Originally Posted by
Standalone
I wimped out and called it a day towards the end of the second lap. I was suffering pretty bad from the start-- 42x18 was just too tall a gear for a heavy touring bike + inexperienced rider.
I was going to call you a slacker for not pushing on through the suffering, but CX in a 42x18 gear is more suffering than anybody needs. Even so, that bike was a good choice for your first race because it got you out there.
