winter/audax frames

"Paul D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Looking for suggestions for a winter/audax frame (& fork). So far have
found these:

Ribble (cheap and cheerful)
Tifosi CK7
Airborne Valkyrie
Kinesis Racelight

It's the Racelight T that has mudguard clearance. T'other half has one. Got
our relatively LBS, Specialised Cycles in Norwich to build him up a bike
using this frame. Andy & Steve made a lovely job of it too. It's a really
nice bike and gets ridden all-year round.

Cheers, helen s

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Paul Hewitt Aravis

Basically I'm looking for a 'fast audax' type frame - one that's not too
far away from my race bike but can take mudguards to keep my backside and
the other audaxers happy through the wet months.

Ta

Paul D said:

Looking for suggestions for a winter/audax frame (& fork). So far have found
these:

Ribble (cheap and cheerful)
Tifosi CK7
Airborne Valkyrie
Kinesis Racelight
Paul Hewitt Aravis

Basically I'm looking for a 'fast audax' type frame - one that's not too far
away from my race bike but can take mudguards to keep my backside and the
other audaxers happy through the wet months.

Ribble perfectly Ok for me; but see previous about Ribble

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Paul D said:

Looking for suggestions for a winter/audax frame (& fork). So far have found
these:

Ribble (cheap and cheerful)
Tifosi CK7
Airborne Valkyrie
Kinesis Racelight
Paul Hewitt Aravis

Basically I'm looking for a 'fast audax' type frame - one that's not too far
away from my race bike but can take mudguards to keep my backside and the
other audaxers happy through the wet months.

I use the Ambrosio GuidoG. Can't fault it really.

http://tinyurl.com/87qls

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Mark
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"Paul D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > Looking for
suggestions for a winter/audax frame (& fork). So far have found

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these:

Ribble (cheap and cheerful)
Tifosi CK7
Airborne Valkyrie
Kinesis Racelight
Paul Hewitt Aravis

I have a racelight T with the carbon forks. Loads of clearance so no
problems with the mudguards. Nicely fitted too with lots of whatever the
aluminium version of brazeons are. It also rides like a race bike which to
be honest can be a bit of a pain on an audax but is ok for a training bike
or on club runs.
Mike

Paul D <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Ribble (cheap and cheerful)
: Tifosi CK7
: Airborne Valkyrie
: Kinesis Racelight
: Paul Hewitt Aravis

There's a massive difference in price between these frames, which makes
me wonder if you are totally sure what you want. A 850+ GBP Valkyrie
is a very different beast to a 150GBP Ribble.

I've got a Tifosi as a winter bike and it's fine for the job. Takes 23mm
tyres and 'guards easily. Would take 25mm but no bigger. Its very stiff
(which is both a good and a bad thing) but does the job. For 200 quid it's
a good deal IMO

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I would very much like the Airborne but realistically I doubt I should spend
that kind of money on a winter bike. I know exactly what I want - my race
bike with mudguard clearance. What I don't know is whether these frames ride
like that. If the Ribble what I want then I'll happily save the money over
the others, but I would rather spend a few hundred quid getting the frame
that I want to ride than a cheaper one that doesn't inspire me on a cold wet
sunday morning when I need the most inspiration to get out on it.

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Paul D <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Ribble (cheap and cheerful)
: Tifosi CK7
: Airborne Valkyrie
: Kinesis Racelight
: Paul Hewitt Aravis

There's a massive difference in price between these frames, which makes
me wonder if you are totally sure what you want. A 850+ GBP Valkyrie
is a very different beast to a 150GBP Ribble.

I've got a Tifosi as a winter bike and it's fine for the job. Takes 23mm
tyres and 'guards easily. Would take 25mm but no bigger. Its very stiff
(which is both a good and a bad thing) but does the job. For 200 quid it's
a good deal IMO

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The struggle of people against power is the struggle
of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera

"Paul D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Looking for suggestions for a winter/audax frame (& fork). So far have
found these:

Ribble (cheap and cheerful)
Tifosi CK7
Airborne Valkyrie
Kinesis Racelight
Paul Hewitt Aravis

Basically I'm looking for a 'fast audax' type frame - one that's not too
far away from my race bike but can take mudguards to keep my backside and
the other audaxers happy through the wet months.

Ta

I bought the Ribble Winter/Audax frame last year and I've been very happy
with it. It was supplied with a Cane Creek semi-integrated headset, seatpost
and ITM Spyder carbon forks. It has decent mudguard clearance with 23mm
tyres and accepts standard drop brakes (I've got Campag Mirage). It's a very
comfortable bike to ride and while it's no race bike, it handles well and
feels quite lively to me.

I've bought quite a bit of stuff from Ribble over the last year or so and
while there have been some problems, I've found that they are making efforts
to improve customer service (most recently, they supplied me with Michelin
Pro Race 2 tyres at no extra cost when they ran out of the special offer
old-style Pro Race).

John Miller

John Miller said:

I bought the Ribble Winter/Audax frame last year and I've been very happy
with it.

ditto but 4 years ago and still in tip top nick.

My one also has rack eyes at the top of the rear stays which makes it
suitable for light touring / putting two bricks in an Altura bag on the
back for some extra winter training ;-)

MartinM <[email hidden]> wrote:

: [re: Ribble]
: My one also has rack eyes at the top of the rear stays which makes it
: suitable for light touring / putting two bricks in an Altura bag on the
: back for some extra winter training ;-)

Sounds very like the Tifosi then.

Only thing I'm not impressed with on the Rifosi is htat the paint isn't as
good as on more expensive bikes, but hey, it was cheap.

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Arthur Clune said:

MartinM <[email hidden]> wrote:

: [re: Ribble]
: My one also has rack eyes at the top of the rear stays which makes it
: suitable for light touring / putting two bricks in an Altura bag on the
: back for some extra winter training ;-)

Sounds very like the Tifosi then.

probably the same frame or very similar; the Ribble certainly takes an
Italian gear hanger. Is the top tube oval section?

MartinM <[email hidden]> wrote:

: probably the same frame or very similar; the Ribble certainly takes an
: Italian gear hanger. Is the top tube oval section?

No, it's round. But they are all going to have come from the same couple of
factories I suspect

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