Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
That smart looking mchine, decent compromise betwixt spec and price.
Holy thread resurrection how you finding this bike ? It's on my list of potential purchases , albeit I won't be getting it for that price with my c2w ! Could do with feedback ? Nice colour as I've seen in it in the flesh.View attachment 100111 As my new winter bike/ bit of off road. Got it for £849 which didn't seem too bad for a 2016 model. It will be my first cyclocross bike. I know it's not pro standard but think it will be ok for what I need. Hope it gets nice comments as it's coming next week.
I have triples on my other bikes and compared to them I found my CAADX overgeared for the severe gradients round here. A bottom gear of 36/30 was too much like hard work on 20%+ offroad climbs. I changed the small ring to a 34 and put a 12-36 cassette on so my bottom gear is now a much more pleasant 34/36.I was looking at the same bike last week , I like them ! , ivenot had a ride on a bike with a compact CS yet , all mine are tripples , but Im assured the gearing will suit
And I've done similar on my Raleigh RX Comp.I have triples on my other bikes and compared to them I found my CAADX overgeared for the severe gradients round here. A bottom gear of 36/30 was too much like hard work on 20%+ offroad climbs. I changed the small ring to a 34 and put a 12-36 cassette on so my bottom gear is now a much more pleasant 34/36.