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Kinesis Decade Tripster schwag: we have a winner!

Tell us what bike your ride and win a Kinesis Decade Tripster frameset worth £500

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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watercrook | 14 years ago
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mine is a Viner but only in the summer

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davidpee | 14 years ago
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Giant CRS Alliance

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Oven | 14 years ago
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Focus Summit for road and a Trek Fuel ex 8 for dirt.

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jimsolan | 14 years ago
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Mine's a Trek OCVL and a Giant MTB

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AndyKirk | 14 years ago
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Kuota Kebel with SRAM Force - when I get the chance to ride it  2

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scottishcyclocross | 14 years ago
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Enigma Echo road bike
Sabbath Cross Bike
Prolite cross bike
Vlanderen Cross Bike
Principia Mtb
specialized polo bike
draft lite fixie

but could do with cutting down.....

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chatty31 | 14 years ago
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I ride and love dearly my Boardman road carbon ltd edt no 251(oops did I say love dearly, must keep thoughts to myself)  1

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pomtarr | 14 years ago
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A bright yellow Certini.

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OneLooseNut | 14 years ago
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GT Legato 4.0. I could do with a new bike.  20

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sidney | 14 years ago
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 31 Iam riding my new Genesis io singlespeed mountain bike for everything, cos it does everything you could want a bike to do...except go quick on flat roads, last years model, but a massive discount bargain from Edinburgh cycles who set it up perfectly and are a great bunch of cycling ambassadors, and very cheap.

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r_j_l | 14 years ago
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A Focus Cayo with Sram Rival for me....

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oldspikey | 14 years ago
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Yes please, I'm riding a Giant Defy 2.5 on the road

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antlaff | 14 years ago
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hi - Kona Haole + Tifosi Audax

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Dark Side | 14 years ago
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I ride a Spesh Tarmac Elite, but would much rather ride a Kinesis  3

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diego | 14 years ago
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My steed is a Specialized Tarmac 2010 Pro frame + seatpost, with Sram Red groupset and FSA stem+handlebars.

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wild man | 14 years ago
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a 'retro' raleigh- ok then, just an old raleigh.

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jobless | 14 years ago
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In order of use...

Bianchi Pista
Brompton 2sp
Salsa casserol
Felt F1C
Dialled Bikes Prince Albert

...which is perversely almost the inverse of cost.

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sdeacon | 14 years ago
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a Scott P5 at the moment but aspiring to something better....  16

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dalbyk | 14 years ago
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a Marin Muirwood - my little workhorse!

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miuzikboy | 14 years ago
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Condor Italia

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Jon_D | 14 years ago
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Focus Cayo

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WolfieSmith | 14 years ago
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Condor Moda Ti. I don't do Chinese plastic.

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brent | 14 years ago
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Surly Steamroller

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Tom Amos | 14 years ago
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btwin sport 2!

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nathangoss | 14 years ago
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I ride an old Principia

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Tiber | 14 years ago
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An original 1970's Chopper in bright Orange.

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notlawro | 14 years ago
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Ammocco BSO(!) *dreams of a decent bike*

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Sixam | 14 years ago
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Road:
Specialized Roubaix Expert
Off Road:
Turner Flux
'93 Kona Kula converted to singlespeed

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Chris | 14 years ago
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I ride a 28 year old BMX and a cheap Kona hardtail. That's why I need this Kinesis!

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winprint | 14 years ago
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Condor Fratello for long country rides and sportives.
Ridgeback Nemesis for dropping the kids at school.
Kastle Tourer. An old steel frame, leave anywhere, that I use for a quick jaunt to the local shops or the 25 ish commute into Central London.
Love them all in their own way, but it would be lovely to add a real racer!!!!

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