Dairyman
Active Member
I’m currently riding a cannondale slate which is a really fun bike but heavy and I’m 100% in love with the 650b wheel size.
I want to upgrade to a high end cx bike that I will also use for cx racing, training, singletrack riding and strava segments(lol). Realistically the bike will be used 90% training rather than cx racing. The bike must be able to run 40mm tires. I’m willing to adjust the setup a bit from the stock build (ie gearing). I will also add power either quarq or the new s-works pm.
Current contenders are
1 s-works Crux
2 Santa Cruz stigmata
3 giant tcx advanced pro
4 s-works diverge (not sure about racing with this option)
My gut is telling me go with the crux but it might be too much of a cx race bike and terrible for all around riding.
I want to upgrade to a high end cx bike that I will also use for cx racing, training, singletrack riding and strava segments(lol). Realistically the bike will be used 90% training rather than cx racing. The bike must be able to run 40mm tires. I’m willing to adjust the setup a bit from the stock build (ie gearing). I will also add power either quarq or the new s-works pm.
Current contenders are
1 s-works Crux
2 Santa Cruz stigmata
3 giant tcx advanced pro
4 s-works diverge (not sure about racing with this option)
My gut is telling me go with the crux but it might be too much of a cx race bike and terrible for all around riding.