Help: What do YOU miss about cyclocross season?

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Permalink Reply by Sean P. on June 18, 2012 at 2:01pm

The smell of embrocation in October....

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Permalink Reply by Joshua N. Schwiesow on June 18, 2012 at 5:30pm

Laughing about the mishaps.  Most of which were my own...

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Permalink Reply by Kit Cischke on June 18, 2012 at 6:19pm

Two main things:

1. I miss ignoring the local pool and not having to do swim training to prepare for a triathlon.  (Okay, so that's not a "serious" answer.)

2. What I miss mostly is everyone being at the same races.  Right now, my team is all over for triathlons, mountain bike races, gravel grinders and whatnot.  If more than 2 or 3 of us are at the same race, it's a miracle.  Not so during the CX season.  The same group shows up for Wednesday Night World's. The same group is there on Sunday, duking it out in the mud. Almost the whole team is there and it's a complete blast.

I guess I also miss only having to race for 45 minutes.  These 1:20 mountain bike races and 2:00 triathlons are killing me. :)

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Permalink Reply by JesseD on June 19, 2012 at 12:27am

I miss the week prior training ride excitement: This is when I'm the most confident and feel like "this is a good idea", 

I miss the night before jitters: when I empty my race day bag and double check that I have everything, try to sleep and can't wait to get to the race, questioning "if this is a good idea",

I miss the morning-of freak out: where I a begin to feel sick and talk myself out of racing, convinced that "this is a bad idea" only to have my wife convince me to go or "I'll regret it",

I miss warming up pre race, I feel like a pro,

and I miss the after race euphoria/sense of accomplishment/dry heave, where it WAS, IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A GOOD IDEA to race 'cross!

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Grosenbach on June 19, 2012 at 8:34am

I miss 6 days every week of remembering last week's falls, blunders, and joys. And looking forward to new courses, people, and weather.
Last week I serendipitously happened upon another rider while riding my cross bike on a local forest trail. He invited me to join his team and told me about a summer cross series starting soon.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Yeager on June 19, 2012 at 10:31am

Mostly I just miss riding in cooler weather and having a race to look forward to every weekend. 

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Permalink Reply by Jaclyn Casale on June 21, 2012 at 10:47am

The fun and humor of racers and spectators. Cycling can take itself so seriously at road events and even some mountain biking events. CX has laughter and playfulness to keep spectators warm.

And hot chocolate, or coffee with a shot of whiskey, in the cooler days/evenings.

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Permalink Reply by quickkarl on June 21, 2012 at 11:54am

cooler weather, heckling, handups (beer), laughing my a** off, bagpipes, mariachi bands, getting dirty on purpose, racers dressed up or lack of, full days+ worth of fun.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua N. Schwiesow on June 29, 2012 at 2:43pm

Bagpipes?

Jealous!

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Permalink Reply by Simon J on June 29, 2012 at 6:33pm

Mastik One headaches......

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