Who makes the best cx frame set for a clydesdale rider ?

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Permalink Reply by John Mansell on March 3, 2010 at 6:47am

Go customs, take a looks at Mark Nobilitte, he has been building clydesdale bikes longer than most bike builders have been walking. He has done Zinn's clydesdales and customes for Rivendell.

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Permalink Reply by chris williams on March 13, 2010 at 4:25pm

John

What wheel set do you ride with? I have chris king hubs but have not got my rims yet . I did talk to mark sounds like he makes a good frame thanks .

chris w

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Permalink Reply by John Mansell on March 13, 2010 at 4:53pm

Chris, No one builds a better frame than Mark. Not a lot of bling but the quality is increditable. I have a ton of wheels. 303 zips, 404 zips, nimble flys, campy shamal, campy eurus, campy neutrons, etc. etc.... I ride campy so I can't use Kings but I have used them in the past and I love the hubs. If you have the money and want carbon, the Edge rims are pretty hot right now. If you want to save some money and go AL , I like Kinlin XR-300 rims. They are strong and light weight for the depth.

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Permalink Reply by Blondie on March 4, 2010 at 7:00am

A custom built bike would be sweet! But I'm sure that you'd be fine with any standard aluminum or steel frame. I have a personal preference for Cannondales. Check out your LBS and see what they have.

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Permalink Reply by CX Chef Jim on March 15, 2010 at 9:03am

Chris,

As a fellow Clyde, who has broken a few frames, I would suggest you look at Bailey Bikes. I ride a Miniluv but they both are great frames. Jon the owner is easy to work with. Great frame and super stiff and yet comfortable.

http://www.bailey-bikes.com/p.cfm/cyclocross

Their ad has been in the last couple of issues CXM

jim

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Permalink Reply by Rick Mellendick on March 15, 2010 at 1:13pm

A fellow clyde here too... I swear by Ridley, I have an x-fire and a crosswind, little flex and they hold up great, had a jake the snake (original from '97) and it finally broke last year, small crack in the head tube. Remember a cross bike and cross racing is about finesse and handling, there is very little jumping like in MTB, think more urban city riding, hard accelerations and big hard fast stops, look at Paul brakes with Salmon pads, the MTB version from Harris, they will stop you nicely, and get some strong cranks!!! if you are breaking a ton of frames you are doing something wrong, last year was my heaviest year at 250 for racing 8 races and crashed well a few times and both bikes held up very well...

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Permalink Reply by Andy Sweet on March 25, 2010 at 7:40am

Hey Chris,

This is Andy, up in Chattanooga, (used to work at the Trek Store). Glad to see you on here and looking into cross bikes! Been riding much, or just playing on your motorized toys?

My vote on a great clydesdale cross frame would be the Bailey also. They make amazing bikes and it would certainly stand up to some abuse.

Andy

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Permalink Reply by chris williams on March 25, 2010 at 3:13pm

Hey Andy,

Long time no see were have you been ? I'm doing my first Ironman for this year next week on my dirt bike 8 Hr long . I what to have a cx race at my farm I have 280 ac hope to get on the Ga cross program this year . Give me a call to talk about some old war storys . 770-608-9708

chris williams

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