Product Description
Cyclocross is gaining momentum stateside due to spectator friendly action, a relaxed atmosphere, and because it stretches the riding season well into winter-sport territory. Racers of all walks of life compete on bikes ranging from the latest space-age carbon featherweight to hand-crafted steel beauties. One of the great things about cyclocross racing is that you can't buy skill, making those traditional, hand-crafted rides just as competitive on muddy, barrier-peppered courses as the latest and greatest plastic rockets. The Civilian Bicycle Company's Le Roi Le Veut contains the history, attention-to-detail, and aesthetics of a handmade racer, at a price that justifies adding a cyclocross bicycle to your stable.Unsatisfied with the offerings available from mainstream manufacturers, Tyson Hart set out building frames under the Civilian brand in 2005 after attending UBI, a respected frame building school in Ashland, Oregon. Relying on a combination of extensive personal experience and close work with clients, Hart crafted cyclocross, commuting, and mountain bicycles. The distinctive cyclocross bikes saw action around the west coast's popular 'cross series, and quickly gained a cult following for their seamless balance of a fun-to-ride attitude, lively handling, and responsive performance.The Le Roi Le Veut retains the same attention to detail and purposefulness honed in Hart's custom pieces, and is packaged for the masses. The frame is constructed of 4130 double-butted steel tubing. This springy, lightweight steel helps keeps your pocketbook flush, yet offers the durability and supple ride that cyclocross courses demand. Hart shaped the seatstays and chainstays to fight deflection when sprinting for snappy acceleration, but it won't beat you up on bumpy courses, or when jumping back on the saddle after a barrier hop.At the back end of the Le Roi Le Veut reside Tange Design 7075 T6 aluminum sliding dropouts and is single speed specific. The traditional front triangle i
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Product Details
- Size: S59CM
- Color: Sweet Pea
- Brand: Civilian Bicycle Co.
- Dimensions: 3.20 pounds
Features
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Frame Material: steel
Dropout Type: sliding
Steer Tube Type: carbon
Fork:
Fork Material: carbon fiber
Fork Blade Shape: aero blade
Wheelset:
Rims: 32 hole Jalco DM23
Hubs: 32 hole Quando
Spokes: 14 gauge DT Swiss
Front Derailleur:
Front Derailleur Mount: direct-mount
Rear Derailleur:
Cage Length:
Shifters: -
Crankset: FSA Gossamer
Chain Rings: 42 t
Crank Arm Length: [large] 175 mm
Pedals:
Bottom Bracket: FSA MegaExo
Headset: 1.125 - 1.5 in FSA
Brake Levers: TRP RRL-A
Brake Calipers: Tektro Lyra
Rear Rotor: 140 mm
Front Rotor: 160 mm
Handlebar: Tranz-X
Handlebar Width: 440 mm
Handlebar Drop:
Bar Tape: Velo Perforated
Stem: Tranz-X -
Stem Length: [large] 100 mm
Stem Angle:
Chain: KMC Z610HX
Cassette: 18 t cog
Rear Sprocket Range:
Tires: Kenda Small Block Eight
Tire Size: 700 C x 32 mm
Seatpost: Tranz-X
Seatpost Diameter: 27.2 mm
Seatpost Length: 400 mm
Seat Collar: alloy clamp
Saddle: Cutter
Extras:
Compatible Components:
Weight: [large] 21.5 lbs -
Measured Effective Top-Tube Length: [size 55] 55 cm
Recommended Use: cyclocross
Manufacturer Warranty: 3 years on frame
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
By davidajensen
OK, so I haven't made any final verdict on the bike yet, but here are a few first impressions. I have had the bike for a little over a month and probably have 500 miles on it. I am using it for commuting and cyclocross.
1. Amazon says the bike weights 21.5 lbs. Other sites around the web have it weighing 16.5 lbs. Amazon has it right. This is a pretty heavy bike, even as a single speed.
2. There are not a lot of options for road wheels that are disc compatible. The wheels that come with the bike are OK for general use, but if you want to race or are looking at shedding some weight from the bike, you are probably going to have to get someone to build you some disc compatible wheels, because there aren't a lot of prebuilt road disc wheels on the market that don't cost more than this bike.
3. The brake levers suck. They aren't smooth and they have a weird shape that makes it harder to pull the levers unless you are in the drops. I think putting new brake levers on this bike will be my first upgrade.
4. The disc brakes take about 2-3 weeks to break in. The rotors were not true and it took a while of tweaking and riding to get them set up OK. I still get some nasty squeaks out of the front brake on occasion. The braking power is sufficient, but not great. I expected more from a disc brake, but that might have been partly my own ignorance.
5. I'm 6'3" with a 34" inseam and the 61 cm frame fits me well. I have a 63 cm road frame for comparison.
6. The bike looks really awesome.
7. The bike is fun to ride, especially now that I have made it through the break in period. The gearing ratio is a little aggressive, but it work for me on road and off.
8. The bike came assembled with the chain link clip on backwards. It took me a week to figure out what the noise was, but eventually I realized the clip was rubbing against the crank. Not a big deal to fix, but if you have the same issue, you know where to look.
9. The seat, bars, seatpost, bar tape are all fine. They aren't super light or anything fancy, but they do the job.
That is all I have for now. I will continue to update the review as I ride the bike more.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By S. Bonnett
I have owned the bike for several months now and it is a nice bike but there were several problems with it:
1. The bike is definitely heavy, probably 3-4 pounds more than it ought to be, but this is no big deal imho.
2. The brakes are really bad. The cutouts in the front rotor are so large that the bike judders when the brakes are applied. You can feel when the pads pass by each rotor cutout. It is so bad that it can break the front tire loose in water / snow. There is also only 1 provision for adjustment. The pads constantly rattle inside the calipers. Finally, the front brake squeals as load as a car horn. I replaced the brakes with Avid BB7 and all is good. The Avids are a drop in replacement except that the front attach bolts have to be ground down about 1/8" to keep them from bottoming in the fork.
3. The bike came with a slightly loose fork. On inspection I found the spring inside the fork tube was bottoming and thereby not allowing the fork to tighten all the way. I increased the spacer stack slightly and it solved the problem. This seems like a basic design / quality problem.
4. The binder bolts holding the brake levers are too long. As a result, the the bolts dig into the handlebars and the levers do not tighten properly. I removed the bolts and ground off 1/8" which solved the problem.
5. The chain rubs bad enough on the inside of the chain guard that it is basically machining it's own clearance. It makes some noise. Again, basic quality problem.
My main reason for getting the bike was that I wanted a road bike with disk brakes that would accommodate fatter tires for city riding, including studded snow tires. I previously had a Specialized single speed Tricross which was really a better bike, but it had V-brakes, which I hate.
Having said all this, I still like the Le Roi Le Veut and would probably purchase it again.
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