The "what bike have you just bought" thread

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After much investigation and deliberation, i've today purchased a Kona Jake the snake cyclocross bike on the cycle2work scheme.

Its green, has 300 off the list price, plus i save a further 32% of the list via the cycle2work scheme.. £900 ish for a £1500 bike with an OK ish spec. Should make the tow path and cycltrack to work a bit easier going than on a full on race bike !

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pembo said:

Just in time, cx season starts in the next couple of weeks

Ha, no this will only be used as a means to get to work on varied surfaces bike and the odd jaunt up salisbury plain - ill stick to my xc bike for racing !

I ended up buying from JE James if that helps..

[PorkRind]

Absolute disaster - on my part. The 56 is WAY bigger than i expected and unfortunately they dont have any 54's left in stock. Theres literally no gap between my inseem and the top tube.. Oh if only id bothered to check the sizing instead of relying on a guide :/. //fool.

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duff said:

Just bought a Pinnacle Pyrolite 2 from Evans, down from £1k to £600.

Not the best looking bike but discs, 105, proper guard mounts and the ability to run the wheels tubeless mean it should make a decent winter bike.

Not a bad spec at all for the £ !