Colnago Cross Prestige

[Foghat]

Nice build, only marred by the horrendous tyres. And get a spirit level on your saddle.

Real shame if that frame never sees a race though.

What tyres would you suggest?

And I know exactly what saddle angle I need thanks.

 

[Foghat]

its great to be going along and spot a bridleway and head down it.

Great fast but still go almost anywhere bike, which makes for really fun days out exploring.

The very essence if its purpose!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That's a very handsome bike! Me like very much.

 

[VamP]

What tyres would you suggest?

And I know exactly what saddle angle I need thanks.

Those tyres just look horrendous on a cross bike, I'm guessing they are fit for your purpose. Saddle should be horizontal, but if you're sure - it's your position

 

[SpokeyDokey]

No need to apologise - once you find a saddle that fits, you tend to stick with it, and I quite like the look anyway....

The CX70 brakes with Dura Ace 9000 levers are very powerful and smooth with a great action - they look good too. How would your TRP CX9s improve on them? Do they work well with with road STI levers?

I mentioned the initial severe judder of the front CX70 cantilever brake, which was cured by increasing the toe-in of the brake pads - it occurs to me that as the brake pads wear, the effective toe-in will decrease, presumably resulting in a gradual return to judder and necessitating further toe-in adjustments (which will no doubt be limited by the extent of the dome shape on the brake shoe washers). One other contributory factor in cantilever brake judder can be a large distance from the straddle wire to the outer cable stop, as seen with headset-spacer-located cable stops (cf. fork-crown-located). It seems quite possible that those linear-pull TRP brakes would do away with that whole aspect of judder cause - have you found them judder-free?

Yes they are 100% shudder free as mini-V's usually are.

They are very powerful brakes and modulate well.

Set up is very fast - pads do need to be run close to the rims which is only a disadvantage on very muddy terrain.

My only gripe is that they come with road cartridges as stock and despite several different pads inc' Swisstop/Koolstop etc they howled like crazy.

The solution was to fit longer V-brake pads - I used Ashima 4 Fuction and they are totally silent now - the nice thing is that they need no toe-in whatsoever hence a really speedy set-up process.

The CX9's are designed to be used with Shimano road levers - I am using 5700's. The CX9's and 5700's are stock on my TCX1.

CX8.4's are for SRAM.

They look funky too; I get a few comments (positive) on them from other cyclists. I wish I had the red ones as they look very cool!

For around £80 they are terrific brakes.

 

[Foghat]

Thanks for that. I'll have to see whether the judder stays away; if it doesn't, then the CX9s will be worth considering.

 

[Bodhbh]

What tyres would you suggest?

I wouldn't know what the tyres to suggest, however Hurricanes are fairly cheap all-rounders. I suppose on such a nice high-end bike you could probably throw some more money at the tyres and shave off a few hundred grams.

 

[Easytigers]

It looks the business!!! Have you tested her properly yet?

 

[VamP]

What tyres would you suggest?

And I know exactly what saddle angle I need thanks.

If you're thinking classy looking clinchers that will be fast on tarmac, but give dry off-road grip too, you could do a lot worse than these.