dirt already today from a short dirt road ride. Saturday she was filthy from top to bottom after 43 miles of gravel and soupy red clay on a rainy day gravel grinder.

Ghost Ryder

That's how I like to see my CXers!

1speedlos

Here's my "new" bike for this season. It's a NOS Cannondale XTJ frameset. Started life as a complete, but when it didn't sell it was stripped and parts were sold off of it.
The frame's been hanging from the rafters of the shop where I work ever since.
It's built with a BEER Components EBB, new 105 cranks, take-off bin TRP Euro-X brakes, and wheels and some Cane Creek levers I swiped off of my old CX bike.

Los

Genubah

Now that I finally got the TRP Spyre brakes, my project is complete.


Van Nicholas Amazon CX

RolandsuperX

Lovely looking Crux Mr D, bike will handle alot better if you flipped the stem and dropped it an inch or two..

Ghost Ryder

Imposible!
Our we ever done with our bikes?
Sure we get content with them for a period of time, then the bug bites again, or we buy a new bike, & the "cycle" starts again...

Genubah

I'm busted! (upgrade parts are already on their way)

BluesDawg

In theory, perhaps. But with my arthritis restricted neck mobility, it would only handle better up to the point that I ran into something while staring at the ground right in front of my front wheel.

I have learned to handle bikes quite well with handlebars level with the saddle. If this was a custom built frame, I would have the head tube high enough to allow a level stem. But it is what it is.

keepamonte

2013 RedLine Conquest Carbon Team. Ordered the frame from my shop that sponsors us and basically took all components off my 2010 TCR Advanced. Had an extra Red Crank set from my Jamis Xenith Elite and shazaam! These are my Velocity A23 rims running Tubeless with Vittoria XN mounted for practice/pit wheels. My race wheels are 24/28 Hed C2's with Chris King R45's and Sapim CXray spokes that will run tubeless as well. Early practice runs have been sweet. She ways in at 16lbs 4oz as is with a 1X10 (42, 11-28). Sorry about the crappy cell phone pic!
[h=1]CONQUEST Carbon Team[/h]

J e e p s

Here is my bike. I'm planning to race it in late september. So far so good I'm really pleased with it!
Here are the specs :
Rival groupset
Hope hubs on H+Son rims with Challenge Griffo XS clinchers
Thomson stem and seatpost
CK headset
CB eggbeater pedals
Selle Italia Flite 1990 saddle
Blackburn Chicane SS bottle cages
Tracko x Yanco tool roll



23.9 lbs as pictured

Don Marco

1988 Peugeot Triathlon, 49d cranks, DC centerpulls, orig 105 derailers, unfortunate Easter egg color. It fits better than I could have ever imagined a bike fitting. I worry that I will break it someday. That will be a sad day.

I wish I could find a pump long enough to use the li'l peg under the top tube.





giant version: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5545/9...791da66a_o.jpg

Cyclosaurus

Just got my first cyclocross, mostly for commuting. Stock BD bike with just a couple of accessories (BD bikes are the A-cup of bike porn, I know). This bike gets me all the way to downtown Chicago from my home in the suburbs. Here it is on the CTA Blue Line. My favorite part is going up and down the stairs to/from the L.

Cynikal 

That's awesome. I'm jealous of the tool roll. Been trying to get one of those for a year.

Cynikal 

Oops, just saw this. The fork is an Easton EC90x and the bars are Salsa Cowbell 3's. Thanks

h2oxtc

That is an amazing bike! Based on appearance though I think I'd need better legs than i have to power it. How much does it weigh?

Sixty Fiver

32 pounds... half of that weight is the wheels and the rack is just under 2 pounds.

It is a far easier bike to propel than one would think... I have one leg that does not work at 100% and the low contact pressure on those 4 inch tyres offsets the weight, the lower gearing, and fact it maintains it's speed fairly easily means that a gimp like me can ride this over a lot of challenging terrain.

It climbs really well with the gearing it has (3 speed) and an 8 speed wheel is in the works for more of that.

h2oxtc

I was following Bianchi's road bike wheel review earlier this year and did my own comparisons using the various wheels we have. I found that the "heavier" wheels, we're talking a difference of 1.5 lbs, were slower climbing but sure seemed to carry speed on the flats. I can only imagine that those tires would carry a bit of momentum. Would be interesting to try out, however none of my bikes (yet) would accept tires that wide.

Pendergast

I've never ridden a bike with tires that big, but my test ride of a Krampus a few weeks ago taught me that appearances can be deceiving.

Bill1227

I like the clean country air associated with dirt/gravel roads along with forest service roads. I just use my ATB/Trekking/Utility bike....... I like to run 15-25 miles on gravel then get a cup of coffee.......






My Tekking/Utility/ATB in it's typical mode.

Enjoy the outdoors..........

Bill1227

@65'er

Nice fat bike. In particular I dig your rack/utility fashion........

MileHighMark

Tire doping:

mcculver5

Old Lemond Poprod. My commuter.