Originally Posted by
sknhgy
So, maybe I should strip down my MTB and make it as light as possible and enter the race? i.e. no frame pump, seat bag, rear rack, computer, etc.? I don't imagine people stop to fix flats during these races.
Yeah, you don't want to carry ANY extra weight. A MTB is handicap enough. BUT the main objective is to HAVE FUN!!!!
I envy you. I've watched many a CX race on Youtube and such and it looks like enormous fun. And torture. I think A.Jet does a great job of describing the experience, at least as I would imagine it.
We don't have very many opportunities for CX down here in SO FLA, and I suspect most of the CX riders that show up are pretty serious riders. I'm not so sure that the crowds and riders would be quite so tolerant of a 60+ old man cluttering up the tracks down here.