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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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Alankk | 13 years ago
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Kona Smoke,
Spesh Allez,
Spesh Hardrock.

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robike | 13 years ago
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My Raliegh Pioneer, keeps me infront of honking traffic.

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Tamir | 13 years ago
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I ride Plant-X Kaffenback, and Cannondale XR1000.

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Bilbo | 13 years ago
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Charge Plug Racer for commuting
Surly 1x1 for the dirt
Cannoindale CAAD9 2010 for racing

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hamp | 13 years ago
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I ride a "Valdemiro" (portuguese frame builder) road bike and a old mountain bike.

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rowes | 13 years ago
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2008 Nirone 7.
2001 Veloce. For the commute

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OziRich | 13 years ago
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I commute on a cannondale bad boy ultra and race a felt on the track,I love riding and if I have a chance of riding I'll ride whats around, Its all good fun

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jonboy | 13 years ago
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Me !!

I ride a Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc Hybrid  4

JOnboy

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roffem | 13 years ago
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Litespeed C1 DI2 got it this week!!

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miffed | 13 years ago
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I ride a LeMond Fillmore which is in desperate need for some new bearing in the rear wheel.

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Lazyrider | 13 years ago
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Cannondale RThou for me

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The Great Cornholio | 13 years ago
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Any of the following

Specialized Allez Elite
Raleigh 531 Winter Hack
Raleigh 531 Track Bike
Gary Fisher Rig 29er
Niner EMD9 29er

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pabryan | 13 years ago
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Cube Litening SCR

and

Tifosi Pista CX that I use as an urban fixie ride

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simon smith | 13 years ago
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 3 Oooo yes please, I ride a Specialized Hardrock. I'd love something to use on the road ....

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Felix | 13 years ago
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Ancient old Cougar (w top end 'in its day') kit most of the time and a fixed wheel On-One Pompino when the weather is bad  4

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fuzzy | 13 years ago
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Either a recycled Puch fixed wheel or a Ridgeback Voyage tourer. My Sunday best is a cannondale R800.

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nellybuck@msn.com | 13 years ago
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Specialized Secteur Elite when the sun's shining or a Giant SCR when it's wet. Mostly the Giant then...

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lonebadger | 13 years ago
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Normal bike - Paul Donohue
Snow/ice - Marin thingy-whatsit

The Donohue's frame is getting tired, this would be lovely.

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mellisr1 | 13 years ago
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A trek 1.7 and a beat up scott sportster for getting to work

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rombsy | 12 years ago
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I normally ride an old Kuwahara Cyclone, except I crashed it 27 April. I wrecked the fork and have yet to replace it.

In the meantime, I have have been splitting my rides between an old Sears department store Free Spirit single-speed coaster brake special, and the Norco Yorkville I use for towing my son's trailer around.

~Robin

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Cervelo_Rider | 13 years ago
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I ride a Cervelo SLT and a Trek 6000 Series.

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cycle | 13 years ago
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I ride a Specialized Tricross single converted to a fixed

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Jonathan Reeves | 13 years ago
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I would sell my own mother for one of those,
currently riding a 2005 specialized hardrock MTB

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marc | 13 years ago
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My three rides:
- Trek Madone 4.7 for the hours lost in the countryside
- Ridgeback Flight for the London commute
- A restored 1960s Claud Butler racer, with all original issue GB, Campag and Stronglight components - just for fun  1

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effemm | 13 years ago
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Cannondale Bad Boy (converted to singlespeed) for commuting
Boardman Road Team Carbon for long, sunny rides
Giant VT for offroad

Three is such an ugly number...

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JonoB | 13 years ago
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At the moment a 1966 Dawes in red. 531 (naturally). Down tube shifters. Heavy but all original. Sweet.

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charliemac74 | 13 years ago
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Planet-X Superlight Ultegra

Et al....

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charliemac74 | 13 years ago
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Planet-X Superlight Ultegra

Et al....

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Arpi_ | 13 years ago
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my only bike is a Specialized Langster(08) british racing green

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chiefoldmist | 13 years ago
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Ribble 7005

Aging GT Pantera

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