Nearly time...for the sufferfest that is the 3 Peaks...

Cheshire Cat
Cheshire Cat Posts: 309
edited September 2013 in Road general
...can't be any worse than last year.

So, who is doing it?
“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” Hunter S Thompson

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  • Lycra-Byka
    Lycra-Byka Posts: 292
    Having only walked it....

    You've got to be insane!

    Besides surely you'd have to dismount and carry the bike on most of the accents? Especially wormside/inglebrough ( the second two) ?
    Although I'd love to descend penygent on a proper MTb on a dryer day. Not those silly cx bikes.

    Come to think of it isn't a MTb more suitable anyway? What's the rules?
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    This is the down under 3 peaks
    http://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/genera ... des/42359/
  • Cheshire Cat
    Cheshire Cat Posts: 309
    Lycra-Byka wrote:
    What's the rules?

    Cross bikes only...and a hearty appetite for having a laugh. It is one of those events, that, if you 'get it', you look forward to it. If you don't, you find ways to ridicule those that do 'get it'. Don't ask for an explanation, just give it a go next year.

    The event in Oz looks great.
    “Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” Hunter S Thompson
  • elderone
    elderone Posts: 1,410
    Have to got a link to it at all.
    Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    I well fancy trying cyclocross out, can i just switch wheels and tyres or doi need a purpose built bike?
    My London Road
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,545
    You'll struggle for clearance with most road bikes just swapping out wheels and tyres but I have done it in the past (I got bosses brazed on for canti brakes though and it was pre sti days so I put bar end shifters on the bike). If you have something with decent mud guard clearance then you should be OK for a bit of fun at the local cross series.

    I'm just ordering my first proper cross bike and doing the winter series for the first time in 18 years. Definitely want to ride the 3 Peaks one year. Is it run on a ballot system now though?
  • Cheshire Cat
    Cheshire Cat Posts: 309
    http://www.3peakscyclocross.org.uk/

    Cross bikes have a different geometry to a standard road bike, more stable for the off road sections, more clearance for the wider tyres, just swapping out the wheels and tryes wouldn't work, a road bike has steeper angles and a shorter wheelbase.

    Not sure if it's a ballot system to get in, but if I remember correctly I needed to give a kind of cycling CV for my first entry, don't know if you still do.
    “Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” Hunter S Thompson

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