A couple of years ago we bumped into Chris Boardman at the opening of a local bike shop. He got really excited about a super-light Frankenstein single-ring conversion one of our test team had done – using his alloy-framed Boardman CX bike and the contents of our mountain bike spare parts bin.
Subtle changes
Whether that was the spark that led to this latest version of the CX Team we don’t know. But whatever the inspiration this is a brilliant example of the new breed of ultra-versatile, category-blurring ‘road and more’ bikes.
The Team’s chassis has only changed slightly for 2016 but the wishbone rear stays are slimmer for more vertical compliance, there’s a flush-fitting rear brake mount and the new top tube has shed a bit of weight.
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Welds are visible around the bottom bracket but are super-smooth elsewhere
The triple-butted X7 frame’s seamlessly smoothed tube joints still not only look like carbon, they also ride with a carbon-like forgiveness that surprised us every time we swapped across from the other bikes we were testing. The fork is surprisingly smooth too and while you don’t get thru-axles, the fact that it complies with the ISO safety standards for mountain bikes shows that it’s a sufficiently tough customer.
Serious stopping power
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