29er or CX bike

[anonymous-user]

I've got a cycle to work voucher through Halfords and was looking for another boardman CTW scheme £1,000 bike.

I've got a couple of road bikes a hybrid (previous CTW bike) and a knackered old 26 Hardtail.

I mainly use the road bike for training/turbo and the stty old Hardtail, for going to the gym or at work. I won't be using either bike for commuting but might try using the CX bike for winter training on the road.

I'm not really planning on doing much serious off roading just perhaps some bridle path and light off road stuff.

Are CX bikes ok on the road? Or are they all rubbish compared to a road bike.

thanks

[anonymous-user]

Jorrocks said:

I bloody hope they are! I've just had an eBay moment and bought a Kinesis Pro 6 cx bike that I want purely as a road winter trainer.

Was that just a random purchase or did you do any research?

[anonymous-user]

TheLemming said:

So summary change the front mech before you leave the shop, learn to adjust bb5 brakes (or upgrade to bb7r) and you won't regret it.

Cheers for the info. What is it about the front mech that you didn't like and what did you change it to?