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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 5 year old Claud Butler - ROUBAIX. Bought a little in haste. Should probably have shopped around more before, but it's done me fairly proud, with some upgrades, across thousands of miles as a commuter and occasional sportif bike
Cervelo R3 and Genesis Croix De Fer, depending on the ride...
Too many bikes too little time
Brompton
Santa Cruz Superlight
Orange P7
Orbea Onix
Charge Plug
Merlin Malt 1 for me. Had it for 18 months and still can't keep it upright
Road/Daily Commuter: Raliegh Metro GTX - triple pannier setup - very heavy bike built for comfortr not speed.
Race/speed: Carrera Vanquish - drop handle road bike which is mightily scarred and bashed from the number of falls I have taken.
a rust coloured 1983 Gazelle Champion mondial. a real beauty.
I ride a TreK 7.5 FX to commute, a 2009 Focus Cayo Ultegra for fun and a Specialzed Rockhopper when I run out of road.
I ride a Dawes Galaxy thats taken me through France to Switzerland Italy and Spain and just keeps going.
I RIDE A DIAMONDBACK CAMARILLO ML. I COULD SOOO DO WITH A NEW BIKE. COME ON AILEEN.
Orange P7
Boardman Comp
Commute: On-one Pompino, rack, 'guards, fixed, north road bars, air zound horn!
Social rides: Sabbath September, stock.
Project: My trusty '96 Marin Indian Fire Trail, being converted for fully loaded touring.
Wants: Something with a Rohloff! Maybe not after the budget though...
I ride a Paul Donohue "Scorpion" MTB frameset with 26" slicks, my do it all bike I wouldn't be without.
I ride a Genesis Equilibrium
Koga Miyata Gent's-Racer
Genesis Criox de Fer and a Cotic Soul.
Planet-X Kaffenbackbears the brunt of my miles for commuting, shopping, touring and even the odd bit of cross. A Decade Tripster would be an amazing update and upgrade of a workhorse!
Hi There
I ride a Genesis Day One Cross.
Cheers!
Road Bike: Planet-X Team Alu Superlight
Mountain bikes: On-One Inbred & Commencal Meta 5.5
A focus mares cross
and an on one inbred ss
I ride an Orbea Onix at the weekends and a Dawes Horizon for the commute.
Kona Paddy Wagon when some idiot moton hasn't knocked me off my works M/bike and broken my ribs!
DE ROSA IDOL
SPECIALIZED FSR ELITE
trek 1.2 triple, so something more expensive would be great!
I ride a Carrera subway, please count me in!
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Mine is a Ridgeback Cyclone!
A slightly miss treated Brompton P6R, really need something else to share the punishment!
Mostly my Spot Single speed mountain bike.
Yes please!
Commute bike: Dahon Cadenza. Folding/weekend fun bike: Dahon Jetstream XP. Fast bike: Condor Squadra. Best: Viner Magnifica.
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