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Built with a fairly tight budget using used bits and bargain bits. Some quality some cheap and a few bits i had. but it seems to ride nice on quick shakedown (school run hence the pedal attachments) 🙂 wanted a cx bike but funds wise was looking at a caadx tiagra got this built for 635 think mines better tbh
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Posted : 24/09/2014 8:15 am
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Looks good and sounds like great value!


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 8:20 am
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Nothing wrong with that for the price, very nice indeed.

Excellent bottle cage to frame colour matching as well.


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 8:20 am
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Ah they came attached to the bargain frame 😉


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 8:24 am
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Is the bike small or is the saddle sofa sized?


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 8:45 am
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Its asme dimensions as an arione 300mm iirc and frame is a 54


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 8:47 am
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Looks ace Mick!

I miss having a CX.


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 9:49 am
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I like that, good work fella...

[/scuttles off to ebay to google CX frames]...


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 10:10 am
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Pro 6 is an excellent frame. I like a good budget build.


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 10:18 am
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Yeah it feels nice nick 😉


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 7:36 pm
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Posted : 24/09/2014 8:15 pm
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Told you it was nice


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 8:19 pm
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You did mate 😉


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 8:23 pm
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What are the rapid robs like? are they a good size? fast, grippy, tough or just meh and wish you went for racing ralph?


 
Posted : 24/09/2014 9:57 pm
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They, admittedly after 2 short rides, seems sound. Decent size on the rim. Certainly seem to roll plenty fast enough. Grip wise felt fine lost rear a couple of times out of the saddle but thats prob more me and wet leaves/mud than the tyres. I got them as they were cheap as chips from Germany (less than 10 euro a tyre) and i already had some other stuff to order from there


 
Posted : 25/09/2014 7:19 am
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Rapid Robs are ok but very heavy, approx 540g, you could save 1lb easily by replacing them.


 
Posted : 25/09/2014 9:21 am
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I weighed them out of curiosity when they arrived they were both bang on 480g


 
Posted : 25/09/2014 9:42 am
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Great build for the money


 
Posted : 25/09/2014 9:46 am
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That's outstanding value for money, looks loads of fun 🙂


 
Posted : 25/09/2014 10:01 am
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Nice build, well done.


 
Posted : 25/09/2014 11:02 am
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After much mulling I decided to go old skool for my new cross bike. A search came up with this new old stock Ridley frame. Built with my old parts with the exception of the TRP brakes, these are staggering.
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Posted : 27/09/2014 11:50 am
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looks good

Is that a 36 tooth at the back. I need low ratios myself...


 
Posted : 27/09/2014 12:32 pm
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Mine? No 27.


 
Posted : 27/09/2014 12:35 pm
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Built this at the beginning of the summer, with a NOS bargain frame...

Tubeless ready for when I put cross tyres or the range of tubeless road tyres increases:

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Saddle now a bit flatter and matching beer caps 🙂


 
Posted : 27/09/2014 12:52 pm
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Mines an 11-34t slx ad im lazy like that 😉


 
Posted : 27/09/2014 12:53 pm

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