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Kinesis Decade Tripster schwag: we have a winner!
Unprecedented amounts of interest in this one, and some very interesting bikes y'all are riding out there. We'll put them all into a big spreadsheet or pie chart or something when we've got a bit of time. That's not now though, what with our Fantasy Tour de France game requiring our attention and the road.cc randomiser blinking and bleeping in our ear. Ah, it's stopped bleeping. What's that you say, randomiser? An eighties football legend is walking away with the prize?
That's right! step forward Luther Blissett (not, judging by the email address, the actual real Luther Blissett). You're our winner!
Commiserations to those of you who have missed out this time but don't forget you can win £300 of Rose Bikes cycling kit at the moment right here, and there's also the just-unwrapped Fantasy Tour de France game with a £600 KHS road bike up for grabs for the best Directeur Sportif out there. And more schwag on the way! Stay tuned...
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Bike Week approaches, seven days of celebrating cycling in all its forms, so what better way of doing just that than by winning a truly cool frameset designed to give you ultimate cycling versatility - the Kinesis Tripster. All you've got to do is tell us what bike you ride in the comment field below, if you've got more than one bike you only need mention your main one (you can list 'em all too if you want though).
The Tripster is designed to be fast, precise and adapatable – in fact that's the motto on the top tube. This is a supremely versatile frame made from double butted 7005 series aluminium that can be built up loads of different ways and will do the business whatever role you build it up for.
You can set it up with 700c wheels and drops, or as a 26in wheeled machine with slicks, or as a all terrain commuter/weekend racer with 700x33 cross tyres. Or any combination of the three that suits. Pretty much any way you build it up the Tripster makes an ideal fast commuter, the design is based on the highly successful Kinesis Crosslight frames but with some commuter friendly touches such as a slightly taller head tube for a more upright traffic-scoping riding position.
Our lucky winner gets the choice of either an Aqua Blue or Supergloss Black frameset in a size to suit and to make you look even more the part there's some Decade Ts in the mix too, all courtesy of our friends at Upgrade. If you want to get an idea of what you can do with it check out our other Tripster gallery.
Cos it's such a good prize we'll be running it through Bike Week and we'll pick the winner at tiffin time next Friday (25th), Usual Schwag Grab Rules apply, and remember all you have to do is comment and tell us what bike you ride… why? Well, we're just nosey really plus road.cc is supposed to be a site for all types of cyclists who ride on the roads and we want to find out how we're getting on.
To can find out more about the Tripster and the Decade range of bikes visit the Kinesis Decade website http://kinesisdecade.co.uk/
road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.
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I ride a,Boardman road comp during the week and a Boardman pro carbon at the weekend.
Today, I was riding a Ritchey Breakaway, the day before a Kuota Kross, the day before my Colnago, before that a Battaglin - but there's always room for another
Ooh. Count me in, please. It's me birthday on Friday.
My rides?
Road race: Wilier
MTB: Rocky Mountain
Commute: Genesis
Winter trainer: Orbit
Retro: Velos Fougere (John Fern)
Hack: Dawes hybrid
I do a 30 mile daily commute on a Ridgeback Element
Pity me ... and gimme the swag
In the dry: Cinelli Genius steel frame from 1999 with Campag Record group from 2006-08.
In the wet: Bob Jackson Club Audax, with old Campag Record brakes, changers, hubs etc, and Campag Racing T drivetrain.
Shopping: Kona Explosif 1989 with much part substitution and fettling, rack and mudguards, swaps between drops and straights about as often as Mrs Bikeylikey changes hairstyles.
i need a bike, as my 17 year old mtb 'al carter' should be retired...
Schwinn Fastback Pro for the sunny weekends
custom Dolan TT for racing against the clock
Regal Jester as the commuter
I ride (you've guessed it) a Giant TCR, Simon Burrows signature compact Aluminum frame from about 2004 (or possibly earlier). Would love this to replace or turn into a single speed commuter.
Boardman Team Carbon or Focus Mares Cross.
Ribble 7005SL
Peugeot 525 Comp for muddy days
Scott CR1 Pro (my new baby
)
Lapierre s lite 500 (now my winter baby)
My main ride is a Wilier Mortirolo.
Humm, mostly a Gary Fisher Triton.
I mostly ride a steel 1986 Trek 560 with the only upgrades being Shimano 600 8 speed "Brifters" (man I hate that term) and a 1990's vintage Ritchey DS Pro wheelset. I may be (a) poor (fool) but I still love to ride!
Kona Jake the Snake.
ooh add my name to the hat please!
modded dawes galaxy when i have luggage,
Ribble nero rc Centaur Carbon when it's sunny
and a fixed conversion road bike when i want to get to the pub.
Nigel Dean classic lightweight tourer, 531, saddlebag and mudguards, I'm not a carbonised pensioner-yet.
a specialized 99' steel rockhopper all tarted up for the off road stuff... a kona jake the snake for the lets go to work stuff and a Focus Cayo DuraAce for the lets go race stuff
Commencal hard-tail on the dirt ... Giant Simple cruiser very occasionally (round the park on a sunny Sunday), Felt F75 on the road, ie, to work and back every day.
A Colnago Master
(I wish more people would ask me this question)
When it is sunny I ride a Ridley Helium custom build
Usually s Specialized Allez or Charge Plug
Focus Variado 2008
That kinesis frame looks perfect for my commuter bike project.
ProLite Carbon TT bike with Campag, Giant Defy 4 and a Claud Butler mtb
Me Please, oh Please let it be me, mee, mee!
Mine's a Genesis Aether for best and a motley selection of hybrids for getting to and from work.
Commute - Dolan Track (Fixed) 66GI
Fixed Road - Condor Pista 66GI
Road - BMC SL01
Mostly Claud Butler Venturer 200 for commuting & trailer hauling.
Specialized tricross comp
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