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Steel or ally
Any good options out there, ideally with carbon fork?
Sub £500
*watches thread carefully*
Kinesis have a selection
2nd Kinesis or Cotic Escapade
No idea on price up the gt grade looks very nice
Tamed Earth in Hindhead have a Transition Rapture frame in medium reduced to £399 at the moment.
I would look for a steel frame, that said, my mate has a Raleigh cx bike in Alu and it rides very smoothly, plus you can get the while bike for £500. 😯
Another vote for an Escapade plus a carbon fork. And just for non-ferrous balance.... An Arkose of some sort. The ss version comes with a gear hanger for versatility (if you can find stock).
All city macho man. Well under £500 with plenty of change for a carbon fork. Absolutely love mine as it's the best fitting bike I've ever had and it will handle pretty much anything,
I have mine built up with force cx1 and some hand built h plus son rims on tune hubs.
Highly recommend checking their stuff out. They do a disc or canti option too.
Does Cotic still make a carbon fork for the Escapade?
Been looking for the same, got a few bits in the spare parts bin. (Currently riding an Arkose - which is great - but the wife wants to have it for her commute.)
Needs rack and guard mounts.
So far:
Kinesis 4S disc frame-set - very expensive for an ally frameset but quality. Flat mount disc compatible which is nice.
Cotic Escapade - heavy with a very tall head tube and no carbon fork.
Genesis Croix's or Equilibrium disc - heavy and expensive.
Otherwise it's a complete bike such as Arkose, Norco , Marin, GT Grade et all, can't seem to get frame only options.
Jameso reckons Pinnacle Dolomite disc framesets will become available in a couple of months so possibly Arkose framesets will come online too?