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I'm looking to build up a bike for audaxing (doesn't have to be an "audax" bike) and the [u]want[/u] list for the frame is as follows:
- preferably steel but open to aluminium if it's not too stiff
- drop bar
- not heavy
- not 1" steerer
- disc compatible, mudguard eyelets, rack mounts
- not too relaxed geometry
- 700c; clearance for >28 tyres
- budget <£500 for frame
I think the Genesis Equilibrium fits the bill - anything else?
Maybe a lesser known brand i.e. not Ridgeback, Raleigh, Kona, Surly, etc.
Steel ain't light.
Chainstays a bit short on Eq disc. Do Salsa do anything?
I had one and a Vaya, now run a CAADX
Kinesis 4S?
that's a good shout schmiken. I'm a fan of Kinesis too!
and the Vaya too Al, hadn't thought of them - bit on the pricey side.
I can fit 30 mm tyres in my equilibrium disc so the stays are not short. There is even room for mudguards still.
I have the ti version and the whole bike I have built is 9 kg. I have built a few steel bike with mudguards and they weigh about 10.7 kg with 28mm gatorskin hardshell tyres or schwable one 28mm tubeless tyres.
I train on a bike which weighs about 11 kg and I get up hills just fine.
I've been riding a few Audax events on my work bike this year, which has a Kinesis Pro6 frame. It has all the disk/rack/mudguard mounts and plenty of tyre clearance.
Given your budget, do not look at the Mason website....
ha, I know. lovely bikes but Dom's gone to the other end of the spectrum since moving on from Kinesis.
I've got a Trek Portland which I need to sell which (aluminium frame aside) ticks all those boxes.
Another vote for the Equilibrium disc frame from Genesis, mine arrived last week, I am just waiting for the rest of the bits to arrive now.
not a Trek fan.
any more for any more?
Ive got a pro6 frame fork for sale, 56/57. Plus spesh pave post,fsa stem and I do have full wrap guards to fit.
Are you actually going to use a rack? If not (I've never used a rack on my audax bike) then what about some disc equipped carbon! It'll have enough clearance and mudguard eyes aren't really needed to fit full guards.
Or 2nd hand Ti. I picked up my Kinesis GF Ti frame for £550.
spa cycles audax.
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 2015..
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Are you actually going to use a rack?
probably not, just keeping options open.
Ti just seems a bit fancy, though I'm open to 2nd hand.
spa cycles audax.
I did look at them, in the flesh too, but they looked very ordinary.
Cannondale looks nice, but can't get past that colour.
For audax id want a lower front gear than whats offered on the likes of that cannondale (as pretty as it is). Dont mind grunting up hills if required (i.e. on a fixed) but if ive got gears i want them to have a range big enough to spin on the steepest of roads 😆
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Soma Grand Randonneur if on a budget.
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Boulder Bicycles all road if you feel flush.
Ton - is there a disc Spa Ti Audax?
Too scared to look.....
[s]The Condor Fratello now comes in a disc version.
I've got the non-disc version, and having fiddled about with the fit, have come to regard it as actually, a rather nice bicycle.[/s]
Sorry, just re-read the criteria to make sure it ticked all the boxes, and completely missed the bit about price first time around.
Obvious answer is double the budget and get a Genesis Datum.
i looked at the mason site ..... i swear the mouse was possessed and
clicked buy all on it's own 😉
is there a disc Spa Ti Audax?
£850 F+F