Rossco8854 wrote:PH wrote:Rossco8854 wrote:I don't think I'll go for the ulegra as repairing would break my heart the price of it
I've found someone that can get me 20% discount of chain reaction and going to go for the cube cross pro race £1200 but with the discount brings me into budget
This one?
Our brand new 2017 Cross Race Pro is the perfect choice for cyclocross enthusiasts - a bike that's perfectly suited to tackling the next race series over the winter, but also proven as a versatile off-season training bike. Anyone with a love for this special sport and its unique atmosphere will immediately fall for this carefully crafted cyclocross bike.
https://www.cube.eu/uk/2017/road-triath ... hred-2017/You asked what we'd do if we had a grand to spend and had a variety of opinion. No one had racing cyclocross in their criteria.
That looks a fine bike for what it's designed, though It's not something I know much about.
If you're not going to race cross, that's not the most suitable bike you could get for the money.
That's the one. Have you any opinions yourself? I'm really getting the feelers out as I don't know anything only from what I have researched this week about road/cross bikes. My local bike shop was very unhelpful that's why I have resorted to this forum.
OK, I was going to let this one go, partly because a comprehensive answer/opinion would take too long to write, and secondly because I doubt you would take the suggestion. But here goes with the short version anyway
IMO choosing the right bike starts with a good understanding of your criteria. Top of that list are usage and fit. The more bikes you ride the better the idea you get, the chances of getting everything right first time are slim, though once you've made a few mistakes it becomes easy to see what doesn't work for you even if you can't be 100% about what does. I have no idea what the right bike for you is, sorry. I do know that the right bike for me, would be the right bike regardless of groupset, not that a better groupset isn't well ... better, but it'll never make the wrong bike right. Likewise, bikes are for riding not looking at, there's often a huge gulf between the bikes we like the look of and the bikes that would be best to ride.
So, if you wrote down your criteria and asked for opinions on what bike fulfilled them, a bike called a cross-race-pro wouldn't be on the list unless you'd put cross racing as a criteria. The bike that would probably fit best might be something like the tourer posted upthread. No ultegra, no nice bodywork, no fancy paintwork, deeply unfashionable... Would you even consider it?
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