Budget Cross Frame

[cs1]

How about this for a nice budget Cross frame: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2007-Cyclo-Cross-Frame-Frameset-Carbon-Fork_W0QQitemZ170132772050QQihZ007QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Tim

[ryanspeer]

I've been looking at those too, but don't imagine they offer a ton of true "value" for the money, considering the steel steerer tube, likely a heavy carbon fork, etc. Other than that, I imagine it's decent.

[El Duke]

I rode the full build version last night (Tiagra group etc.). It was not bad. But I wasn't racing, just riding around city streets and off-road a bit.

[SSRI]

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-NYCBikes-CrossSpeed-Frame-Clear-50-52cm-Cyclocross_W0QQitemZ180142079942QQihZ008QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
any body have experience with these frames? are they for 700 or 26 wheels?

[MrCjolsen]

I've been looking at those too, but don't imagine they offer a ton of true "value" for the money, considering the steel steerer tube, likely a heavy carbon fork, etc. Other than that, I imagine it's decent.

For what it's worth, it weighs 1.7 pounds less than a Surly Crosscheck frame and fork.

[cs1]

I've been looking at those too, but don't imagine they offer a ton of true "value" for the money, considering the steel steerer tube, likely a heavy carbon fork, etc. Other than that, I imagine it's decent.

I don't know about you guys but a carbon steering tube on an off road bike scares me. It's not like a road bike. How much weight do you save with a CF steering tube over a steel one? At best a couple of ounces.

Tim

[ldesfor1@ithaca]

i just got the Scattante XRL cross frame, fork and headset from performancebike.com 3 weeks ago. It has a nice aluminum frame and a carbon fork with a aluminum steerer, so far I really like it. It was 250.

[ryanspeer]

I don't know about you guys but a carbon steering tube on an off road bike scares me. It's not like a road bike. How much weight do you save with a CF steering tube over a steel one? At best a couple of ounces.

Tim

Oh, I'm not thinking a carbon steerer would be the way to go at all - I agree that it'd probably be a poor choice for cross. I'm thinking an alloy steerer would probably save some noteworthy weight over a steel counterpart.