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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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cuvavu | 14 years ago
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I ride a trek 2.3

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highwaymunky | 14 years ago
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I ride a Bianchi c2c Via Nirone on Nice days;
Trek 2nd District on horrid days / when I need to carry loads of stuff in the panniers;
For riding the rough stuff I ride a Kona Kula XC MTB.

Always more space for more bikes in my garage.

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tommyketchup | 14 years ago
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This week I mostly bin riding my Cube Ltd Pro 200X(8/9 no idea), and all other weeks since it is my only bike.

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manuka | 14 years ago
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A 12 yr old Thorn Audax

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Eddy Tupper | 14 years ago
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Kinesis Racelight t1

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daveherb13 | 14 years ago
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Jamis Quest (obscure US steel road bike) and a knackered old Raleigh Cross bike.

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James Poole | 14 years ago
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Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL3
Specialized Stumpjumper Carbon HT

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simonfrenchuk | 14 years ago
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I'm mostly on a Kinesis KiC

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jbig | 14 years ago
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Road: Kona Dew Drop
Off: Bontrager Privateer

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Morgan | 14 years ago
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A battered old 80's Peugeot rodie, rusty Trailstar, and an old school S&M BMX... guess I like old bikes!

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daveherb13 | 14 years ago
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Jamis 631 Quest and and old steel raliegh crosser

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mttvrtn | 14 years ago
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Mostly a Specialized Tricross these days.

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Hamster | 14 years ago
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Bianchi 928, Orange Sub 5 and Cannondale f800 when the lefty is working! are my rides.
There's room in the man-cave for a crosser though.

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Old Cranky | 14 years ago
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1982 Holdsworth Special - fixie

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roshgosh | 14 years ago
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Vitus 992 Ovoid
Giant TCR

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matt_fantastic | 14 years ago
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On-One Il Pompino with Kinesis DC-19 fork to work and back, Trek OCLV on sunny weekends...

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simonkenyon | 14 years ago
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BMC Time Machine when I'm racing
BMC Pro Machine when I'm posing
Lynskey 320 when I'm training
Dahon Mu Uno when I'm commuting

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mingus | 14 years ago
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Specialized Tricross for the weekends, cheap, no-name fixie for getting to work.

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Noddy | 14 years ago
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Boardman Team Hybrid

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eclaire | 14 years ago
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Genesis Vapour

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grahamspiller | 14 years ago
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Mine's a yellow Raleigh m-trax road bike.

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carl j | 14 years ago
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I ride an aggregate of bits and pieces spanning a quarter of a century. It's an old Midas 531 frame set which had all the bosses destroyed when resprayed in Jan10. So I put Campag Mirage 9 speed shifters on it, and gave it a brand new lease of life. It's a hefty bugger by todays standards - especially with the Nimbus 28mm Armadillos. But hey - weight aside, I've had no punctures this year, and had over 90 before that.

Did I get carried away? Ah well.

Also ride a Trek 1400. Gr8 (it's about 10lb lighter)

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alexlnumber1 | 14 years ago
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Riding a SE Lager 2009 fixed wheel at the moment.

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brookn | 14 years ago
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I ride a Felt Z80

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alp777 | 14 years ago
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Orbea Onix

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Cyclista Lunatica | 14 years ago
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Lemond Alpe D'uez for commuting
Brompton for the train
Condor Leggero for sportives / big rides
Bianchi Pista for fun

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jen | 14 years ago
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I ride a lovely specialized allez

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ceeque | 14 years ago
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I ride a Giant SCR3 ... well, I will be by tomorrow after I get some components off my Giant OCR which is now a little beaten up from old age ....

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black shoes | 14 years ago
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I ride a Bianchi 528 SL, 2008 vintage.

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jockywilson | 14 years ago
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I Ride:

Trek Soho Singlespeed
Trek 6000
GT Legato
80's Raleigh road bike

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