what on earth was that!?
radiojaja
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just emerging out of the trees at a minor trail head to a sort of T junction onto the main trail, i heard a bike zipping down toward me from the right. its a fast trail, and i wanted to turn left on to it, so i hung back to let the bike with the momentum to go past before i emerged...
still with me? then i was amazed to see, flat out, in lovely balance and control, what looked like a drop handle bar (not entirely sure on that) racing bike, complete with a fully multicoloured lycra clad racing type riding it, VERY quickly down the muddy / rocky / rooty twisty trail i was about to join myself
a cheery "alright mate!" and he was away. sliding down the trail, even hopping around from rut to rut. all i could see was the high seat, narrow frame and what looked like a normal skinny road tyre.
its a great bit of downhill trail, damn technical, and even though i consider myself fairly new to MTB'ing, i've ridden it lots. even when its slidy like now after the continuous rain we've had. and while i am no great shakes going up hill :oops: i've never had much trouble keeping up with anyone going back down 8)
and considering i am on my new F/S cube ams and feel like i can ride over anything if i cant be bothered to go round, he left me for dead! whoosh, gone :shock:
honestly never seen anyone move so fast, that was the last i saw of him too. and i've no idea what the bike was.
he was clearly a very good rider! but what would he have been riding?! :?
any help appreciated, and sorry if this is an obvious question, its likely my bike inexperience at play here i'm sure!
still with me? then i was amazed to see, flat out, in lovely balance and control, what looked like a drop handle bar (not entirely sure on that) racing bike, complete with a fully multicoloured lycra clad racing type riding it, VERY quickly down the muddy / rocky / rooty twisty trail i was about to join myself
a cheery "alright mate!" and he was away. sliding down the trail, even hopping around from rut to rut. all i could see was the high seat, narrow frame and what looked like a normal skinny road tyre.
its a great bit of downhill trail, damn technical, and even though i consider myself fairly new to MTB'ing, i've ridden it lots. even when its slidy like now after the continuous rain we've had. and while i am no great shakes going up hill :oops: i've never had much trouble keeping up with anyone going back down 8)
and considering i am on my new F/S cube ams and feel like i can ride over anything if i cant be bothered to go round, he left me for dead! whoosh, gone :shock:
honestly never seen anyone move so fast, that was the last i saw of him too. and i've no idea what the bike was.
he was clearly a very good rider! but what would he have been riding?! :?
any help appreciated, and sorry if this is an obvious question, its likely my bike inexperience at play here i'm sure!
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sorry guys, after the type of bike rather than the make / model!0
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Cyclocross bike0
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ah! thanks supersonic!
quick trip to wikipedia to check it out, thats exactly what it was
amazing! :shock:
and what a talented lad he was too
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or an MTB with drops . aka Tomac from 1990 .0
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My friend and I was left standing by a cyclocross bike whilst riding on some singletrack one summers day. In the right hands they really can fly across almost any terrain0
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Occasionally some of us on the mtb side of my club like to turn up on a road ride and remind the 'other lot' we can keep a bike going at a fair old lick on tarmac, we used to find it funny. Smiles were slightly wiped off our faces when one of the roadies came out on a crosser and left us for dead on pretty much everything, so yeah, agreed!Rock Lobster 853, Trek 1200 and a very old, tired and loved Apollo Javelin.0
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Maybe we're riding the wrong bikes? What if we just have to grow some balls and man-up on one of these things :oops:0
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Something along THESE lines maybe, supreme skill but completely nuts though!!!!!0
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I've was playing with the idea of geting a CX bike for a while, went with a single speed hybrid in the end, just need to get some CX tyres for it now and i'll be ready for the winter!“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
Kinesis XC3
Trek 1.50