I want to learn!

Who's cyclocrossing? 'fess up!

Is it like the old days of mountain biking, when we had NO suspension?

I can only imagine. Great. Now I have to have THREE bikes. (Unless I can just use my imaginary Cyclocross bike as a roadie, too... well, it probably WOULD smoke the mtb on the road anyway, right?, so I only need to have a cyclocross bike and a mtb?)

...Best not tempt fate. If I say the B word at home one more time, I'm sleeping outside... with my bike.

Remarks I've made to this threat:

"Ride who/what for hours where now?"

"...but we spend all DAY together!"

"Wait. I'm confused. If I'm sleeping with the bike now, does that mean my to-do list includes swapping out your seat, packing your bearings, and lubing your derailleurs? Are you sure?"

Come to think about it, I think I'M the 'DPITA'... or just "PITA".

I'm cross racing this season. I'm going to have my bike built up soon.....all in 10 speed 105!

Darlin' lil' fox - You get the cyclocross, and have a 2nd set of tires (or wheels) for her. Voila! Instant awesome roadie.

That way you only have 2 bikes, but with 3 functions!

(SKnot tells me "kitsune" means "fox" in Japanese)

I'm racing again this season. This will be my 4th season racing cross (although my 1st season consisted of one race where I skinned my shin down to the bone tripping on a barrier -- season over!).

My race rig is a Ritchey Titanium Break-Away. I had raced Shimano Dura Ace in past seasons, but my road bikes are Campy so I just made the switch on my cross bike too (allows me to get rid of a lot of duplicates, like wheels, etc). I'm also running a PowerTap on my cross rig this season to collect some real data (haven't done that in past seasons).

Kitsune06, you don't need multiple bikes. A cross bike does it all -- throw road wheels on it and it's a road bike, if you've got generous gearing it's a rigid mtn bike, get a frame with eyelets for racks and it's a commuter! Or, just try some cross races on your mtn bike. Beginners are allowed to race on mtn bikes.

Hehehehehehe...

well if I can do 'cross races on my mtb as a n00b, what's holding me back?!

I love mud

I love the cold & wet

I love both of those on my bike...

Where do I sign up?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune06

Where do I sign up?

Where do you live?

around Portland, OR, actually. It'll be a long ways off... I HAVE to have my asthma looked into before I even TRY to do anything active in the cold weather...