What do you get out of 'cross?

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Permalink Reply by andrew on April 12, 2008 at 10:45am

It's mostly a sense of community for me - folks cheering on each other - barbeques - and in general, spectating more than racing.

there's also the simple, motivating mission to ride a pretty simple bike over anything presented to me as fast as possible, without needing 5 inches of travel.

lastly, i love that it accommodates real life schedules. shorter events allow being competitive but still having a real job with a reasonable amount of training.

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Permalink Reply by elgee on April 25, 2008 at 10:59am

anarobic from start to finish, and Oskar Blues Brewery Ten Fidy beer.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Moore on May 18, 2008 at 2:06pm

The races are waaayyy more spectator friendly. My kids can race and cheer, and go play when I get "serious". The Promoters here in SoCal are awesome, great races, courses, and they put their hearts into giving us a great season-Read the messageboards for socalcycling.com and you'll see that the road scene is nowhere near as welcoming. The racing itself is kinda punk-rock, and that takes me back to the good young days, just playing in a bike (but i'm still gonna try to tear your legs off in the end...)

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Permalink Reply by nodeal on May 25, 2008 at 6:53pm

1. It doesn't hurt as bad when i crash
2. Super family friendly

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