JeffS

To go along with my fork list, I'm compiling a list of road frames, bike and builders. I am intentionally excluding flatbar-only bikes.



brand: Salsa
model: Las Cruces
frame/bike: Frame and fork
price: ~$1000
website: https://www.salsacycles.com/lascruces.html
material: Scandium
rack mounts: no
eyelets: none
rear brake location: seatstay
tire clearance: 38mm
Currently Available?: yes


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brand:Moots
model:Mootour
frame/bike: frame
price:starting at $2750
website:https://www.moots.com/bicycle.php?ID=4
material:titanium
rack mounts:available
eyelets:available
rear brake location:seatstay - Moots claims that because of their rear dropout style moving the brake mount to the chainstay would compromise the frame's integrity - so they won't build it that way.
tire clearance:customizable
Currently Available?: yes


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brand:Moots
model:Psychlo-X
frame/bike:frame
price: starting at $2600
website:https://www.moots.com/bicycle.php?ID=5
material:titanium
rack mounts: ?
eyelets:available
rear brake location:seatstay - Moots claims that because of their rear dropout style moving the brake mount to the chainstay would compromise the frame's integrity - so they won't build it that way.
tire clearance:38mm
Currently Available?: yes


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brand:Trek
model:Portland
frame/bike:complete bike
price:$1699 MSRP
website:https://www2.trekbikes.com/bikes/bike...id=1437000&f=7
material:Aluminum
rack mounts: ???
eyelets: ???
rear brake location: inside the rear triangle
tire clearance: ???
Currently Available?: yes


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brand:Cannondale
model:Cyclocross Optimo Disc 2
frame/bike:complete bike
price:$1450 MSRP
website:https://www.cannondale.com/bikes/07/c...del-7XR2C.html
material:aluminum
rack mounts:no
eyelets:front/yes - rear/yes
rear brake location:seatstay
tire clearance:at least 35mm
Currently Available?:yes

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brand: Schwinn
model: DBX
frame/bike: complete bike
price: $1199
website: https://www.schwinnbike.com/products/...ail.php?id=607
material: aluminum
rack mounts: ???
eyelets: yes
rear brake location: seatstay
tire clearance: at least 25c
Currently Available?: ??? (available in 2006)

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brand: Lemond
model: Poprad Disc
frame/bike: complete bike or frameset
price: $1649(complete) - $769(frameset)
website: https://www.lemondbikes.com/bikes/cyc...oprad_disc.php
material: True Temper OX
rack mounts: no
eyelets: ???
rear brake location: chainstay
tire clearance: at least 32c
Currently Available?: Yes

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brand: Kona
model: Sutra
frame/bike: complete bike
price: $1499
website: https://www.konaworld.com/bikes/2k7/SUTRA/index.html
material: Cromoly
rack mounts:
eyelets: rear-yes -- front-???
rear brake location: seatstay
tire clearance: at least 32c
Currently Available?: yes

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https://images.rei.com/media/831346.jpg

brand: Novara (REI brand)
model: Element
frame/bike: complete bike
price: $1099 MSRP (coupons frequently available)
website: https://www.rei.com/online/store/Prod...cat=REI_SEARCH
material: aluminum
rack mounts: ???
eyelets: front(yes) - rear(???)
rear brake location: seatstay
tire clearance:
Currently Available?: yes

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Out of production bikes

brand: Giant
model: OCR Touring
frame/bike: complete bike
price: $1300 (?)
website: formerly in Giant archives, gone now.
material: aluminum, steel fork
rack mounts: yes
eyelets: yes
rear brake location: seatstay
tire clearance: 32s are no problem with fenders
Currently Available?: NO - made around 2003

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brand: Redline
model: Conquest Disc-R
frame/bike: complete bike
price: $1649
website: https://www.redlinebicycles.com/adult...st-disc-r.html
material: aluminum
rack mounts: ???
eyelets: yes
rear brake location: seatstay
tire clearance: at least 26c
Currently Available?: no (stopped in 2006)


details coming from:
Co-motion
Waterford
Seven
Rocky Mountain Sherpa 10 - https://www.bikes.com/bikes/2007/TOURING/sherpa-10.aspx

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acidinmylegs

The Cannondale has eyelets at the rear dropouts, but no rack mounts on the upper seat stays. See the picture below.



Edit: Also look at the Lemond Poprad disc frame.

greenstork

The Gunnar Cross Hairs is available with disc brake mounts on the chain stay, leaving room for eyelets/rack mounts. $750 frame only and maybe extra for disc brake dropout.

greenstork

Oh, and the Lemond Poprad disc - $1500 complete.

greenstork

Vanilla sure has some pretty bikes too, if you're willing to sell a few vital organs and wait a couple of years for your frame:

Alox

Check www.brodiebikes.com, loox for the Romax and the Ronin
also Devinci www.devinci.com for innovative caliper placement

dynaryder

Schwinn DBX also has disc brakes:




Redline used to make the Conquest Disc R,but dropped them in '06 I believe.

marqueemoon

Redline Conquest. 2007 model has disc tabs.



I have a 2004 Conquest Disc-R frame I'm building up. It has 130mm rear spacing. Disc and 130 spacing are not a good combo. Had I known how much hassle I would be in for I probably would have passed on the frame. Look for 135mm if you're thinking of building from a frame! All of the available commercial wheelsets I found in 130 has stupid low spoke counts and were very expensive. Phil Wood and Chris King do 130 disc hubs, but they ain't cheap. The most cost effective hubs I found were these Novatecs, but still not cheap when you consider the cost of building up wheels. Thankfully I managed to score a rear wheel from a Specialized Sirrus Sport on ebay with 130 spacing and a 6 bolt disc mount. It was $44 shipped so if I have to rebuild it I will not be too sad.

Oh, and Surly, please make a disc-friendly Cross Check frame. You will make a zillion dollars. Sliding dropouts please.

JeffS

Yea, the wait had been listed as 22 months. I thought about it for a while, decided to get on the list and it's now listed as 34 months... I can't imagine planning that far ahead. I'll probably think about it for a while, decide to get on the list and it'll be four years by then.

More likely, if I'm spending that kind of money it'll be on Ti. I love the bikes of the nice steel builders, but I'm not a huge lug fan and the larger Ti builders seem to have quicker turnaround.

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Thanks for the help guys. I'll get everything added to the first post, just for ease of reading.

marqueemoon

I love me some Moots

Phantoj

brand: Giant
model: OCR Touring
frame/bike: complete bike
price: $1300 (?)
website: formerly in Giant archives, gone now.
material: aluminum, steel fork
rack mounts: yes
eyelets: yes
rear brake location: seatstay
tire clearance: 32s are no problem with fenders
Currently Available?: NO

Was made in 2003-2004, I think. I have one and it rocks!

fat_bike_nut

Sorry to bump up an old thread, but there's a bike I found a long while ago that wasn't mentioned here:

Novara Element, from REI:

https://tinyurl.com/3b362f
(I used tinyurl.com because the original url was really really long)

It's a disc brake equipped cyclocross bike with Tektro cross-top levers for people that like riding the top/flat part of the drops. I like the specs, except for the fork (I assume it's aluminum) and the front derailleur (looks to be below Shimano Sora level). Still, the gearing sure is nice...low enough for me to climb most hills unloaded

Mostly, I just like cyclocross-type bikes for commuting; the LeMond Poprad and Redline Conquest were mentioned here, but not the REI bike.

slvoid

+1
Me too, in all black.

Travelin' Jack

I demand pics!

slvoid

Ok, there's some red and chrome...

Map tester

+1 Me too, like slvoid. She might be heavy, but she is a good bike to take in harm's way.

Here is a link to a post in the commuter bike sticky

Travelin' Jack

Very cool, Slvoid. If they still made these, I'd own one by now.

greenstork

That's a beautiful bookshelf

lordconqueror

I had the same problem with my 2005 Conuest Disc-R, and ended up dropping $350 for a Velocity wheelset - but when I finally get the wheels, it turns out that the rear drive side dropout is bent to the point that it is incredibly difficult to get the wheel on, much less get it off! I will probably end up using it as the base frame for an Xtracycle.

slvoid

Yeah I measured her at 34 lbs... yikes.

fat_bike_nut

Sorry to bump this thread up again, but the Schwinn DBX listing is the 2006 model.

Here's the 2007 model:

https://schwinnbike.com/products/bikes_detail.php?id=748



As you can see, the 2007 model is better for commuting, because:

1) It already comes with fenders

2) The rear disc brake is mounted inside the chainstay. That means it's easier to mount a rear rack to it.

JeffS

Thx...

I ran into a problem with this thread... I hit the board imposed picture limit in the first post so I couldn't easily keep adding bikes. I'm going to eventually just put them on a website that can be linked to from here or other threads, since I think there's a decent, and probably growing, interest in this segment of bikes here.

The Schwinn looks nice. I would rather have seen it released with 105 levers instead of tiagra, but this lets it come in considerably cheaper than something like the Portland. Probably won't hold resale as well, but a nice bike nonetheless.

fat_bike_nut

Okay, thanks Jeff. I'm moving to an area that's notorious for constant rain and wet weather, and I don't like mountain bikes or hybrids for on-road riding, so I'd appreciate it if you can keep this thing going.

knucklesandwich

Since there's a couple cx bikes in this list, the Bianchi Roger (SS, CX, Disc Brakes) fits the bill as well. It's pretty sweet but very pricey.

I'm thinking for my next bike, a San Jose, and swapping out the front fork for a Kona P2 disc fork and a disc brake, for a nice, singlespeed bad weather commuter. Some guy on the MTBR forums did the same and it looks sweet.

Sci-Fi

That's the "World DBX" not the "Sport DBX". The World comes with a triple (50/39/30) too. My neighbor has one and it's a pretty sweet bike. May not be the fastest bike around, but it's a good all purpose bike. Some of his commuting routes have some long downhill stretches and he says those disc brakes are exactly what he needed and wanted plus the triple helps him get up those hills...lol