Originally Posted by
Sportster2009
I just bought a 2013 CAADX ultegrac disc. I am not going to do any cross racing, only going to be using it on the road and rails to trails. So far love it, bit suprised not to see much talk of this bike on any of the forums. I got it for 1600.00, which seems to me to be a great deal for an ultegra equipped bike.
I put 700x28 conti 4 seasons tires on it and it feels smooth and snappy. Loving it, and loving being back on the road.
Do any of you use a cross bike as your road bike?
99% of the time I ride solo.
So I guess I am looking for others to chime in that have a caadx. And others that use a cross bike as their road bike.
Same bike and use mine mainly for commuting and urban type riding. I have taken it on my regular road routes as well. It's not quite as fun for those types of rides but mine is still fully stock including the wheels and tires. I might look into a lighter set of road wheels with slicks someday but for now it serves its purpose as is (and I just spent all my money on a new bike).
Originally Posted by
ovoleg
false.
CX bikes are super slow. Ride one and ride a road bike and you'll see what I'm talking about.
I rode the CX bike for a few months, horrible.
"Super slow"? Pure horse pucky. With similar wheels and tires I can't see a CX being much slower than a regular road bike. Maybe a bit on hills as they tend to be heavier, but as was beat to death in another thread recently bike weight has a very small impact on overall speed and having a similar road geometry means they are not going to be significantly less aero either. I haven't ridden mine on regular road routes the way I ride on my road bike (e.g. recovery rides) but even still I'm only a couple mph slower overall and that's with wide, heavy tires. I suspect if I rode as hard as on my road bike I'd be pretty close.