oldroadman
Veteran
Can you still get the old Alan aluminium frames/bikes? Tough, repairable, light enough, nothing not to like. No need for carbon unless you are a serious top end rider.
Contemplating a Cyclocross
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Howard
Senior Member
You mean those lugged jobbies? Yes nothing to dislike there except the lugs debonding and the skinny tubes reaching the end of their fatigue life. I'm sure I've seen some with without replaceable mech hangers too. Popular in their day but a £200 modern alu frame from planet x would run rings around them now.
ayceejay
Guru
Alan bikes are still made but difficult to get hold of. You can get them direct from Italy or from Germany. http://www.alanbike.it/
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
I've got a colleague at work who, at every sales meeting, greets me with that. it was funny once ...
Top end Italian manufacturer!
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
@Ruary. One of the most miserable days of my cycling life was having my Revolution Cross 10 stolen. For what you say on your initial post, it would be an ideal bike. Nimble, comfortable, confidence inspiring, very solid and reliable & specced exceptionally well for its price point. I couldn't fault it once I'd put different tyres on - for road and hard trail use, most CX tyres are too soft and wear rapidly.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
Plumped for a Kona Jake CX as my latest n+1, should be a good winter trainer and will allow some mixed routes on forest logging roads etc too. Club does CX evenings too over the winter, so fun all round.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Kinesis, or Ridley, would be my choices if I was buying another
My cross-bike hasn't moved out of the garage for quite while, & I've not raced cross, since 2010
Paul Milnes (in Bradford) used to be the shop for anything CX related in the north of England (believe it still is)
My cross-bike hasn't moved out of the garage for quite while, & I've not raced cross, since 2010
Paul Milnes (in Bradford) used to be the shop for anything CX related in the north of England (believe it still is)
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Zepnat Cycles, in Matlock can get them (complete bikes & framesets)
http://www.zepnat.com/component/option,com_virtuemart/page,shop.browse/category_id,65/Itemid,48/
The shop is run by Julian Gould (Tims brother), & he's a pretty decent cross-rider himself!!!
